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)
Cornus alba Baton Rouge = 'Minbat'
Red-barked dogwood, White fruited dogwood, Tatarian dogwood
Cornus canadensis
Creeping dogwood, Bunchberry, Crackerberry, Pudding berry, Dwarf cornel
Cornus florida f. rubra
Flowering dogwood, Common white dogwood, Eastern flowering dogwood, American boxwood
Cornus kousa 'Miss Satomi'
Kousa, Japanese dogwood
Cornus kousa var. chinensis
Chinese dogwood, Kousa, Japanese dogwood
Cornus kousa var. chinensis 'China Girl'
Chinese dogwood, Kousa, Japanese dogwood
Cornus sanguinea 'Winter Beauty'
Common dogwood, Bloodtwig, Pegwood, Dogberry
Cornus x elwinortonii 'Venus = 'Kn30-8'
Kousa, Japanese dogwood
Cortaderia selloana
Sellow's pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana
Sellow's pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila'
Sellow's pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Splendid Star'
Pampas grass, Sellow's Pampas grass
Corylus avellana
Common hazel, European filbert, Hazelnut
Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
Corkscrew hazel, Hazelnut
Corylus avellana 'Red Majestic'
Red hazel, Hazelnut
Cosmos atrosanguineus Chocamocha = 'Thomocha'
Chocolate cosmos
Cotoneaster 'Hybridus Pendulus'
Weeping cotoneaster
Cotoneaster 'Streib's Findling'
Streib's procumbent cotoneaster
Cotoneaster congestus
Pyrenees cotoneaster, Congested cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri
Bearberry cotoneaster
Cotoneaster franchetii
Franchett's cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Wall spray, Herringbone cotoneaster, Rock spray cotoneaster
Cotoneaster lacteus
Parney cotoneaster, Red clusterberry
Cotoneaster procumbens 'Queen of Carpets'
Prostrate cotoneaster
Cotoneaster x suecicus 'Coral Beauty'
Swedish cotoneaster
Crambe maritima
Seakale, Colewort
Cydonia oblonga
Coyne, Common quince
Cynara cardunculus
Cardoon
Cynara cardunculus Scolymus Group
Globe artichoke
Cytisus 'Boskoop Ruby'
Broom
Cytisus 'Lena'
Broom
Cytisus 'White Lion'
Broom
Cytisus x boskoopii 'Hollandia'
Broom
Cytisus x boskoopii 'Zeelandia'
Broom
Cytisus x praecox
Warminster broom, Broom
Cytisus x praecox 'Albus'
Broom, Warminster broom
Cytisus x praecox 'Allgold'
Broom, Warminster broom
Daboecia cantabrica 'Atropurpurea'
Connemara heath, St Daboec's heath, Irish heath
Dahlia 'Bednall Beauty'
Dahlia 'Bishop of Auckland'
Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'
Dahlia 'Gallery Rivera'
Dahlia 'Knockout'
Dahlia 'Moonfire'
Dahlia 'Mystic Enchantment'
Dahlia 'Roxy'
Daphne mezereum
February daphne, Mezereon
Daphne mezereum var. rubra
February daphne, Mezereon