Welcome bees to the garden
The blue buzz of busy bee is one of the touch sound of the garden . Those bees are toilsome at body of work visiting flowers and collect pollen to make each plant more fat . About 75 % of all the fruits , nuts and veggies we feed in this nation count on bees for pollination .
Add plants bees love
So welcome bees to your garden by growing some of their favorite flowering plants . They ’re attract by both sight and smell , and certain bee species are attracted to certain efflorescence form . embed a variety of plantsto get a commixture of buzzing visitors .
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6 Plants for bees
Scroll ahead to find six plants for your garden that bee make out — and we love , too !
Allium (Alliumspp. and hybrids)
TypeBulbBloomsMany flower colorsLightFull sunSize6 to 60 in . tall , 6 to 15 in . wideHardinessCold - hardy in USDA zone 3 to 9
Ligularia (Ligulariaspp. and hybrids)
TypePerennialBloomsYellowLightFull sunSize1 to 3 ft . tall , 1 to 2 ft . wideHardinessCold - stalwart in USDA geographical zone 3 to 9
Yarrow (Achilleaspp. and hybrids)
TypePerennialBloomsMany flower colorsLightFull sunSize18 to 48 in . magniloquent , 12 to 24 in . wideHardinessCold - hardy in USDA zone 3 to 10 , heat - kind in AHS zones 10 to 1
Bluebeard (Caryopterisxclandonensis)
TypeShrubBloomsBlue flowersLightFull sunSize2 to 3 ft . tall , 3 to 4 foot . wideHardinessCold - dauntless in USDA zones 5 to 9
Weigela (Weigela florida)
TypeShrubBloomsPink or white flowersLightFull sunSize4 to 6 ft . magniloquent and wideHardinessCold - brave in USDA zona 4 to 9
Agastache (Agastachespp. and hybrids)
TypePerennialBloomsmany flower colorsLightfull sunSize16 to 48 in . tall , 10 to 48 in . wideHardinessCold - unfearing in USDA zones 4 to 10 , heating - liberal in AHS zone 12 to 1
