Native plants are vital to aid in the life of pollinator Bees. 1 of every 3 bites of food you eat come from plants that are pollinated by Bees. Using this list of Native Plants in your landscape provides essential support to bees so they can continue to provide food for your table. Your help is crucial to keeping bees thriving. Even if you can only plant one or two of them every little bit helps! It is excellent exercise and is great for your mind, body and soul! Garden away and soon you will see your reward firsthand!
| BEST PLANTS FOR BEES | |||
| PLANT NAME | TYPE | BLOOM TIME | EXPOSURE |
| ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA | PERENNIAL | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA ‘ICE BALLET’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA | PERENNIAL | JUNE-JULY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS | PERENNIAL | MAY-JUNE | FULL SUN |
| CHELONE GLABRA | PERENNIAL | AUGUST-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PART SHADE |
| COREOPSIS ‘SUNSHINE SUPERMAN’ | PERENNIAL | JUNE-JULY | FULL SUN |
| COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA | PERENNIAL | JUNE-JULY | FULL SUN |
| ECHINACEA PURPUREA ‘HAPPY STAR’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-OCTOBER | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| ECHINACEA PURPUREA ‘RUBY STAR’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-OCTOBER | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| ECHINACEA PUR ‘PRAIRIE SPLENDOR’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-OCTOBER | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| EUPATORIUM COELESTINUM | PERENNIAL | AUGUST-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PART SHADE |
| EUPATORIUM ‘LITTLE JOE’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PART SHADE |
| GERANIUM MACULATA | PERENNIAL | APRIL-MAY | FULL SUN/PART SHADE |
| GERANIUM MACULATA ‘ESPRESSO’ | PERENNIAL | MAY-JUNE | FULL SUN/PART SHADE |
| HELENIUM ‘TINY DANCER’ | PERENNIAL | AUGUST-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN |
| HELIOPSIS ‘SUMMER NIGHTS’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN |
| LOBELIA CARDINALIS | PERENNIAL | JULY-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| LOBELIA SIPHILITICA | PERENNIAL | JUNE-JULY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| LOBELIA ‘FRIED GREEN TOMATOES’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PART SHADE |
| LUPINUS PERENNIS | PERENNIAL | MAY-JULY | FULL SUN |
| MONARDA ‘BLUE STOCKING’ | PERENNIAL | MAY-JULY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| MONARDA DIDYMA ‘JACOB CLINE’ | PERENNIAL | MAY-JULY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| MONARDA FIRST ‘CLAIRE GRACE’ | PERENNIAL | MAY-JULY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| OENOTHERA ‘FIREWORKS’ | PERENNIAL | JUNE-AUGUST | FULL SUN |
| PENSTEMON ‘HUSKER RED’ | PERENNIAL | MAY-JULY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| PLANT NAME | TYPE | BLOOM TIME | EXPOSURE |
| RATIBIA ‘RED MIDGET’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| RUDBECKIA VAR FULGIDA | PERENNIAL | JULY-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| RUDBECKIA TRILOBA | PERENNIAL | JULY-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| RUDBECKIA TRI ‘PRAIRIE GLOW’ | PERENNIAL | JULY-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| SOLIDAGO ‘FIREWORKS’ | PERENNIAL | AUGUST-OCTOBER | FULL SUN |
| TRADESCANTIA OHIENSIS | PERENNIAL | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN |
| VERBENA STRICTA | PERENNIAL | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN TO SHADE |
| VERONICA ‘IRON BUTTERFLY’ | PERENNIAL | AUGUST-SEPTEMBER | FULL SUN |
| VERONICASTRUM VIRGINICUM | PERENNIAL | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN/PART SHADE |
| AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS | SHRUB | APRIL | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| AZALAEA PERICLYMENOIDES | SHRUB | APRIL-MAY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| AZALAEA VASEYI | SHRUB | APRIL | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| AZALAEA VISCOSUM | SHRUB | JUNE-JULY | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| CEANOTHUS AMERICANUS | SHRUB | MAY-JUNE | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| ROSA PALUSTRIS | SHRUB | MAY-JULY | FULL SUN |
| ROSA VIRGINIANA | SHRUB | MAY-JULY | FULL SUN |
| SALIX DISCOLOR | SHRUB | MARCH-APRIL | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| SPIRAEA TOMENTOSA | SHRUB | JULY-AUGUST | FULL SUN |
| VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM ‘BLUE JAY’ | SHRUB | MAY | FULL SUN |
| VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM ‘NORTHLAND’ | SHRUB | MAY | FULL SUN |
| VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM ‘RUBEL’ | SHRUB | MAY | FULL SUN |
| ACER SACCHARUM | TREE | APRIL-MAY | FULL SUN |
| CERCIS CANADENSIS | TREE | APRIL | FULL SUN/PARTIAL SUN |
| QUERCUS BICOLOR | TREE | MAY | FULL SUN |
