Plants to attract bees and other pollinators
For bees and other pollinating insects select plants to cover as wide a flowering season as possible^. A variety of flower types will support different kinds of bees and insects. Be careful about using pesticide sprays in the garden as they may be harmful to bees and insects, research all chemicals carefully.
Bees - Autumn flowers
3056 plants
Bees - Spring flowers
3065 plants
Bees - Summer flowers
5408 plants
Bees - trees with catkins or flowers
866 plants
Bees - Winter flowers
368 plants
All plants (8360)
Ribes rubrum 'Junifer'
Early season redcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'Laxton's No.1'
Mid-season redcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'Redstart'
Late season redcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'Rosetta'
Late season redcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'Rovada'
Late red currant
Ribes sanguineum
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Albescens'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Brocklebankii'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Elkington's White'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Koja'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Oregon Snowflake'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Pulborough Scarlet'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Red Pimpernel'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Somerset White'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum 'Tydeman's White'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum Amore = 'Annys2003'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes sanguineum White Icicle = 'Ubric'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
Fuchsia flowered currant
Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Green'
Mid-season gooseberry, Cooking and eating gooseberry
Ribes x beatonii
Gordon's currant, Flowering currant
Ricinus communis
Caster oil plant, Palma christi, Caster bean plant
Ricinus communis 'Impala'
Caster oil plant, Palma christi, Caster bean plant
Robinia pseudoacacia
Common acacia, False acacia, Black locust, Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Lace Lady'
False acacia
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa'
Common acacia, False acacia, Black locust, Tortured locust
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Umbraculifera'
Mop head acacia, Common acacia, False acacia, Black locust, Locust
Romneya coulteri 'White Cloud'
California Tree poppy, Matilija poppy, White bush poppy
Rosa 'Adelaide d'Orleans'
Rambling rose
Rosa 'Alida Lovett'
Rambling rose
Rosa 'Ashton Wold®'
Shrub rose
Rosa 'BBC The One Show 20th Rose'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa 'Blessings'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa 'Blush Rambler'
Rambling rose
Rosa 'Bobbie James'
Rambling rose
Rosa 'Cantabrigiensis'
Shrub rose, Cambridge rose
Rosa 'Canzonetta'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa 'Celeste'
Alba rose, Celestial
Rosa 'Celsiana'
Damask rose
Rosa 'Champneys Pink Cluster'
China rose
Rosa 'Clarence House'
Climbing rose
Rosa 'Climbing Lady Hillingdon'
Climbing tea rose
Rosa 'Complicata'
Gallica rose
Rosa 'Cornelia'
Hybrid musk rose
Rosa 'Cotswold'
Shrub rose
Rosa 'Cutie Pie'
Patio rose
Rosa 'Dortmund'
Shrub rose
Rosa 'Dreaming Spires'
Climbing rose
Rosa 'Dunwich Rose'
Spinosissima hybrid rose