DERRY WATKINS - SPECIAL PLANTS

Plants for Bees

Both Honeybees and Bumblebees need plants with pollen and nectar. the following are some of the best plants for bees, but most plants will have at least some pollen and nectar. Double flowers are the exception, they are rarely good for bees. Most wildflowers and most weeds are very good, so don't be too tidy.

The very best plants for bees are Borage, Phacelia, Echium, Melissa and Solidago (Goldenrod).

Achillea Agastache Agrimony Ajuga Alcea (hollyhock) Alchemilla Allium Alstromeria Alyssum Anchusa Anemone Angelica Anthemis Antirrhinum Aquilegia Arabis Armeria Asclepias Aster Astilbe Aubretia Ballota Bergenia Bidens Borago officinalis (borage) Calamintha Caltha palustris Campanula Cardamine Cardoon (Cynara) Caryopteris Centaurea (cornflower) Centranthus Cheiranthus (wallflower) Chionodoxa Cichorium intybus (chicory) Cirsium Cistus Cleome Comfrey Coreopsis Cosmos Crocus Dahlias, single DelphiniumDigitalis (foxglove) Dianthus

Echinacea Echinops (globe thistle) Echium Eranthis (winter aconite) Eriogonum Eryngium Eschscholtzia (California Poppy) Eupatorium Fennel Filipendula Fuchsia Gaillardia Galanthus Gaura Gentiana Geranium Geum Gypsophilla Heather Hedera (ivy) Helenium Helianthemum Helianthus (sunflower) Helleborus Hyacinth Hypericum Hyssop Iberis Impatiens Iris pseudoacorus Kniphophia Lamium Lathyrus latifolius Lavender Limnanthes Linaria Lobelia Lotus corniculatus Lupin Lychnis Lysimachia Lythrum Malva Meconopsis Melissa Mentha (mint) Mimulus

Monarda Muscari Myosotis (forget-me-not) Myrrhis (sweet cicely) Narcissus Nemophila Nepeta Nigella Oenethera Origanum Papaver Penstemon Perovskia Phacelia Phlox Polemonium Potentilla Prunella Pulmonaria (except P. longifolia) Pulsatilla Romneya Rosemary Rubus Rudbeckia Sage Salvia Saxifraga Scabious Scilla Sedum Sidalcea Solidago Stachys Symphytum Teasel (Dipsacus) Teucrium Thymus Tradescantia Tricyrtis Trifolium (clover) Trollius Valeriana Verbascum. Verbena bonariensis Veronica Viola Zauschneria