Pollinator Plants

Flowers that attract bees and other pollinators.

These are planned for this year's market

  • Love-in-a-mist

    (Nigella damascena)

  • Dara Daucus

    (Daucus carota) Yes, it's a carrot, but grow it for the flowers.

  • Florist Blue Boy Bachelor Buttons

    (Centaurea cyanus) Also called cornflower, this variety grows up to 3 feet high with deep blue flowers.

  • Kiwi Blue Cerinthe

    (Cerinthe major purpurascens) Nodding blue-purple bracts surround a tiny flower. Grows up to 30 inches tall.

  • Lacy Phacelia

    (Phacelia tanacetifolia) - CA Native - Often used as a cover crop, a favorite of native bees and honeybees alike. Pale lavender-blue flowers unfurl atop lacy foliage.

  • Lavender - Provence

    (Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence') Fragrant, purple flowers, gray-green foliage, moderate size (2x2 ft). This variety isn't usually used in cooking.

  • Marigold Hybrid

    (Tagetes erecta) Bright blooms attract pollinators.

  • Purple Coneflower

    (Echinacea purpurea)

  • Rubenza Cosmos

    (Cosmos bipinnatus) The flowers start out dark red, then become paler as they age, for a multi-colored effect.

  • Starlight Dancer Nicotiana

    Long season of bloom - and fragrant.

  • Zinnia Queeny Lime Orange

    Multi-colored double flowers with orange, lime and red.

Photos: Black Seed: Pixabay, Borage: public domain, Cerinthe: Cathrin Callas, Lavender Provence: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons, all others courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds, johnnyseed.com