10 Plants That Attract Bees To Your Garden

'Sunset Orange' Gaillardia This compact plant holds its shape, and its blooms do not fade. It produces heavy flowers from early spring to fall. It is drought-tolerant and prefers low water use.

Dark Blue Moody Blues™ Veronica Bright spikes of flowers will bloom all season long, right up until the first frost. Also known as Spike Speedwell, use it in mass plantings or mixed with roses and perennials. Its compact shape is ideal for containers.

'Princess Dark Lavender' Verbena This verbena is a true garden performer with no breaking apart. Vivid green foliage provides a backdrop for crowns of rich, pale purple blooms that form masses of color. This beauty blooms from spring until fall.

Azure Skies™ Heliotrope This low-growing, spreading perennial features light lavender flower clusters and light green leaves. It is incredibly heat tolerant. Use as ground cover or in planters where it will trail and make an excellent spiller plant. Plus, it's deer-resistant.

Ever Sapphire™ Agapanthus Large bi-color flowers change from blue in the throat to white on the petal's edge, surrounded by green, strap-like foliage. Blooms open in the spring and re-bloom through summer. This fast-growing plant is also drought-tolerant.

Salvia 'Amistad' Dark purple flowers with nearly black calyx constantly bloom from early spring until frost. Salvia 'Amistad' is more compact and has a fuller habit than other guaranitica types. These flowers are also a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds.

Ultra Violet™ Buddleia This exciting buddleia grows compactly into an attractive rounded shape, unlike other butterfly bushes that often become tall and lean. Its violet blooms are a beacon for butterflies and honeybees, and it reblooms well from late spring into fall. Use it as an accent, in a border, or in a container.

Crazy White™ Echinacea Large daisy-like flowers with drooping, pure petals surround a large orange button-shaped cone. Blooms appear earlier than other coneflowers. This plant brings power blooming to the border garden, capable of over 100 flowers on a mature plant.

Solar Glow™ Sunbow® Azalea Series Brilliant spring-blooming deciduous azaleas have larger, more colorful, and more showy blooms. They are great for light shade and even sunnier locations. With the added attraction of honeysuckle fragrance, these are a perfect addition to your garden.

Allium Plant these bulbs in the fall for delightful purple flowers in spring. While bees love to indulge by eating these ornamental onions, humans should not eat them. Blooms range in size from a few inches tall to dramatic four-foot pom-poms.
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