POLLINATOR PLANTS
(Suitable for Bees & Butterflies)
April – May
Armeria (Thrift)
Bergenia (Pigsqueak)
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra)
Flowering Bulbs (Crocus, Hyacinth, Daffodils and Allium)
Geum
Jacob's Ladder ( Polemonium)
Mukadenia
Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower)
Vaccinium (Blueberry)
June – August
Allium
Armeria
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Baptisia - early summer
Buddelia (Butterfly Bush )
Chelone (Turtlehead) – late
summer
Clethra (Summersweet) – late
summer
Coreopsis
Echinacea (Coneflower)
Echinops (Globe Thistle)
Eryngium (Sea Holly)
Eupatorium
Evening Primrose
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower )
Geum
Helenium
Helianthus – late summer
Heliopsis
Hydrangea – late summer
Hyssop
Jacob's Ladder – early summer
Liatris (Gayfeather)
Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
Lupine
Monarda
Nepeta
Penstemon
Physostegia
Salvia
Sanguisorbia
Sedum
Syringa (Lilac) Late May - June
Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
Thyme
Veronica
Veronicastrum
August - October
Allium
Armeria
Asters
Chelone ( Turtlehead)
Echinacea
Echinops -late summer
Eupatorium
False Aster
Gaillardia
Gentian – late blooming
Helenium
Helianthus
Hydrangea
Hyssop
Lavender
Monarda – late summer
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Physostegia (Obedient Plant)
Rudbeckia
Sage
Salvia (Reblooming)
Sedum
Thyme
Veronica
ANNUALS: Alyssum,
Bidens, Cosmos, Dianthus, Fuchsia, Marigold, Nasturtium, Gladiolus, Lantana,
Lavender, Petunia, Salvia, Snapdragon, Torenia and Verbena