Plants Pollinators Use

Filter our array of native plants to meet your conditions and preferences. Or look at our pre-planned gardens.

Pollinator Plant Selector Tool

Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Aromatic Aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Blue False Indigo

Baptisia australis

Blue Joint Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Bradbury’s Bee Balm

Monarda bradburiana

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Celandine Poppy

Stylophorum diphyllum

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Common Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Common Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Common Rush

Juncus effusus

Compass Plant

Silphium laciniatum

Coralberry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Culver’s Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Eastern Star Sedge

Carex radiata

Elm-Leaved Goldenrod

Solidago ulmifolia

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Goatsbeard

Aruncus dioicus

Gray’s Sedge

Carex grayi

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Hairy Woodmint

Blephilia hirsuta

Indian Grass

Sorghastrum nutans

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Jacob’s Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Leadplant

Amorpha canescens

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Missouri Ironweed

Vernonia missurica

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Orange Butterflyweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Poke Milkweed

Asclepias exaltata

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Prairie Coreopsis

Coreopsis palmata

Prairie Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum

Prairie Trillium

Trillium recurvatum

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Red Osier Dogwood

Cornus sericea

Rose Turtlehead

Chelone obliqua

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Rough Blazing Star

Liatris aspera

Scarlet Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Short’s Aster

Symphyotrichum shortii

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Side Oats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Sky Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Smooth Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Spotted Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Sullivant’s Milkweed

Asclepias sullivantii

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp Rose Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Sweet Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Tall Bellflower

Campanulastrum americanum

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

White Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Wild Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Wild Petunia

Ruellia humilis

Wild Quinine

Parthenium integrifolium

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Yellow Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata