Plants that Attract Hummingbirds, Butterflies, & Bees

Below is a list of plants that attract Hummingbirds, Butterflies, & Bees to your yard. It may take a couple of weeks to a month before you really notice any activity in your yard, but with a little patience and persistence, you will be rewarded for your efforts. Both of these are important in the pollination of many of our flowering trees and shrubs and should really be encouraged to at least some degree.

The Hummingbird List

BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME
Ajuga	Bugleweed	Hemerocallis	Daylily
Alcea	Hollyhocks	Impatiens	Impatiens*
Antirrhinum	Snapdragons*	Ipomoea	Morning Glory
Aquilegia	Columbine	Kniphofia	Red Hot Poker
Asclepias	Butterfly Weed	Lobelia	Cardinal Flower
Cleome	Spider Flower*	Mirabillis	Four O’Clock*
Dianthus	Pinks	Monarda	Bee Balm
Dicentra	Bleeding Hearts	Nicotiana	Flower Tobacco*
Digitalis	Foxglove	Penstemon	Beards Tongue
Fuchsia	Fuchsia*	Petunia	Petunia*
Gladiolus	Gladious+	Salvia	Perennial Sage
Heuchera	Coral Bells	Tropaeolum	Nasturtium*

The Butterflies & Bees List

BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME
Achillea	Yarrow	Eupatorium	Hardy Ageratum
Armeria	Sea Thrift	Gaillardia	Blanket Flower
Aruncus	Goats Beard	Helenium	False Sunflower
Asclepias	Butterfly Weed	Heliotropium	Heliotrope
Aurinia	Basket of Gold	Iberis	Candytuff
Calendula	Pot Marigold*	Lavandula	Lavender
Centranthus	Red Valerian	Liatris	Spike Gayfeather
Chrysanthemum	Shasta, Nippon,	Lobularia	Sweet Alyssum*
	& Painted Daisy	Monarda	Bee Balm
Cimicifuga	Bugbane	Phlox Paniculata	Garden Phlox
Coreopsis	Tickseed	Rudbeckia	Black-Eyed Susan
Cosmos	Cosmos	Sedum Spectabile	Showy Stonecrop
Dictamnus	Gas Plant	Sedum	Autumn Joy Sedum
Echinacea	Cone Flower	Echinops	Globe Thistle

* Annuals +Bulbs All else are Perennials