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)
Penstemon 'Raspberry Ripple'
Beard tongue
Penstemon 'Summertime Pink'
Barretts beard tongue
Penstemon barbatus 'Jingle Bells'
Bearded penstemon, Beardlip penstemon, Common beardtongue
Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri 'Albus'
Shrubby penstemon, Woody penstemon, Slender woody penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus
Foothills beard tongue
Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP'
Penstemon hirsutus
Hairy beard tongue
Penstemon richardsonii
Cut-leaved beard tongue
Perovskia 'Filigran'
Russian sage
Petunia 'Tumbelina Maria'
Phlox adsurgens 'Wagon Wheel'
Northern phlox
Phlox carolina
Thick-leaf phlox, Carolina phlox
Phlox carolina 'Magnificence'
Thick-leaf phlox, Carolina phlox
Phlox carolina 'Miss Lingard'
Wedding phlox, Thick-leaf phlox, Carolina phlox
Phlox divaricata 'White Perfume'
Timber phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Crackerjack'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Eva'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Red Admiral'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox, Columbia phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Rose Queen'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox
Phlox Lilac Flame = 'Barten'
Phlox maculata 'Omega'
Meadow phlox, Wild sweet William, Spotted phlox, Early phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Pax'
Border phlox, Summer phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Pink Lady'
Border phlox, Summer phlox
Phlox paniculata Pink Eye Flame = 'Barthirtyfive'
Border phlox, Summer phlox
Phlox stolonifera 'Ariane'
Creeping phlox
Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge'
Cherokee phlox
Phlox subulata 'Alexander's Surprise'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox subulata 'Early Spring Light Pink'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox subulata 'Lilacina'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox subulata 'Marjorie'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox subulata 'Ronsdorfer Schone'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox subulata Early Spring Purple = 'Barseventyfour'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox White Eye Flame = 'Barsixty'
Phlox x procumbens 'Variegata'
Hairy phlox
Pieris 'Havila'
Lily of the valley bush
Pieris japonica 'Blush'
Lily of the valley bush, Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Epstein'
Lily of the Valley Bush, Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Little Frosty'
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Valley Rose'
Lily of the Valley Bush, Japanese pieris
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Bannow Bay'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Cratus'
Kohuhu, Tawhiwhi
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Glo Ball'
Tawhiwi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Green Elf'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Wrinkled Blue'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Polemonium 'Pink Beauty'
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium pauciflorum subsp. hinckleyi
Hinckley's few-flowered Jacob's ladder
Portulaca oleracea
Summer purslane, Common purslane, Pussley
Potentilla 'Blazeaway'
Cinquefoil, Five finger