Lavender
Bloom time: Late spring to early summer
Those purple lavender blossoms have a strong fragrance and are very popular with bees. It blooms for a long stretch of the growing season and provides plenty of nectar. It is also a lovely addition to any garden because of its calming scent.
Allium
Bloom time: Late spring to early summer
These tall, globe-shaped flowers bloom in pink, white, and purple hues. Their clusters of tiny nectar-rich flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.
Additionally, alliums add a striking texture and height to any pollinator-friendly landscape.
Catmint
Bloom time: Late spring to fall
Catmint attracts bees and butterflies with its fragrant leaves and delicate lavender-blue blooms. It provides consistent nectar from its early summer to fall blooms. It’s a hardy, easy-to-grow plant that adds color to your garden.
Tickseed
Bloom time: Early summer to fall
Tickseed is well-known for its bright yellow, red, and orange blossoms. It attracts bees, butterflies, and other helpful insects. It has simple and open blossoms, making it easy for pollinators to access nectar.
Tickseed blooms all summer long and brings bright pops of color to any yard.
Milkweed
Late spring to mid-summer
Milkweed is famous for being the host plant for monarch butterflies. Nectar is also abundant in its clusters of pink, orange, or white blossoms – a favorite of bees and other butterflies.
Planting milkweed is a practical way to help protect endangered butterfly species.
Coneflowers
Bloom time: Early summer to fall
These daisy-like flowers have big, robust centers that are ideal for bees and butterflies to land on. They are purple, pink, and white.
Coneflowers provide a reliable food supply for pollinators throughout the year because they are resilient, drought-tolerant, and bloom for months.
Panicle Hydrangea
Bloom time: Mid-summer to early fall
This type of flower has big, cone-shaped inflorescences, pink or white color. They are visited by bees and butterflies in search of nectar, particularly in the late season when other flowers begin to fade.
These resilient shrubs are ideal for enhancing any area with volume and pollinator-friendly beauty.
Zinnias
Bloom time: Summer to fall
Zinnias are so vibrant and vivid that hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees can’t resist them. They bloom continuously throughout the summer and have open, easy-access blossoms in almost every color.
Zinnias are a simple way to help pollinators because they are also easy for beginners to grow.
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