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)
Limonium platyphyllum 'Blue Cloud'
Broad leaved sea lavender, Wideleaf sea lavender
Limonium platyphyllum 'Violetta'
Broad leaved sea lavender, Wideleaf sea lavender
Linaria alpina
Alpine snapdragon
Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went'
Purple toadflax
Linaria purpurea 'Springside White'
Purple toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
Common toadflax, Butter and eggs, Wild snapdragon, Brideweed, Calves snout
Linum narbonense
Narbonne flax
Linum usitatissimum
Linseed, Common flax
Liquidambar
Sweet gum
Liquidambar acalycina
Sweet gum, Calyx free Sweet gum
Liquidambar formosana
Formosan sweet gum, Chinese sweet gum
Liquidambar styraciflua
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Andrew Hewson'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Burgundy'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Festival'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Lane Roberts'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Palo Alto'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Silver King'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Thea'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Variegata' (Overeynder)
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon'
American sweet gum, Red gum
Liriodendron
Tulip tree
Liriodendron chinense
Chinese tulip tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip tree, Yellow poplar, Canary white wood, Tulip poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera 'Aureomarginatum'
Tulip tree, Yellow poplar, Canary white wood, Tulip poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiatum'
Tulip tree, Yellow poplar, Canary white wood, Tulip poplar
Lobelia 'Compton Pink'
Hardy lobelia
Lobularia maritima
Sweet alyssum, Sweet Alison
Lobularia maritima 'Snowdrift'
Sweet alyssum, Sweet Alison
Lobularia maritima 'Violet Queen'
Sweet alyssum, Sweet Alison
Lobularia Snow Princess = 'INLBUSNOPR'
Sweet alyssum
Lonicera 'American Beauty'
Honeysuckle
Lonicera 'Celestial'
Honeysuckle hybrid
Lonicera 'Damson Dream'
Honeysuckle
Lonicera 'Fire Cracker'
Honeysuckle
Lonicera 'G.S.Thomas'
Honeysuckle
Lonicera 'Golden Trumpet'
Honeysuckle hybrid
Lonicera 'Mandarin'
Honeysuckle hybrid
Lonicera 'Spring Purple'
Honeysuckle
Lonicera caerulea 'Aurora'
Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Blue Banana'
Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Boreal Beauty'
Honeyberry
Lonicera caerulea 'Boreal Blizzard'
Honeyberry
Lonicera etrusca 'Superba'
Etruscan honeysuckle
Lonicera henryi
Henry's honeysuckle
Lonicera henryi 'Copper Beauty'
Henry's honeysuckle
Lonicera henryi Marinella = 'Venloma'
Henry's honeysuckle