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)
Skimmia japonica Obsession = 'Obsbolwi'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica Seduction = 'Redbolwi'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana
Reeve's skimmia, Japanese skimmia
Sorbus aucuparia 'Sheerwater Seedling'
Mountain ash
Spiraea 'Arguta'
Bridal veil, Foam of May, Bridewort, Bridal wreath spiraea
Spiraea 'Tracy'
Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Firelight'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Genpei'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Gold Mound'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica Double Play Artisan = 'Galen'
Japanese spiraea
Spiraea japonica Golden Princess = 'Lisp'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica Magic Carpet = 'Walbuma'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'
Snowmound spiraea
Stachys byzantina
Lambs tongue, Lamb's tails, Woolly betony, Lambs ears, Woolly woundwort
Stachys macrantha 'Robusta'
Big betony, Big sage
Stipa arundinacea
Pheasant's tail grass, New Zealand wind grass
Stipa gigantea
Golden oats, Giant oats, Giant feather grass
Stipa tenuissima 'Pony Tails'
Mexican hair grass
Syringa
Lilac
Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'
Korean lilac, Meyer lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. microphylla 'Superba'
Hairy lilac, Daphne lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Spath'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'
Common lilac
Tamarix ramosissima 'Pink Cascade'
Five stamen tamarix
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Yellow maidenhair, Columbine meadow rue, Common meadow rue
Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'
American arbor vitae, White cedar, Yellow cedar
Thymus vulgaris
Common thyme
Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen'
Chinese globe flower, Locker gowlan
Ulex europaeus 'Flore Pleno'
Double flowered gorse
Vaccinium
Bilberry, Blueberry, Cranberry
Vaccinium ashei 'Pink Lemonade'
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Blue Crop'
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Duke'
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Verbascum 'Clementine'
Mullein
Verbascum bombyciferum
Silk-bearing mullein
Verbena bonariensis
Purple top verbena, Tall verbena, Brazilian verbena
Verbena bonariensis 'Lollipop'
South America vervain, Purple top, Tall verbena, Brazilian verbena
Verbena rigida
Veined verbena, Rigid verbena, Lilac veined verbena
Veronica spicata 'Ulster Blue Dwarf'
Silver speedwell
Veronica umbrosa 'Georgia Blue'
Speedwell, Bird's eye