Planting for Pollination

Some flowers, shrubs and trees to get you started. Do some research on your own to find additional plants for your yard. A list of resources to aid your research are provided following the lists.

Spring Flowers
Moss Phlox, Phlox subulate
Wild geranium, Geranium maculatum
Blue Flag, Iris versicolor
Wild blue lupine, Lupinus perennis
Blue False Indigo, Baptista australis
Golden seal, Hydrastis canadensisSpring Flowers

Summer Flowers
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta
Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
Blue Giant Hyssop, Agastache preniculum
Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Yellow Wild Indigo, Baptista tinctorial
Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium maculatum

Fall Flowers
New England Aster, Symphyotrickum novae-angliae
Fireworks Goldenrod, Solidago rugosa, fireworks
Canada Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis
Blue Lobelia, Lobelia elongata
Eastern Horsemint, Monarda punctuate var. punctuata
Marsh Mallow, Kosteletskya virginica var virginica

Native Shrubs
Oakleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia
Dwarf Fothergilla, Fothergilla gardenia
Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis
Broom Sedge, Andropogon virginicus
Downy Arrowwood Viburnum, Viburnum rafinesquianum
Pink shell azalea, Rhododendron vaseyi
Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius
Staggerbush, Lyonia mariana
Sweet pepperbush, Clethra alnifolia
Red Osier (twig) Dogwood, Cornus servicea

Native Trees that produce pollen or serve as larval hosts
Oak, white, scarlet, Quercus sp.
Crab Apple, Malus species,
Black Gum (Tupelo, Sour gum), Nyssa sylvatica
Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana
American Linden, Tilia americana
Sourwood, Oxydendrum arboreum
Flowering dogwood, Cornus Florida
Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis
Serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis
Cockspur Hawthorne, Crataegus crus-gali
White fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus
Red Maple, Acer rubrum
Tulip Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera
Black Willow, Salix Nigra
American Holly, Ilex opaca
Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora


Additional Resources
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Douglas W. Tallamy
Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States, Tony Dove and Claudia Woolridge
Xerces Society. https://xerces.org/pesticides/risks-pesticides-pollinators
http://www.plantnative.org/rpl-denjny.htm

Some Online Resources
https://www.fws.gov/pollinators/pdfs/pollinatorbookletfinalrevweb.pdf
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/AttractingPollinatorsV5.pdf
https://tinyurl.com/v5goczk