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But one of the best ways to garden, in our opinion, is to create a green space that attracts bees and other garden-friendly pollinators. These hard working insects are essential to your garden (and the planet's) health.
It may be hard to fathom but bees—and not just honey bees—pollinate crucial plants including fruit trees, vegetables, and native plants of all sorts. This makes creating bee havens and destinations around our homes with a wide range of flowering plants and healthy nectar for bees to eat an important task. (Learn how to attract mason bees to your garden—and why it's necessary.)
Bees are particularly attracted to plants with showy flowers and plenty of nectar such as bee balm (of course), echinacea, and snapdragons. And they love wildflowers. Fun fact: Did you know that bees have wonderful color vision?
Find more gardening tips, product picks, and diy hacks for the next gardening season!
The vining version of this gorgeous flowering plant can thrive climbing walls, trellises, and pergolas. Best part: You can pick up these popular climbing vines at your local garden center.
It also comes as a shrub, and can be called European honeysuckle or woodbine. Be aware: a number of exotic species are considered invasive in parts of the country.
These fast-growing flowers usually appear in the spring and includes species that blossom in a number of colors including blue, orange, red, and white. They look beautiful in box planters and garden beds.
The sweet-smelling tiny crimson flowers of this plant naturally attract pollinators like butterflies and bees. It will bloom throughout the growing season during the summer and it's a wonderful addition to cut flowers gardens.
If you want to add some showy flowers to your garden, add these honey scented beauties to the mix. They're also known as pincushion flowers and mourningbride.
These hardy South African natives grow in a wide variety of colors that include bi-color, magenta, orange, pink, purple, scarlet, and yellow.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9 Sun Exposure: full sun (at least 6 hours) Soil: sandy or loamy, and well-drained Read More: How to Care for Ice Plant
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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This North American perennial is loved by pollinators! It works well as ground cover and looks pretty in open garden spaces. Plant them in loamy soil for healthy blossoms.
The short-lived herbaceous perennial emits fragrance that is often compared to licorice, mint, and crushed fennel seeds. It's a wonderful plant that can be used as an ornamental, and it's deer tolerant!
Often confused with the allergy-inducing ragweed, goldenrod's pollen is actually too heavy to be airborne.
It blooms late into the season, when hungry bees flock to its blooms.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 2 to 8 Sun Exposure: partial to full sun Soil: dry to moist and well-drained
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Bee Balm
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The fragrant foliage of bee balm (also known as wild bergamot) will attract pollinators of all kinds to your garden. Plant in a sunny spot for spring and summer blooms.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9 Sun Exposure: partial shade to full sun Soil: moist and well-drained
Related to the sunflowers, these yellow flowering plants are a native wildflower. Sun-loving and drought tolerant, these flowers bloom starting in the summer and into the fall months.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9 Sun Exposure: full sun Soil: medium moisture and well-drained
Also known as starflower, this annual is an herb, meaning you can snack on borage alongside the bees. The flowers, leaves, and stems are all edible with a faint cucumber taste.
USDA Hardiness Zones: annual Sun Exposure: light shade, full sun Soil: nutrient rich and well-drained
Violet pom-pom-shaped flowers pop up in chive patches in the early spring months. Plant chives in a pot versus directly in the ground, as they are fast growers and can easily overtake a garden.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9 Sun Exposure: full sun Soil: nutrient rich, moist, and well-drained
The tall, spiky flowers of lupine start blooming in late spring. Plant in a sunny spot—while lupine can tolerate some shade, it won't bloom as well. Make sure you've got well-draining soil and water regularly.
Bees will swarm to the bottle-brush shaped flowers of a liatris plant. Plant in the spring and wait for those summer blooms to appear. These tall blooms make them useful for bouquets!
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8 Sun Exposure: full sun Soil: sandy or dry/medium moisture, well-drained
While marigolds are beneficial to plant around food-producing plants to ward off any number of pests, honey bees will flock to their bright orange, red, and yellow blooms.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 2 to 11 Sun Exposure: full sun Soil: evenly moist, well-drained
A delightful garden herb, the lavender flowers of a mint plant will appear sometime between June and September. Like chives, mint should be planted in a pot, as it's a quick spreader and will choke out nearby plants.
Pansies love cool weather, so plant them in the early spring and fall. They are great as a pot or border plant, and with proper care, can flower almost all year long, although bees may only visit in the warmer months.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 7 to 11 Sun Exposure: partial shade to full sun Soil: evenly moist, well-drained
