Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects

For beneficial insects:

• Annual candytuft
• Bachelor’s buttons
• Black-eyed Susan
• Blanket flower
• Blue-eyed African daisy
• Calendula
• Calliopsis
• Cosmos
• Dwarf morning glory
• Gazania
• Marigolds
• Mexican sunflower
• Common sunflower
• Swan River daisy
• Sweet alyssum
• Common zinnia

For bees:

• Cosmos

For beneficial insects:

• Bee balm
• Gayfeathers
• Golden asters
• Goldenrod
• Hardy marguerite
• Lavender cotton
• Painted daisy
• Pincushion flower
• Purple coneflower
• Rock cress
• Sea hollies
• Yarrows

For bees:

• Rock cress

For beneficial insects:

• Angelica
• Anise
• Caraway
• Catnip
• German Chamomile
• Roman Chamomile
• Chervil
• Curry plant
• Dill
• Fennel
• Lovage
• Nasturtium
• Parsley (when allowed to flower)
• Rue
• Spearmint
• Sweet Annie
• Sweet cicely
• Tansy

For bees: (more pollination = greater harvest)

• Borage
• Catnip
• Dill
• Lavender

For beneficial insects:

• Wild asters
• Buttercups
• Corn spurrey
• Dandelion
• Lamb’s quarters
• Wild mustards
• Oxeye daisy
• Queen-Anne’s-lace
• Red sorrel

For beneficial insects:

• Alfalfa
• Buckwheat
• Clovers
• Winter rye

For bees:

• Buckwheat
• Clovers