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List of Pollinating Plants

Aug 20, 2020
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Plants that attract butterflies:

  • Alyssum

  • Aster

  • Bee balm

  • Butterfly bush

  • Calendula

  • Cosmos

  • Daylily

  • Delphinium

  • Dianthus

  • Fennel

  • Globe thistle

  • Goldenrod

  • Hollyhock

  • Lavender

  • Liatris

  • Marigold

  • Musk mallow

  • Nasturtium

  • Oregano

  • Phlox

  • Purple coneflower

  • Queen Anne's lace

  • Sage

  • Scabiosa

  • Shasta daisy

  • Stonecrop

  • Verbena

  • Yarrow

  • Zinnia

Plants that attract butterfly larvae (caterpillars):
  • Borage

  • Fennel

  • Grasses

  • Hollyhocks

  • Lupine

  • Milkweed

  • Nettle

  • Thistle

  • Willow

Plants that attract hummingbirds:

  • Ajuga

  • Bee balm

  • Begonia

  • Bleeding heart

  • Butterfly weed

  • Canna

  • Cardinal flower

  • Century plant

  • Columbine

  • Coral bells (heuchera)

  • Cleome

  • Crapemyrtle

  • Dahlia

  • Dame's rocket

  • Delphinium

  • Fire pink

  • Four o' clocks

  • Foxglove

  • Fuchsia

  • Gilia

  • Geranium

  • Gladiolus

  • Glossy abelia

  • Hollyhocks

  • Impatiens

  • Iris

  • Lantana

  • Liatris

  • Lily

  • Lupine

  • Nasturtium

  • Nicotiana

  • Paintbrush

  • Penstemon

  • Petunia

  • Phlox

  • Sage

  • Salvia

  • Scabiosa

  • Scarlet sage

  • Sweet William

  • Verbena

  • Yucca

  • Zinnia

Plants that attract bees

Perennials and Annuals:
  • Allium

  • Aster

  • Basil

  • Bee balm

  • Bee plant

  • Bergamot

  • Blanket flower

  • Borage

  • Cosmos

  • Flax

  • Four o'clock

  • Gaillardia

  • Geranium

  • Giant hyssop

  • Globe thistle

  • Goldenrod

  • Helianthus

  • Hyssop

  • Joe-pye weed

  • Lavender

  • Lupine

  • Marjoram

  • Mint

  • Mullein

  • Paint brush

  • Poppy

  • Rosemary

  • Sage

  • Skullcap

  • Sunflower

  • Thyme

  • Verbena

  • Wallflower

  • Wild rose

  • Zinnia

Trees, Shrubs and Fruit:
  • Almond

  • Apple

  • Blackcurrant

  • Cherry

  • Gooseberry

  • Hawthorn

  • Linden

  • Locust

  • Pear

  • Plum

  • Raspberry

  • Strawberry

  • Wild lilac

  • Willow

See more tips on top butterfly attracting plants here.

 
 
 

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