Attract bees, butterflies & birds
Attract wildlife into your garden and help British species thrive by providing food and shelter for them. Choose nectar rich flowering plants for pollinators such as bees and butterflies and plants which produce berries and other fruit for the birds. ; Top tip: Plant trees and shrubs as they support more wildlife. As well as food, they provide cover and nesting sites. ; Enjoy watching the creatures that call your garden their home!
Best plants for attracting bees, birds & butterflies
434 plants
Best wildlife plants for patios
242 plants
Plants to attract bees and other pollinators
8385 plants
Plants to attract birds
2125 plants
Plants to attract butterflies
3279 plants
Plants to attract wildlife to your patio
1373 plants
All plants (9336)
Spiraea japonica Double Play® Gold = 'Yan'
Japanese spiraea
Spiraea japonica Walberton's Plumtastic = 'Walplum'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea thunbergii 'Fujino Pink'
Thunberg's spiraea
Spiraea x pseudosalicifolia 'Triumphans'
Willow leaf spiraea
Stachys byzantina 'Silky Fleece'
Lambs tongue, Lambs tails, Woolly ears
Stachys macrantha
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis 'Wisley White'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stokesia laevis
Stoke's aster, Jasper blue stokesia
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Indian currant, Buckbrush, Coralberry, Indian currant
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'White Hedge'
Snowberry, Coralberry
Syringa 'Miss Japan'
Lilac
Syringa 'Pink Perfume'
Lilac
Syringa emodii
Himalayan lilac, Lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula
Lilac, Korean lilac
Syringa villosa
Lilac, Korean lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Alice Harding'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'General Pershing'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Francisque Morel'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Mont Blanc'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Nadezhda'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'
Common lilac
Tagetes 'Golden Gem'
Marigold
Tagetes 'Solar Red'
Marigold
Tagetes patula 'Disco Orange'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Yellow Fire'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Yellow'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Hero Gold'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Queen'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Scarlet'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Tangerine'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Yellow Fire'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Zenith Red and Gold'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Zenith Red'
French marigold
Tanacetum coccineum 'Eileen May Robinson'
Pyrethrum, Painted daisy, Persian insect flower
Tanacetum coccineum 'James Kelway'
Pyrethrum, Painted daisy, Persian insect flower
Tanacetum coccineum 'Robinson's red-flowered'
Pyrethrum, Painted daisy, Persian insect flower
Tanacetum poteriifolium
Feverfew
Taxus baccata 'Elegantissima'
English yew, Common yew, Golden English yew
Teucrium chamaedrys 'Rose'
Wall germander
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium 'Thundercloud'
Yellow maidenhair, Columbine meadow rue, Common meadow rue
Thuja occidentalis 'Tiny Tim'
American arbor vitae, White cedar, Yellow cedar
Thuja plicata 'Martin'
Western red cedar
Thymus citriodorus (ambig.)
Lemon thyme
Tiarella 'Angel Wings'
Foam flower
Tilia americana
American lime, American basswood, Lime, Linden, Basswood
Tilia cordata 'Rancho'
Small leaved lime, Littleleaf linden
Tilia platyphyllos 'Delft'
Broad-leafed lime, Large-leafed lime, Bigleaf linden