Perrennials, Annuals, Shrubs & Trees for Georgia Pollinators

1 . 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!

Perennials

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

Pollinator-Friendly Plants by Type

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)