Pollinator Friendly Plants at English Gardens

Create a sanctuary for bees, butterflies and other pollinators with a few of our expert tips:

• Plant a diverse selection of pollinator-friendly plants and flowers. They’ll provide pollen and nectar sources throughout the growing season.
• Rethink your mowed lawn. Natural spaces support a greater diversity of bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
• Provide uncultivated spaces with open mud and fresh water, which native mason bees need to build their nests.
• Use beneficial insects, which bees need, to deal with pests.
• Use selective insecticides to deal with insect pest problems.
• Avoid applying any pesticides to plants in flower and during the day when bees, butterflies and other pollinators are active.
• Always use any pesticide or insecticide according to manufacturer’s instructions.
• Call a local beekeeper to move a large beehive if it is built in a troublesome place on your property rather than using chemicals to kill the bees.

You’ll be able to attract pollinators will these plants:

Perennials

• Agastache
• Allium
• Asters
• Bee Balm (Monarda)
• Cat Mint (Nepeta)
• Columbine
• Cone Flower (Echinacea)
• Coreopsis
• Hardy Hibiscus
• Joe Pye Weed
• False Sun Flower (Heliopsis)
• Lavender
• Milkwedd (Asclepias-tuberosa/incarnata)
• Poppy
• Sedum
• Tall Phlox
• Turtlehead (Chelone)

Annuals

• Ageratum
• Clover
• Dahlias
• Gaillardia
• Gladiolus
• Nasturtium
• Pentas
• Petunias
• Sweet Alyssum
• Salvia
• Sun Flower
• Verbena
• Zinnia

Edibles

• Fruit Trees
• Blackberry
• Raspberry
• Blueberry
• Strawberry
• Cantaloupe
• Watermelon
• Cucumber
• Garlic
• Pumpkin
• Squash
• Pepper

Herbs

• Anise Hyssop
• Borage
• Dill
• Fennel
• Parsley
• Sage
• Thyme
• Rosemary

Flowering Trees & Shrubs

• Honeysuckle (Lonicera)
• Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
• Clethra alnifolia
• Rose of Sharon
• Serviceberry (Amelanchier)
• Viburnum
• Winterberry (Illex)

Learn more about pollinators.