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)
Solidago 'Leraft'
Golden rod
Sollya heterophylla 'Pink Charmer'
Bluebell creeper
Sorbus aucuparia var. edulis
Mountain ash, Edible mountain ash
Sorbus intermedia 'Brouwers'
Swedish whitebeam
Sorbus rosea 'Rosiness'
Rowan
Spiraea japonica Double Play® Gold = 'Yan'
Japanese spiraea
Spiraea japonica Walberton's Plumtastic = 'Walplum'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea thunbergii 'Fujino Pink'
Thunberg's spiraea
Spiraea x pseudosalicifolia 'Triumphans'
Willow leaf spiraea
Stachys byzantina 'Silky Fleece'
Lambs tongue, Lambs tails, Woolly ears
Stachys macrantha
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis 'Wisley White'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stokesia laevis
Stoke's aster, Jasper blue stokesia
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'White Hedge'
Snowberry, Coralberry
Tagetes 'Golden Gem'
Marigold
Tagetes 'Solar Red'
Marigold
Tagetes patula 'Disco Orange'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Yellow Fire'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Yellow'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Hero Gold'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Queen'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Scarlet'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Tangerine'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Yellow Fire'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Zenith Red and Gold'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Zenith Red'
French marigold
Tanacetum coccineum 'Eileen May Robinson'
Pyrethrum, Painted daisy, Persian insect flower
Tanacetum coccineum 'James Kelway'
Pyrethrum, Painted daisy, Persian insect flower
Tanacetum coccineum 'Robinson's red-flowered'
Pyrethrum, Painted daisy, Persian insect flower
Tanacetum poteriifolium
Feverfew
Teucrium chamaedrys 'Rose'
Wall germander
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium 'Thundercloud'
Yellow maidenhair, Columbine meadow rue, Common meadow rue
Thymus citriodorus (ambig.)
Lemon thyme
Tiarella 'Angel Wings'
Foam flower
Tilia americana
American lime, American basswood, Lime, Linden, Basswood
Tilia cordata 'Rancho'
Small leaved lime, Littleleaf linden
Tilia platyphyllos 'Delft'
Broad-leafed lime, Large-leafed lime, Bigleaf linden
Tilia x moltkei
Moltkes lime
Trachelospermum jasminoides Winter Ruby = 'Trared'
Star jasmine
Trifolium pratense
Red clover, Bee bread, Broad-leaved clover
Trifolium repens
White clover, Creeping clover, Dutch clover
Trollius 'Lemon Queen'
Altai mountain globe flower, Hybrid garden globeflower
Trollius laxus
Altai mountain globe flower, American globeflower
Ulmus minor var. vulgaris
English elm, Field elm
Vaccinium 'Brigitta'
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Blueberry Pioneer'
Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluegold'
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon 'Franklin'
American cranberry