Best Plants for Bees, Birds and Butterflies

Bees: (Wildflowers) -- aster, catnip, dandelion, goldenrod, milkweed, purple loosestrife, red clover, white clover, violet, wild strawberry; (Garden Flowers) -- balsam, cleome, lantana, lily, marigold, peony, rosemary, sage, sedum, snapdragon.

Birds: (Flowers and vines) -- bittersweet, California poppy, calendula, cornflower, cosmos, goldenrod, sunflower, Virginia creeper, wild grape, zinnia; (Shrubs and trees) -- barberry, bush honeysuckle, chokecherry, crabapple, dogwood, elderberry, holly, mulberry, pyracantha, sweet gum.

Hummingbirds: (Garden flowers) -- bee balm, lobelia, cleome, columbine, delphinium, four-o'clock, honeysuckle, impatiens, petunia, trumpet vine.

Butterflies: (Wildflowers) -- aster, black-eyed Susan, daisy, dogbane, goldenrod, ironweed, milkweed, Queen Anne's lace, vetch, yarrow; (Garden flowers) -- bee balm, coneflower, cosmos, daylily, foxglove, gaillardia, phlox, verbena, yarrow, zinnia.

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