Best plants for attracting bees, birds & butterflies

Buddleja davidii 'Ile de France'

Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia

Buddleja davidii 'Variegata'

Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush

Buddleja davidii Camberwell Beauty = 'Camkeep'

Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia

Buddleja davidii Nanho Blue = 'Mongo'

Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia

Buddleja davidii Nanho Purple = 'Monum'

Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia

Buddleja davidii Santana = 'Thia'

Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia

Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis 'Alba'

Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia

Buddleja officinalis

Winter flowered buddleja, Buddleia

Centaurea cyanus

Cornflower, Blue-bottle, Batchelor's buttons

Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball'

Cornflower, Blue-bottle, Batchelor's buttons

Centaurea cyanus 'Blue Diadem'

Cornflower, Blue-bottle, Batchelor's buttons

Centaurea cyanus 'Polka Dot Mix'

Cornflower, Blue-bottle, Batchelor's buttons

Centaurea nigra

Comon knapweed, Black knapweed, Hard heads, Lesser knapweed

Centaurea scabiosa

Greater knapweed

Centaurea simplicicaulis

Unbranched knapweed

Cornus alba 'Spaethii'

Golden variegated dogwood, Red-barked dogwood, White fruited dogwood, Tatarian dogwood

Cornus sanguinea

Common dogwood, Bloodtwig, Pegwood, Dogberry

Crataegus monogyna

May, English hawthorn, Quick, Bread and cheese, One seeded hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna 'Aurea'

Yellow may, Hawthorn, English hawthorn, One seeded hawthorn

Daphne longilobata 'Peter Moore'

Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue'

Blue globe thistle

Echinops ritro

Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle, Southern globethistle

Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'

Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle, Southern globethistle

Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus

Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle, Southern globethistle

Echinops sphaerocephalus 'Arctic Glow'

Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle

Frangula alnus

Alder buckthorn, Black dogwood

Hedera helix

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera helix 'Buttercup'

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera helix 'Cavendishii'

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera helix 'Clotted Cream'

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera helix 'Green Ripple'

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera helix 'Ivalace'

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera helix 'Parsley Crested'

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera helix 'Tricolor'

Common ivy, English ivy

Hedera hibernica 'Deltoidea'

Shield ivy, Sweetheart ivy, Atlantic ivy, Irish ivy

Hypericum 'Berry Red'

St John's wort

Ilex aquifolium 'Angustifolia'

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata Pendula'

Perry's silver weeping holly, Silver-margined holly, Broad leaved silver holly

Ilex aquifolium 'Aurea Marginata'

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Van Tol'

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

Ilex aquifolium 'Green Pillar'

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

Ilex aquifolium 'Handsworth New Silver'

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

Ilex aquifolium 'Laurifolia'

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis Fructu Luteo'

Yellow fruited holly

Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Milkboy'

Common holly

Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Milkmaid'

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

Liatris spicata 'Floristan Violett'

Spike Gayfeather, Dense blazing Star

Ligustrum

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