Pollinator Friendly Plants

here at Bayview Garden we are always celebrating our pollinators and the plants that support them.

In 2017, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved this week as a necessary step in creating awareness of the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations. Pollinators, which include bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, hummingbirds and bats, all assist with plant reproduction by helping to move pollen within or between flowers. Thus, pollinators play a crucial role in supporting biodiversity and the food production we rely upon for survival.  We can bring plants into our gardens that are not only beautiful but help support our pollinating friends.  Here are some great perennial and shrub suggestions to bring some pollination love into your garden:    

• Anise Hyssop – Agastache

• Aster

• Bee Balm - Monarda

• Catmint – Nepeta

• Coneflower – Echinacea and Rudbeckia

• Crocosmia

• Escallonia

• Fuchsia

• Goldenrod – Solidago

• Lavender – Lavendula

• Penstemon

• Salvia

• Sedum

• Verbena – Vervain

• Wild Lilac - Ceanothus

• Yarrow – Achillea