Plants which encourage beneficial wildlife into your garden

Here is a list of plants particularly attractive to pollinating, predatory and other helpful insects and creatures.

  • Achillea
  • Bergamot
  • Fennel
  • Mint
  • Sedum
  • Alyssum
  • Buddleia
  • Honeysuckle
  • Pyracantha
  • Sweet Marjoram
  • Aster
  • Candytuft
  • Lavender
  • Rosemary
  • Verbascum
  • Aubretia
  • Coriander
  • Ligustrum
  • Scabious
  • Weigela



Nitrogen Fixing Plants

The following plants work in conjunction with the bacteria Rhizobium in taking Nitrogen from the air and making it available in the soil for plants to feed on.

  • Ceanothus
  • Cytisus
  • Genista
  • Gleditsia
  • Robinia
  • Laburnam