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Bees and butterflies are loved by us gardeners for the incredible work they do pollinating our crops. But with native wildflower meadows becoming scarce, pollinators need our help.
Planting wildflowers is the perfect way to provide these amazing insects with the pollen, nectar and habitat they need to survive.
In this short video we’ll show you how to include more wildflowers in your own garden to benefit pollinators, lift your spirits – and boost harvests too!
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100 Plants to Feed the Bees, Xerces society
Wildflowers
1. Anise Hyssop, Giant Hyssop
2. Aster
3. Beebalm
4. Black-Eyed Susan
5. Blanketflower
6. Blazing Star
7. Blue Curls
8. Blue Vervain
9. California Poppy
10. Clarkia
11. Coreopsis
12. Culver’s Root
13. Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Rosinweed
14. Figwort
15. Fireweed
16. Globe Gilia
17. Goldenrod
18. Gumweed
19. Ironweed
20. Joe-Pye Weed, Boneset
21. Lobelia
22. Lupine
23. Meadowfoam
24. Milkweed
25. Mountainmint
26. Native Thistle
27. Penstemon
28. Phacelia
29. Prairie Clover
30. Purple Coneflower
31. Rattlesnake Master, Eryngo
32. Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
33. Salvia
34. Selfheal
35. Sneezeweed
36. Spiderwort
37. Sunflower
38. Waterleaf
39. Wild Buckwheat
40. Wild Geranium
41. Wild Indigo
42. Wingstem
43. Wood Mint
Native Trees and Shrubs
44. Acacia
45. Basswood
46. Blackberry, Raspberry
47. Black Locust
48. Blueberry
49. Buckwheat Tree
50. Buttonbush
51. Chamise
52. Coyotebrush
53. False Indigo, Leadplant
54. Golden Currant
55. Inkberry
56. Madrone
57. Magnolia
58. Manzanita
59. Mesquite
60. Ocean Spray
61. Oregon Grape
62. Rabbitbrush
63. Redbud
64. Rhododendron
65. Rose
66. Saw Palmetto
67. Serviceberry
68. Sourwood
69. Steeplebush, Meadowsweet
70. Toyon
71. Tulip Tree
72. Tupelo
73. Wild Lilac
74. Willow
75. Yerba Santa
Introduced Trees and Shrubs
76. Orange
77. Plum, Cherry, Almond, Peach
Introduced Herbs and Ornamentals
78. Basil
79. Borage
80. Catnip
81. Coriander
82. Cosmos
83. Hyssop
84. Lavender
85. Mint
86. Oregano
87. Rosemary
88. Russian Sage
89. Thyme
Native and Nonnative Bee Pasture Plants
90. Alfalfa
91. Buckwheat
92. Clover
93. Cowpea
94. Mustard
95. Partridge Pea
96. Radish
97. Sainfoin
98. Scarlet Runner Bean
99. Sweetclover
100. Vetch
Personally, I'm a huge fan of nasturtiums (edible and beautiful) and zinnias. Also planting sunflowers, marigolds and borage this year.
my flower choice is not a native too where you are from.
celosia geisha
Thanks for video ! Be nice to have video on transferring wild flowers into garden
Always look forward to your videos. Another lovely one. If I'm buying from a garden centre I always head for the pots that are attracting the most attention from the bees, like Astrantia, which is great in a bit of shade. My top flower of joy is the biennial Angelica Gigas. Large and stately , though robust stems means it never needs staking. with wonderful huge aubergine coloured flower heads. It is covered in bees when in flower. Strikingly it gets covered in lots of different species of bees at the same time, so this year I have bought a bee identification chart to take advantage of that.
I love all the golden rods, Hairy balsamroot and pretty much all wildflowers
I have bought seeds. Quite a few pkts. But weather saying frost still.
my faves right now are phacelia and borage!
Thank You very much
Great! Looking for ideas in my apiary this season. This is helpful 🙂
Very smart
Good video – lots of clear and non bullshit information in a quick succinct video Much appreciated. But you didn't mention the name of your little sim-garden game (my wife wants to play)
I was looking through videos for a UK based one and knew I was onto a winner when I saw your face on the thumbnail lol …strange how you can often tell…thanks for this…
Thanks! Working on getting rid of my lawn. This is helpful.
Daffodils don't have much accessible nectar
Thank you ☺️
When you do a wildflower garden what do you do at the end of the season when they have all died do you leave them to decompose or pull them all up.
Where do you lived here not even the bee can live too hot!
Is the house that very expensive or land?
Thank you fir reply my question!
Very nice garden!
Hello: I have a rather massive balcony in Birmingham, with great light, and would like to grow wildflowers for bees & butterflies in the planter boxes I have: my balcony is about 15 metres by 15 metres long (it's a corner penthouse situation). My planter boxes line the balcony railing. Can I use wildflowers in the boxes?
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Ive only started growing flowers and food last year. I grew sunflowers and loved how they attracted bees and even gold finches. This year I planted more sunflowers and some wildflowers, and I'm excited to see how they do.
I use a wildflower mix with much success. Eastern Shore of Virginia.
do wildflowers grow in compost only?