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
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All plants (9336)
Calendula officinalis
Scotch marigold, Pot marigold
Calendula officinalis 'Needles and Pins'
Scotch marigold, Pot marigold
Calendula officinalis 'Porcupine'
Scotch marigold, Pot marigold
Calendula officinalis 'PowerDaisy™ Buttermilk'
Pot marigold
Calendula officinalis 'PowerDaisy™ Mango'
Pot marigold
Calibrachoa 'Oasis Orange Firefly'
Trailing petunia
Callicarpa americana
American beauty berry, Beauty berry, French mulberry
Callicarpa bodinieri
Bodinier beautyberry
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii
Bodinier beautyberry
Callistemon 'Sunshine'
Bottle brush bush
Callistemon Amarette = 'Hutink'
Bottle brush bush
Callistemon Beezlebuzz Inn = 'Parlink'
Bottle brush bush
Callistemon salignus Honeypot = 'Hutneezz'
Bottle brush bush
Callistemon viminalis Inferno = 'Yanferno'
Weeping bottle brush
Callistephus chinensis 'Duchess Mix'
Annual aster, China aster
Callistephus chinensis 'Starlight Blue'
Annual aster, China aster
Callistephus chinensis 'Starlight Lavender'
Annual aster, China aster
Callistephus chinensis 'Starlight Scarlet'
Annual aster, China aster
Calluna vulgaris 'Alexandra'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Alieke'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Beoley Gold'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Bonfire Brilliance'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Boskoop'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'County Wicklow'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Cuprea'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Dark Beauty'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Darkness'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Dart's Flamboyant'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Dart's Gold'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Elsie Purnell'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Fairy'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Firefly'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Glencoe'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Gold Haze'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Golden Carpet'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Golden Feather'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Grey Carpet'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Hammondii Rubrifolia'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'J.H. Hamilton'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Joy Vanstone'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Kerstin'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Marlies'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Melanie'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Orange and Gold'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Pennyacre Lemon'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Peter Sparkes'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Prostrate Orange'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Robert Chapman'
Common Scotch heather