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Plants that Attract Pollinators

Popular Garden Plants:
Basil (Ocimum)
Bee balm (Monardia)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia)
Borage (Borago)
Caltrop (Kallstroemia)
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster)
English Lavendar (Lavandula)
Escallonia (Escallonia)
Globe thistle (Echinops)
Hyssop (Hyssopus)
Licorice Mint (Agastache)
Marjoram (Origanum)
Mexican sunflower (Tithonia)
Milkweed (Asclepias)
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome)
Rosemary (Rosmarinus)
Russian Sage (Perovskia)
Sage (Salvia)
Wallflower (Erysimum)
Wild lilac (Ceanothus)
Zinnia (Zinnia)

Northwest Native Plants:
Aster (Aster)
California poppy (Eschscholzia)
Currant (Ribes)
Elder (Sambucus)
Fireweed (Epilobium)
Goldenrod (Solidago)
Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium)
Larkspur (Delphinium)
Lupine (Lupinus)
Madrone (Arbutus)
Mint (Mentha)
Oregon grape (Berberis)
Penstemon (Penstemon))
Rhododendron (Rhododendron)
Saskatoon (Amalanchier)
Scorpion-weed (Phacelia)
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos)
Stonecrop (Sedum)
Sunflower (Helianthus)
Wild buckwheat (Eriogonum)
Willow (Salix)
Yarrow (Achillea)
On this page you will find some useful

information for Natural Beekeepers  

using Top Bar Hives.
Plants especially for honeybees
Poached egg plant-Limnanthes
Cosmos
Hollyhock
Candytuft
Cornflower
Crocus(especially yellow ones)
Autumn Crocus
Fritillaries
Siberian Squill
Summer snowflake
Arabis
Bellflower(campanula species)
Catmint
Mignonette
Russian Sage
Oriental Poppy
Verbascum
Woad
Thyme
Dog Rose
Heather
Lavender
Ceonothus(spring varieties)
Rock rose
Hazel
Holly
Buddleia(globosa)
Sweet Bay
Virginia Creeper
Clematis(vitelba, cirrhosa, montana)
Ivy
Plants for Bees

Bees are mostly active between March and April . Early pollen yielding plants will help the colony build up quickly; nectar is needed in
quantity to provide fuel for the increased activity and wax cell production. In the summer months during the 'honey flow, bees will be more
preoccupied with collecting nectar for honey as stocks for the winter. Bees prefer to visit large clumps of the same species and prefer
plants in sunny sheltered sites rather than exposed or shady locations
Honeybees are unable to reach into double flowering varieties of any plant so single varieties should be chosen
Also don't forget  'weeds' like dandelions,
thistle and white clover which are all
major bee plants
The Natural Beekeeping Network  
Sustainable, low-impact, low-cost,
chemical-free, small-scale, 'organic', natural
beekeeping, using simple equipment that
almost anyone can make at home. If you
have not yet heard of ''natural beekeeping',
then this is a place to learn about it.
This chart was compiled from the
Bristol Beekeepers website
For more information visit their site HERE
Find out about what plants are flowering in
your area by visiting the Natural History
Museum -Postcode Plants Database.
This enables you to generate local lists of UK
plants-shows photographs, planting
instructions and other information
Visit their website HERE


This plants on this list were taken from
The Natural Beekeeping Trust
Visit their website HERE for more information
An excellent website that provides information
on all plants (garden and wildflowers) for
pollinators can be found HERE

The author of the site-The Pollinators Garden
moved to Chepstow in South East Wales  in
2009. He is developing his garden particularly
with wild pollinators in mind - bumblebees
and solitary bees, flies, beetles, moths and
butterflies - mainly through his choice of
plants.