Usually in a garden, we advocate for the most exemplary flowers. The ones that either spark with eccentric or sing in notes of soft melody. They are our friends, the ones we mumble “Good Morning” or “Hello my pretties” each rising day. But our garden and flowers play a role in environmental society. Supporting the ecosystem, species, and our fate. Pollinators rely on their gifts, which then suffice our food needs. Every seed we plant counts. Explore gardening suggestions that will make your create your ‘escapeway’ pollinator friendly.
Create a Pollinator Friendly Environment using these 10 plants:
- Blazing Meadow Star: Bees + Butterflies +Hummingbirds
- Known as the pollinator magnet
- Can grow up to 4 ft. tall
- Deer and Water resistance
- Has a high reputation in the gardening community
2. Calendula: Bees + Butterflies
- Herb with many medical properties
- Its flower petals can soothe and heal tinctures, infusions, and salves
- They repel pest insects while attracting beneficial insects(ladybugs)
- Put it in your salad: its flower petals are edible
3. Marigold: Butterflies +Moths
- Range from many orange-red-yellow shades
- Repel pest insects like cabbage moths
- Easy to grow!
4. Salvia: Bees + Butterflies + Hummingbirds
- Hummingbirds LOVE this flower- out of all the plants in the garden, they prefer Saliva the most
- Salvia flowers and plants come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors
- They range from 5 foot bushes to a few tall stalks – Most salvias produce blooms that drive pollinators ‘crazy
5. Lavender: Bees
- While attracting bees, they repel mosquitoes and flies
- They are potential year round plants in mild climates
- They are full of variety (bloom, size, and color vary) since they come from three main types: English, Spanish and French
- Beautiful herb to bake with, or use as room freshener
5. Cosmos: Birds + Bees + Hummingbirds + Moths
- They need minimal care once germinated
- Prefer to be neglected
- Will enhance your garden with its lovely ‘moving’ colors
- Provide food for some delicate winged creatures
6. Milkweed: Butterflies
- These plants are a main source or food for monarch butterflies
- The “host plant” for monarch caterpillars
- It is the one place where adult monarch butterflies lay their eggs
- Butterflies also drink nectar from the flowers
- Fast and easy to grow-popular option
- Over 100 species of milkweed, with diverse features
7. Borage: Bees
- Bees adore these plants
- They reseed themselves very quickly- no need to re-plant or seed again
- Low maintenance plant
- It pairs lovely with a summer/spring salad or a drink (edible)
- Full of nutrients: Is a great source to compost
8. Agastache: Bees + Hummingbirds + Butterflies
- Deer and rabbit resistance
- Makes for delicious tea
- Smells amazing-room freshener
- Favorite nectar source for hummingbirds
- Highly attractive towards bees, hummingbird and butterflies
9. Oregano: Bees + Hummingbirds
- This perennial herb gives you variety in your kitchen
- You can use it as culinary spices – fresh or dried
- As long as you allow it to bloom, it heavily attracts bees during the season
10. Dandelion: Bees + Birds
- One of the easiest, “no maintenance” plant to grow
- Grow in nature ( without any seeding)
- You can sprinkle some dandelion in your soup or salad
- Beetles and other beneficial insects need them as nests
Bee The Change 