.. rst-class:: bee-header Perrennials, Annuals, Shrubs & Trees for Georgia Pollinators ------------------------------------------------------------ .. qa:: Name some common trees, shrubs and perennials The species listed below will attract butterflies, bees, and birds to your yard and garden. * Indicates some deer resistance but this can depend on location and certain species. Most listed are native to the Southeast, however not a complete list. Also, not listed, are native grasses, that offer deer resistance along with seeds and habitat for wildlife. Suggestions for others are always welcomed! .. list-table:: Perennials :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 30 20 35 * - Perennials Genus - Common Name - Bloom Time - Notes * - `Agastache` - Hummingbird mints, Hyssops - Spring to summer - A variety of colors and species * - `Asclepias` - Milkweed (Butterfly, Whorled, Common, Showy, Swamp) - Great for butterflies including Monarchs - Lovely colors * - `Coreopsis` - Tickseed - Early bloomer - Balls of sunshine early * - `Coleus` - Coleus - If you let it bloom, it will be great for late summer nutrition - Great for color and variety to your garden * - `Echinacea` - Coneflower - Great summer bloomer for all pollinators - Who doesn’t love this, bees sure do! * - `Eryngium yuccafolium` - Rattlesnake master - Summer - Very unique plant and great for our native bees * - `Eryngium` - Sea holly - Summer - Blue globes * - `Eupatorium` - Joe Pye Weeds & Mistflowers - Summer to fall - Great native * - `Gaillardia` - Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket - Summer to fall - Lovely colors and long lasting blooms * - `Liatris` - Blazing stars, Glowsticks & Gayfeathers - Summer - Adds height and color * - `Monarda` - Beebalm - Summer to fall - Great for bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. There are a huge selection of colors, heights and bloom. * - `Nepeta` - Catnips, Catmint - Spring to summer - Bountiful blooms * - `Passiflora incarnata` - Passion flower - Maypops - Summer to winter - Host plant for the Gulf Fritillary * - `Pycnanthemum flexuosum` - Appalachian Mountain Mint - Summer to fall - Love Mountain mints and so do our bees!!! * - `Pycnanthemum incanum` - Hoary Mtn Mint - Summer to fall - Love Mountain mints and so do flower flies! * - `Pycnanthemum muticum` - Short Toothed/Clustered Mountain Mint - Summer to fall - Love it! * - `Pycnanthemum tenuifolium` - Narrowleaf Mtn Mint - Summer to fall - All native to the US * - `Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum` - Hairy Mtn Mint - Summer to fall - Lovely mint! * - `Pycnanthemum virginianum` - American Mtn Mint - Summer to fall - Another one bees love! * - `Ratibida pinnata` - Prairie Coneflower - Summer to fall - You will love seeing all the native bees this one attracts! * - `Rudbeckia` - Black Eyed Susans, Goldstrum - Summer to fall - Great for our native bees * - `Salvia x sylvestris` - May Night - Spring to fall - Deep purple flowers attract a host of native bees early * - `Salvia coccinea`, `greggii` - Autumn sage - Spring to fall - Ruby red flowers great for hummingbirds * - `Silphium` - Rosinweeds - Yellow daisy-like late summer to fall - Lovely native * - `Silphium perfoliatum` - Cup flower - Yellow daisy-like late summer to fall - Tall striking plant * - `Solidago` - Goldenrods - Summer to winter - Provides fall pollen * - `Symphyotrichum` - Asters - Late summer to winter - Purple to white and wonderful late blooming food plant for our native pollinators * - `Symphyotrichum carolinianum` - Climbing aster - Fall - Late bloomer for our bees * - `Veronica umbrosa` - Georgia Blue - Speedwell - Spring to summer - Lovely blues and purples * - `Zizia aurea` - Golden Alexander - Spring to summer - Adds golden color .. list-table:: Pollinator-Friendly Plants by Type :header-rows: 1 :widths: 25 25 25 25 * - Annuals – some flowers may look pretty but contain no nectar or pollen. These do ;) - Shrubs – bigger bang for your buck. Provide lots of blooms and food for butterflies - Trees – Provide ample food with a small footprint! - Weeds for Bees – great for meadows or un-mowed areas * - Zinnias – singles not double bloomers, great for all pollinators - Vitex - Oaks: White, Pin, Red, Oglethorpe, Chestnut, Shumard, Southern Red, Willow, Scarlet, Cherrybark, Overcup - Late boneset * - Salvia - New Jersey Tea - Eastern Redbud - Clover – instead of grass * - Mexican sunflower – Brings the big butterflies - Chokeberry - Basswood - Fleabane * - Coleus – late bloom when not much else is blooming - St. John’s Wort - Tulip Poplar - Sensitive / Partridge pea * - Tickseed sunflower - Sumac – not a weed to pollinators - Black Locust - Crown beard * - Black eyed Susan - Button Bush - Southern Catalpa - Goldenrod – beneficial to bees late in the season * - Cosmos – early bloomers - Pepperbush - Fringe Tree - Grancy Graybeard (Chionanthus virginicus) - Cat’s ear dandelion * - Swamp sunflower - Ninebark - Maples - Asiatic hawksbeard * - Verbena - Hydrangea paniculata - Sourwood - Spanish needles * - Mexican sage - Dwarf hollies - Downy Serviceberry - Trumpet vine * - Borage - Virginia Sweetspire - American and Yaupon Holly (native) - Fetch * - Pentas - Abelia - Witch Hazel - Henbit * - Garden Phlox - Black Chokeberry - Crabapples - Deadnettle * - - Weigela Shrub - River Birch - Comfrey * - - Buttonbush - Shagbark Hickory - Dandelions * - - Arrowhead & Blackhaw Viburnum - Paw Paw - Camphor weed * - - Sweetshrub - Gray & Silky Dogwood - Common Yarrow * - - American Indigo - Red and Yellow Buckeye - Pokeweed * - - Meadowsweet - American & Chickasaw Plum - * - - Elderberry - Seven Sons (non-native) - * - - Pepperbush - Black Locust - * - - Euonymus americana - American Yellowwood - * - - Highbush Blueberry - Sweetbay Magnolia - * - - Spicebush - Franklinia (Franklinia alatamaha) -