Bee Friendly Wildflowers & Flowers
Biennials & Perennials

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Seedland is happy to provide you with this chart of perennial, biennial, and tender perennial bee friendly flowers and wildflowers. By planting these flower seeds you will attract and feed native 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 that grows as an annual in cold climates.

Also see our chart of Annual Wildflowers and Flowers for Bees.

Bee Flowers - Perennials & Biennials

Biennial - Perennial Bee Flower Table
Plant Name	Biennial or Perennial	Nectar (N) or Pollen (P) Source	Approximate Peak Blooming Time*	Bee Visitors
Aster, Golden (Heterotheca villosa)	P	N	07/01 - 09/01	native bees
Aster, Prairie (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia)	B	N	07/05 - 07/30	honey bee, native bees
Aster, Sky Blue (Aster azureus)	P	N	08/25 - 09/20	honey bee, native bees
Aster, Swamp (Aster puniceus)	P	N	08/25 - 09/20	honey bee, native bees
Basket of Gold (Alyssum saxatile)	P	P/N	05/01 - 05/15	honey bee, native bees
Bergamot (Beebalm) (Monarda fistulosa)	P	N	07/15 - 07/30	bumble bees, native bees
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)	P	N	07/01 - 07/25	honey bee, bumble bees,
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)	B/P	P/N	08/01 - 08/25	native bees
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)	P	P/N	08/10 - 09/10	honey bee, bumble bees
Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)	B/P	N	08/05 - 09/25	native bees, bumble bees
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)	TP	P	03/25 - 06/01	honey bee, native bees
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)	P	N	07/10 - 07/25	honey bee, bumble bees,
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)	P	N	07/05 - 07/25	honey bee, native bees
Chives (Allium schoenoprasm)	P	P/N	05/25 - 06/10	honey bee, native bees
Clover, White (Trifolium repens)	P	P/N	06/10 - 07/15	honey bee, native bees
Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)	P	N	05/25 - 06/10	bumble bees
Columbine, Eastern (Aquilegia canadensis)	P	N	05/25 - 06/10	native bees
Coneflower, Cutleaf (Rudbeckia laciniata)	P	P/N	09/01 - 09/25	honey bee, native bees
Coneflower, Prairie (Ratibida columnifera)	B/P	N	08/05 - 08/20	native bees
Coneflower, Purple (Echinacea purpurea)	P	N	07/20 - 08/15	honey bee, native bees,
Coreopsis, Lance-Leaved (Coreopsis lanceolata)	P	P/N	06/25 - 07/15	honey bee, native bees,
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)	P	N	08/15 - 09/05	honey bee, bumble bees,
Daisy, Aspen (Erigeron speciosus)	P	N	06/20 - 07/10	honey bee, native bees
Daisy, Shasta (Chrysanthemum maximum)	P	P	07/05 - 07/20	native bees
Gaillardia/Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)	P	P/N	07/25 - 08/20	honey bee, native bees
Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri)	P	P/N	07/05 - 09/10	honey bee, native bees
Gayfeather (Liatris spicata)	P	P/N	07/20 - 08/05	honey bee, bumble bees
Gayfeather, Dotted (Liatris punctata)	P	P/N	08/10 - 08/25	honey bee, native bees
Gayfeather, Thickspike (Liatris pycnostachya)	P	P/N	08/10 - 08/25	honey bee, bumble bees
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)	P	N	05/20 - 06/05	native bees
Goldenrod, Rigid (Solidago rigida)	P	P/N	08/20 - 09/05	honey bee, native bees
Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule)	P	P	06/20 - 07/20	small native bees
Joe Pyeweed (Eupatorium maculatum)	P	P/N	08/10 - 09/10	honey bee, bumble bees
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)	P	N	07/15 - 07/25	honey bee, bumble bees
Lavender Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)	P	N	07/25 - 08/15	honey bee, bumble bees
Lewis Flax (Linum lewisii)	P	N	05/20 - 07/25	honey bee, native bees
Lupine, Mountain (Lupinus alpestris)	P	N	06/05 - 06/15	native bees
Lupine, Perennial (Lupinus perennis)	P	N	05/25 - 06/10	bumble bees, native bees
New England (Aster novae-angliae)	P	P/N	09/05 - 10/01	honey bee, native bees
Oregano (Origanum vulgare)	P	P/N	07/10 - 07/30	honey bee, bumble bees,
Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)	P	N	06/15 - 07/05	honey bee, native bees
Penstemon Showy (Penstemon spectabilis)	P	N	06/15 - 07/05	honey bee, bumble bees
Penstemon, Rocky Mountain (Penstemon strictus)	P	N	06/10 - 06/30	honey bee, bumble bees,
Prairie Clover, Purple (Dalea purpurea)	P	P/N	07/05 - 07/25	honey bee, native bees
Prairie Clover, White (Dalea candida)	P	P/N	07/10 - 08/01	honey bee, native bees
Rockcress (Arabis alpina)	P	N/P	04/25 - 05/15	honey bee
Sage, Garden (Salvia officinalis)	P	N	06/05 - 06/20	honey bee, native bees
Sage, Pitcher (Salvia azurea)	P	N	08/25 - 09/20	bumble bees, native bees
Showy Goldeneye (Viguiera multiflora)	P	N	05/15 - 06/20	native bees
Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allionii)	B	P/N	05/15 - 06/15	honey bee, native bees
Smooth Aster (Aster laevis)	P	N	09/01 - 09/25	honey bee, native bees
Sneezeweed, Autumn (Helenium autumnale)	P	P/N	08/25 - 09/15	honey bee, native bees
Spiderwort, Ohio (Tradescantia ohiensis)	P	N	06/10 - 07/20	honey bee, native bees,
Sunflower, Ox-Eye (Heliopsis helianthoides)	P	N	08/10 - 09/15	honey bee, native bees
Thyme, Creeping (Thymus serpyllum)	P	N	07/05 - 07/25	honey bee, small native bees
Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)	P	N	05/25 - 06/10	bumble bees
Yarrow, White (Achillea millefolium)	P	P	06/20 - 07/20	native bees
* 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.