Plants for Bees
By: Sherry Fuller, Horticulturist
Our honeybee population is struggling for a variety of reasons. Using plants they prefer is one way you can
help. Another way is to use pesticides only when absolutely necessary, and then only in the evening when
bees are not active.
TREESSHRUBS
All fruit trees
Blue mist spirea
Snowberry
CrabappleRabbitbrushCotoneaster
Linden
Barberry
Raspberry
Black locust
Oregon grape holly
MapleElderberry
Willow Rose
HawthornWillow
PERENNIALS
AgastacheLamb’s earGoldenrod
Lavender
Butterfly milkweed Salvia
Veronica
Globe thistle
Wallflower
AsterJoe-pye weedPenstemon
Purple coneflower Buckwheat Bee-balm
StrawberryYarrowCoreopsis
Tulip
HERBS
BorageLemon balmCoriander / Cilantro
MintThymeValerian
SageBasilRosemary
ChivesOregano
WEEDS / WILDFLOWERS
Dandelion Yellow & white sweet clover
White Dutch clover
Rocky Mountain bee plant
ANNUALS
Sunflower
Bachelor buttons