This page contains pollinator plant lists, land restoration guides, and helpful links for choosing plants and how-to instructions for pollinator habitat restoration and gardening.
2021 List of Bee Friendly Plants(some plants have underlined links to videos) (videos by Karl Foord, retired extension educator, and Mary Hockenberry Meyer, retired professor, University of Minnesota horticulture ) |
Scientific name | Common name | Color | Bloom time | Nectar | Pollen |
Prunus spp. | plum, cherry | white | may | X | X |
Malus spp. | crabapple | white | may | X | X |
Rubus spp. | rasberry, blackberry | white | may | X | |
Brassica arvenish | wild mustard | yellow | may | X | X |
Penstemon grandiflorus | beardtongue | lavendar | may-june | X | X |
Allium schoenoprasum | chive | pink | may-june | X | X |
Rosa palustris | swamp rose | pink | may-june | X | |
Tithonia rotundifolia | mexican sunflower | red | may-oct | X | X |
Zizia aurea | golden alexanders | yellow | may-july | X | X |
Ascleplas syrica | common milkweed | pink | july | X | X |
Asclepias incarnata | red milkweed | pink | july | X | X |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | white | july | X | |
Amorpha canescens | leadplant | purple | july | X | X |
Baptisia australis | blue false indigo | blue | july | X | X |
Penstemon digitalis | smooth penstemon | white | june-july | X | X |
Eryngium yuccifolium | rattlesanke master | white | june-july | X | X |
Salvia azurea | blue sage | blue | june-july | X | |
Dalea purpurea | purple prairie clover | purple | june-july | X | X |
Helianthus occidentalis | sunflower | yellow | june-july | X | X |
Nepeta x faaseni | catmint | purple | june-july | X | |
Allium spp. | onion | white | june-july | X | X |
Gallardia pulchella | indian blanket | orange | aug-oct | X | X |
Silphium perfoliatum | cup plant | yellow | aug-sept | X | X |
Silphium lancelota | compass plant | yellow | aug-oct | X | X |
Borage officinalis | borage | lavendar | aug-oct | X | X |
Lobelia siphilitica | great blue lobelia | blue | aug-sept | X | |
Monarda fistulosa | bergamot | lavendar | aug-sept | X | |
Verbena hastata | blue vervain | blue | aug-sept | X | |
Epilobium augustifolium | fireweed | pink | aug-sept | X | |
Agastache foeniculum | lavendar hyssop | purple | aug-sept | X | |
Echinacea purpurea | purple coneflower | purple | aug-sept | X | |
Monarda punctata | dotted mint | lavendar | aug-sept | X | |
Vernonia fasciculata | ironweed | red | aug-sept | X | |
Helianthus mollis | downy sunflower | yellow | aug-sept | X | X |
Physostegia virginiana | obedient plant | pink | aug-sept | X | |
Eupatorium maculatum | joe pye weed | pink | aug-sept | X | X |
Eupatorium altissiumum | tall boneset | white | aug-sept | X | X |
Liatris spicata | dense blazingstar | purple | aug-sept | X | |
Gaillardia pulchella | blanket flower | red/yellow | aug-septe | X | X |
Verbena bonariensis | so.american vervain | purple | aug-oct | X | X |
Campis radicans | trumpet vine | red | aug-oct | X | X |
Solidago rigida | stiff goldenrod | yellow | aug-oct | X | X |
Hylotelephium telephium | sedum autumn joy | pink | aug-oct | X | X |
Helianthus strumosus | woodland sunflower | yellow | aug-oct | X | X |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | new england aster | purple | aug-oct | X | X |