RHS Plants for Pollinators - Plants of the World

RHS Plants for Pollinators Plants of the World

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Get your garden buzzing ♦♦ Plant flowers that are on the RHS Plants for Pollinators plant lists ♦♦ Grow a range of plants for year-round flowering ♦♦ Avoid plants with double or multipetalled flowers ♦♦ Never use pesticides on plants in flower ♦♦ Provide nest sites for solitary bees Subspecies and cultivars of plants listed here are also Plants for Pollinators, but those that provide significantly reduced floral resources (i.e. pollen and nectar) are excluded. This includes most doubles. See p.2 for key to codes.

UK native plants Ajuga reptans bugle Angelica sylvestris wild angelica Armeria maritima thrift, sea pink Buxus sempervirens common box Calluna vulgaris heather, ling Campanula glomerata clustered bellflower Centaurea cyanus cornflower † Centaurea scabiosa greater knapweed Crataegus monogyna common hawthorn Echium vulgare viper’s bugloss Erica cinerea bell heather Eupatorium cannabinum hemp agrimony Foeniculum vulgare common fennel † Photo: RHS / Georgi Mabee (comma butterfly on Verbena bonariensis).

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Geranium pratense meadow cranesbill H Geum rivale water avens H Hedera helix common ivy C Hydrotelephium telephium orpine H Ilex aquifolium common holly T Leucanthemum vulgare ox-eye daisy H Lonicera periclymenum common honeysuckle C Lychnis flos-cuculi ragged robin H Lythrum salicaria purple loosestrife H Malva moschata musk mallow H Origanum vulgare wild marjoram H Papaver rhoeas common poppy † A Persicaria bistorta common bistort H Primula vulgaris primrose H Prunus avium wild & edible cherries T Prunus spinosa blackthorn S Rosa species rose S Rubus fruticosus agg. blackberry S Scabiosa columbaria small scabious H T Sorbus aria common whitebeam Sorbus aucuparia mountain ash, rowan T Viburnum opulus guelder rose S

Northern Hemisphere (excl. UK) Allium species ornamental and edibles B Anemone × hybrida Japanese anemone H Arbutus unedo strawberry tree S or T Aubrieta species aubretia H Berberis thunbergii Japanese barberry S Bergenia species elephant ear H Borago officinalis borage A Calendula officinalis common marigold A Campanula poscharskyana trailing bellflower H Chaenomeles species Japanese quince S Crocus species crocus B Dahlia species & hybrids dahlia H Echinacea purpurea purple coneflower H Echinops species globe thistle H Eryngium planum blue eryngo H Erysimum species wallflower Bi Eschscholzia californica California poppy A Euphorbia characias Mediterranean spurge H Galanthus nivalis common snowdrop B Geranium species cranesbill H Helleborus species & hybrids hellebore H Knautia macedonica Macedonian scabious H

Laurus nobilis bay tree Lavandula × intermedia lavandin Limnanthes douglasii poached egg flower Lunaria annua honesty Mahonia species Oregon grape Malus floribunda Japanese crab Nepeta species catmint Nigella damascena love-in-a-mist Parthenocissus tricuspidata Boston ivy Phacelia tanacetifolia fiddleneck Pileostegia viburnoides climbing hydrangea Potentilla species cinquefoil Pulmonaria species lungwort Pyracantha species firethorn Rosa species rose Rosmarinus officinalis rosemary Rudbeckia species coneflower Salix aegyptiaca musk willow Sarcococca confusa sweet box Stachys byzantina lamb’s ear Thymus species thyme Vaccinium corymbosum blueberry Verbascum phoeniceum purple mullein Viburnum tinus laurustinus Weigela florida weigelia

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Southern Hemisphere Alstroemeria species Peruvian lily Anchusa capensis Cape alkanet Berberis darwinii Darwin’s barberry Brachyglottis monroi Monro’s ragwort Buddleja globosa orange ball tree Cleome hassleriana spider flower Delosperma floribundum ice plant Escallonia species escallonia Fuchsia species fuchsia – hardy types Hebe species hebe Heliotropium arborescens common heliotrope Nicotiana alata flowering tobacco Nicotiana langsdorffii Langsdorff’s tobacco Olearia species daisy bush Prostanthera cuneata alpine mint bush Trachymene coerulea blue lace flower Tropaeolum majus garden nasturtium Verbena bonariensis purple top Verbena rigida slender vervain

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Natural England states: You can legally collect small quantities of wildflower seed for your own use, but you must get permission from the land’s owner, tenant or other authority, as necessary. Although seed-collecting is allowed, you should not dig up native plants – many rare species are protected by law. You can collect seed of even rare plants, but cannot sell / trade seed or progeny.

Key to codes: T tree S shrub C climber B bulb / corm A annual Bi biennial H herbaceous perennial † denotes an archaeophyte (a naturalised plant introduced before 1500) 2