Bee Friendly Annual Flowers And Wildflowers

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Seedland is happy to provide you with this chart of annual and tender perennial bee friendly flowers and wildflowers. By planting these flower seeds you will attract and feed native (including bumble bees) and honey bees. This will help to conserve the bee population which has seen a decline in recent years due to habitat loss and chemical usage.

This chart lists flowers for gardens and wildflowers that are:

Biennial - Wildflower or Flower lives for 2 years.
Perennial - Wildflower or Flower lives for 3 or more years.
Tender Perennial - A perennial wildflower or flower that grows as an annual in cold climates.

View Perennial & Biennial Wildflowers and Flowers for Bees.

Bee Flowers - Annuals

Annual Bee Flower Chart
Plant Name	Type	Pollen (P) or Nectar (N) Source	Weeks to First Bloom	Spring Bloomer	Summer Bloomer	Fall Bloomer	Bee Visitors
Annual Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella)	A	P/N	9-10		X		honey bee, native bees
Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)	A	N/P	7-8	X	X		honey bee, native bees
Basil (Ocimum basilicum)	A	N	9-10		X		honey bee
Bird's Eyes (Gilia tricolor)	A	P/N	7-8	X			small bees
Blazing Star (Mentzelia lindleyi)	A	P/N	6-7		X		bumble bees
Bluebell, California (Phacelia campanularia)	A	P/N	5-6	X			honey bee, bumble bees,
Borage (Borago officinalis)	A	N	8-10		X		honey bee
Calendula/Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)	A	P/N	6-7		X		honey bee, native bees
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)	TP	P	6-7	X	X		honey bee, bumble bees,
Candytuft, Annual (Iberis umbellata)	A	P/N	7-8	X	X		small native bees
China Aster, Single Mix (Callistephus chinensis)	A	N	14-15		X	X	honey bee
Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile)	A	P/N	8-9	X	X		honey bee
Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla)	A	N	8-9	X	X		bumble bees
Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata)	A	N	7-8	X	X		honey bee, bumble bees,
Clover, Crimson (Trifolium incarnatum)	A	P/N	7-8		X		honey bee
Coreopsis, Plains (Coreopsis tinctoria)	A	P/N	7-8		X		honey bee, native bees
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)	A	P/N	8-9		X		honey bee
Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)	A	P/N	8-9		X	X	honey bee, bumble bees,
Cosmos, Sulphur (Cosmos sulphureus)	A	P/N	9-10		X	X	honey bee, native bees
Dwarf Godetia (Clarkia amoena)	A	N	9-10		X		honey bee, native bees
Five-Spot (Nemophila maculata)	A	N/P	6-7	X	X		native bees
Globe Gilia (Gilia capitata)	A	P/N	7-8	X	X		honey bee, bumble bees,
Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora)	A	N	11-12		X	X	bumble bees
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)	A	N	10-11		X		honey bee
Marigold, French (Tagetes patula)	A	P,N	7-8		X	X	honey bee, native bees
Partridge Pea (Cassia fasciculata)	A	P	9-10		X	X	honey bee
Pincushion Flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea)	A	P/N	11-12		X	X	honey bee, native bees
Poppy, Corn (Papaver rhoeas)	A	P	9-10		X		honey bee
Rocky Mountain Beeplant (Cleome serrulata)	A	N	9-10		X		honey bee, bumble bees, native bees
Sunflower, Annual (Helianthus annuus)	A	P/N	9-10		X		honey bee, bumble bees, native bees
Sunflower, Prairie (Helianthus petiolaris)	A	N	9-10		X		honey bee, native bees
Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)	TP	P/N	5-6	X	X	X	honey bee, sm. native bees
Sweet Mignonette (Reseda odorata)	A	P/N	6-7	X	X		honey bee
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus)	A	N	6-8	X	X		bumble bee, native bees
Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa)	A	P/N	7-8		X		honey bee
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)	A	P/N	7-8		X	X	honey bee
* Bloom times for USDA zone 5, adjust for your zone.

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PHOTOGRAPH NOTE: The color of wildflowers viewed in digital pictures on this site will vary depending on the monitor used and display settings. The actual grow-out color of any wildflower species will depend on many unknown variables including site fertility, weather, time of year, lighting effects for the time of day, etc. Colors of any one wildflower usually will vary in shade from pictures available on this site or from the same or similar wildflowers grown at different locations. While we make every effort to try and present the most likely true color of wildflowers on this site, pictures shown are not guaranteed to be true to color.