Pollinator Friendly Plants
There are so many varieties of pollinator favorite plants. Some are edible, some have nice aromas, and others make beautiful flowers that both you and your pollinators will love. Use the guide below to find plants for the whole growing season and attract pollinators from early spring until late fall. Explore the map below to find pollinators native to your area that you target with native plants!
Check out the Native Plants finder to explore more plants native to your area!
​Spring / Early Summer
These flowering plants bloom primarily from March-July. All flowers featured here are pollinator favorites native to the United States; click on each photo to find out more information!
Top row left-right: 1. Common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), 2. Golden Currant (Ribes odoratum), 3. Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea), 4. Blue Elderberry (Sambucus nigra), 5. Lewis' Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii).
Bottom row left-right: 1. Western Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), 2. Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa), 3. Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata), 4. Scarlet Globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea), 5. Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
Late Summer / Fall
These flowering plants bloom primarily from July-September. All flowers featured here are pollinator favorites native to the United States; click on each photo to find out more information!
Top row left-right: 1. Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa), 2. Beebalm (Monarda didyma), 3. Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata), 4. Blue Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea), 5. Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
Bottom row left-right: 1. Showy Fleabane (Erigeron speciosus), 2. Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima), 3. Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata), 4. Maximillian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani), 5. Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata).
(List of flowers taken from Reel, 2013.)
Native Pollinator Map
Explore the map below to find out which pollinators are native to your area. Plant native pollinator plants using the guide above to attract these pollinators to your home!