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

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Aromatic Aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Bitternut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Black Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

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 Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

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 Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Eastern Star Sedge

Carex radiata

Elm-Leaved Goldenrod

Solidago ulmifolia

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

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

Hop Hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Indian Grass

Sorghastrum nutans

Inland Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Jacob’s Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gymnocladus dioicus

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Leadplant

Amorpha canescens

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Missouri Evening Primrose

Oenothera macrocarpa

Missouri Ironweed

Vernonia missurica

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Northern Blue Flag

Iris versicolor

Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Diervilla lonicera

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana

Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Orange Butterflyweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

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

River Birch

Betula nigra

Rose Turtlehead

Chelone obliqua

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Rough Blazing Star

Liatris aspera

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Scarlet Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

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

Southern Arrowwood

Viburnum dentatum

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Spotted Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Sullivant’s Milkweed

Asclepias sullivantii

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp Rose Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

Sweet Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Tall Bellflower

Campanulastrum americanum

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

White Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Wild Blue Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Wild Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Wild Petunia

Ruellia humilis

Wild Quinine

Parthenium integrifolium

Wild Stonecrop

Sedum ternatum

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Yellow Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

Yellowwood

Cladrastis kentukea

Zigzag Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis