Plants for Pollinators

Gardeners are nurturers by nature. A sense of fulfillment comes each time we hear a hummingbird whiz by or watch a robin build a new nest. Whether you garden on ten acres or on your condo’s patio, you can provide a safe space for pollinators to live, feed and multiply. Enjoy adding bright containers to your backyard, then sit back and watch the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds enjoy these flat-topped and trumpet-shaped flowers that provide the pollen and nectar they are seeking.

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White Fluted Flowers to Attract Pollinators

Elegant foliage with easy care! Mucho Gusto Abelia's tiny white, fluted flowers attract butterflies and bees with nectar and us humans with lovely fragrance. Silver-green foliage outlined by a creamy-white margin adds interest to the landscape even when its not blooming. This flowering shrub is hardy in zones 6-9.

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Long Blooming Yellow Flowers for Pollinators

HUNDREDS of tubular flowers in bright citrus hues that the pollinators adore? Coming right up! Juiced Orange Jessamine is open for business to hummingbirds and butterflies from planting til frost thanks to a long bloom period. Once established, you’ll appreciate this flowering shrub's easy-care nature. It will grow through periods of high heat and drought making it an excellent plant for the Southwest. In colder climates, it can be grown in pots and overwintered indoors. Hardy in zones 7-10.

Fragrant Pink Phlox the Pollinators Will Love

Large, well-formed panicles of bubblegum pink flowers with dark pink eyes are a sight to behold in summer! Luminary 'Prismatic Pink' phlox's fragrant flowers will attract pollinators of all kinds to your garden. This perennial's height, 32-34", makes it perfect for the middle of the border. Thrives in zones 3-8. The Luminary series of tall garden phlox boast increased resistance to powdery mildew, but planting in sunny spots will help even further.

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Reblooming Bubblegum Pink Flowers for Pollinators

Both delicious dark foliage color AND prolific reblooming makes Sonic Bloom Wine weigela a pretty powerful element in the garden. Bubblegum pink blooms arrive spring through summer, delighting pollinators like butterflies and hummingbirds. This flowering shrub will fit nicely in border gardens, foundation plantings, and even containers!

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Flowers For Pollinators

False Sunflower

Cabin Landscaping

Proven Winners Perennials

Border Garden

Short Plants

Golden Yellow Perennial Flowers for Pollinators

‘Bit of Honey’ is the first variegated Heliopsis for Proven Winners Perennials. Leaves appear white with deep green veining on a low, dense habit; it is perfect in the middle of a border garden or as a stand-alone plant. This North American native variety blooms in midsummer, lasting into early fall, attracting pollinators to its semi-double golden yellow flowers. ‘Bit of Honey’ is hardy to zone 4.

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Prolific Purple Pink Blooms for Bees & Butterflies

Sometimes purple, sometimes pink, sometimes a bit of both. Whatever color you think Bloomerang Purpink reblooming lilac is at any given moment, it is without a doubt one of the most prolific rebloomers in the Bloomerang series. This flowering shrub blooms bountifully in spring and again later on in summer, attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies. This show-stopper belongs in a highly visible place in your garden or landscape like near the front door or driveway.

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Sarcococca Hookeriana

Shade Flowers

Sweet Box

Late Winter

Shade Tolerant Flowering Shrub for Pollinator Gardens

This late winter/early spring bloomer provides a treat for early pollinators, with thread-like, red-tipped white flowers that emit a delightful jasmine-like fragrance. Sweet & Lo Sweet Box (Sarcococca) is a very shade tolerant flowering shrub - perfect for expanding your pollinator garden into under-utilized spaces in your landscape. Shiny evergreen foliage will keep even the shadiest parts of your yard looking lush year-round!

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Dramatic White & Hot Pink Flowers for Pollinators

Flowering earlier and for longer than most other Rose of Sharons, Starblast Chiffon hibiscus will be the star of your garden! Each of its brilliant white flowers has a fluffy doubled center, highlighted by a dramatic hot pink starburst center. This tall shrub reaches up to 144 inches making it a great option for colorful borders, privacy screens or a striking specimen planting.

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Light Purple Flowers

Rose Of Sharon

Light Purple Hibiscus for Height in the Pollinator Garden

Fabulous variegated foliage beautifully contrasts the wide light purple flowers that adorn Paraplu Adorned rose of Sharon. This hibiscus will bloom all summer, inviting butterflies, bees and hummingbirds to visit. Its tall, graceful habit moves in the breeze and lends well to a living privacy screen or as the tallest plant in a pollinator garden. Plant in full sun for maximum blooming and best color, however it can grow and flower reasonably well in partially shaded spots, too. Deer resistant.

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Flowers To Attract Hummingbirds

Rose Fertilizer

Attract Hummingbirds

Autumn Foliage

How To Attract Hummingbirds

Reblooming Pink Flowers to Attract Hummingbirds

Celebrate summer with Midnight Sun, a neat and tidy 1-1.5’ reblooming weigela with glossy, blazing orange, and red summer through autumn foliage. It functions much as coleus would, but without having to replant it every year! Although it does produce pink flowers in spring that attract hummingbirds, it is its foliage that truly shines. Grows in USDA Zones 4 - 8.

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Orange Red Coneflower Attracts Butterflies & Hummingbirds

Not only is Summersong Firefinch coneflower a beautiful addition to any small space garden with its incredibly colored fragrant flowers ranging from reddish-orange to pinkish-red, but its long-lasting fragrant flowers will attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden. PLUS this North American native is deer resistant. Its a win-win...win!

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Philadelphus Coronarius

Fragrant White Mockorange for Pollinators

Illuminati Sparks mock orange’s white flowers are the picture of elegance and simplicity, with that traditional lovely scent which will attract pollinators like bees and butterflies. This flowering shrub's foliage is uniquely speckled with gold and green variegation which extends its interest beyond its bloom time and even makes a nice cut stem for foliage filler in your homegrown flower arrangements. Hardy in USDA zone 4-7, 3-4’ tall/wide.

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Flowers For Summer

Campfire Marshmallows

Heat Loving White Flowers for Pollinators

Strong heat tolerance and pure white, self-cleaning flowers that set little seed are the highlights of this all-season bloomer. Campfire Marshmallow bidens' large, pure white blossoms have a showy tuft of gold in the center, attracting pollinating bees. This annual plant's densely mounded habit makes it less of a mixer in containers and more of a showpiece on its own! Try it in the landscape as an alternative to coreopsis since it is much longer blooming with no deadheading required!

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Dark Plants

Deer Resistant Shrubs

White Flowering Shrub for Pollinators

Dark and light unite perfectly in Wine & Spirits weigela. Creamy white flowers are perfectly set against matte, dark purple foliage. These late spring to early summer blooms attract many kinds of pollinators to the garden. Wine & Spirits is a vigorous grower with a 3-5’ habit. Although this flowering shrub prefers well-drained soils, it is fairly adaptable to other soil types, including clay. Hardy in USDA zones 4-8.

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Purple Yellow Garden

Pink Purple White Yellow Garden

Proven Winners Hanging Baskets

Purple Pink Yellow Flower Garden

Proven Winners Plants

Globe Amaranth

Fall Containers

Container Garden Design

Busy as Bees: A Pollinator Friendly Container Garden

The flowers of Superbells Prism Pink Lemonade calibrachoa open lemon yellow and transition to vibrant pink. The result is a pretty multicolored plant that pulls in the colors of its companion plants in this container recipe for summer - pink to match Truffula Pink Gomphrena and yellow to match Suncredible Yellow Sunflower! Not only will YOU enjoy this delightful container combination, so will the pollinators. Butterflies and bees will flock to your porch or patio to visit the nectar-rich blooms.