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)
Sorbus aria 'Chrysophylla'
Golden whitebeam, Whitebeam
Sorbus aria 'Lutescens'
Whitebeam
Sorbus aria 'Magnifica'
Whitebeam
Sorbus aria 'Majestica'
Whitebeam
Sorbus aucuparia
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken, Common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia 'Aspleniifolia'
Cut leaf mountain ash, Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia 'Beissneri'
Orange stemmed mountain ash, Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia 'Fastigiata'
Mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia 'Hilling's Spire'
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia Cardinal Royal = 'Michred'
Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia var. xanthocarpa
Yellow berried mountain ash, Mountain ash, Quicken wicken common mountain ash, European mountain ash
Sorbus Autumn Spire = 'Flanrock'
Rowan
Sorbus devoniensis
Devon whitebeam, French hales
Sorbus intermedia
Swedish whitebeam
Sorbus torminalis
Wild Service Tree, Chequer Tree
Spiraea betulifolia
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii
Douglas spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Candlelight'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'White Gold'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica Walberton's® Plum Carpet = 'WALPLUCAR'
Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea prunifolia
Bridal wreath spiraea
Spiraea Sparkling Champagne = 'Lonspi'
Spiraea Sundrop = 'Bailcarol'
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Spiraea trilobata
Threelobe spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei
Vanhoutt's spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei 'Gold Fountain'
Vanhoutt's golden spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei Pink Ice = 'Catpan'
Vanhoutt's spiraea
Stachys byzantina 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'
Lambs tongue, Lambs tails, Woolly ears
Stachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron'
Lambs tongue, Lamb's tails, Woolly betony, Lambs ears, Woolly woundwort
Stachys macrantha 'Superba'
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Saharan Pink'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachyurus chinensis
Hanging tail shrub
Stachyurus chinensis 'Celina'
Hanging tail
Stachyurus chinensis 'Joy Forever'
Hanging tail
Stachyurus praecox
Early flowered hanging tail
Staphylea colchica
Colchis bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
American bladdernut
Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa'
Dwarf cutleaf stephanandra, Crisped stephanandra, Lace shrub, Cutleaf stephanandra
Stephanandra tanakae
Tanaka's cutleaf
Stokesia laevis 'Blue Star'
Stoke's aster, Jasper blue stokesia
Stokesia laevis Amethyst = 'Stam01'
Stoke's aster