Bee Friendly Plants
Bees are important in the pollination of our food crops. However, they are being threatened by multiple threats of habitat loss, climate change, pesticide use, and diseases. You can help by providing pollen- and nectar-rich plants in your garden. Reduce or discontinue pesticide use. Buy organic and locally produced food.
Perennial Flowers
- Achillea (Yarrow)
- Aconitum (Monkshood)
- Agastache (Hyssop)
- Ajuga (Carpet Bugle)
- Alcea (Hollyhock)
- Allium
- Anchusa (Wild Forget-me-not)
- Aquilegia (Columbine)
- Armeria (Sea Thrift)
- Aster
- Baptisia (False Indigo)
- Calamint
- Campanula (Bellflower)
- Centaurea (Bachelor’s Button)
- Cerastium (Snow-in-the-Summer)
- Chrysanthemum
- Coreopsis
- Delphinium
- Digitalis (Foxglove)
- Echinacea (Coneflower)
- Erigeron (Fleabane)
- Eryngium (Globe Thistle)
- Eupatorium (Joe-Pye)
- Euphorbia (Spurge)
- Fragaria (Strawberry)
- Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
- Gaura (Wandflower)
- Geum
- Helenium (Helen’s Flower)
- Helianthus (Sunflower)
- LamiumLiatris (Blazing Star)
- Linum (Flax)
- Malva (Mallow)
- Mertensia (Bluebells)
- Monarda (Bee Balm)
- Nepeta (Catmint)
- Oenothera (Evening Primrose)
- PenstemonPerovskia (Russian Sage)
- Physostegia (Obedient Plant)
- Polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder)
- Prunella
- Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susans)
- Salvia (Meadow Sage)
- Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
- Sedum (Stonecrop)
- Sidalcea (Checkermallow)
- Solidago (Goldenrod)
- Stachys (Lamb’s Ear)
- Thermopsis (Golden Pea)
- Verbena
- Veronica (Speedwell)
Annual Flowers
- Cosmos
- Cuphea (Mexican Heather)
- Mimulus (Monkey flower)
- Talinum (flame flower)
- Verbena
- Viola
- Wallflower
- Zinnia
Herbs
- Basil
- Borage
- Catmint
- Comfrey
- Coriander
- Fennel
- Germander
- Heliotrope
- Lavender
- Mint
- Oregano
- Pennyroyal
- Rosemary
- Sunflower
- Tansy
- Thyme