Bee Friendly Plants

Bee friendly plants are one of the best things you can add to your garden. They support the health of your local ecosystem in a real, meaningful way. Bees are our most efficient pollinators, and they need our help. By choosing plants that attract and support bees, you do your part. You help keep these important pollinators thriving all season long.

At Garden Crossings, our bee friendly plant collection spans annuals, perennials, and native pollinator plants. We choose every variety for strong performance and pollinator appeal. You'll find varieties with nectar-rich blooms, long flowering windows, and the colors and shapes bees love most. Because healthy bees mean a healthier garden, every plant in this collection earns its place.

Bee on a flower
Close-up of Candy Cloud™ Dark Pink Mounding Phlox showcases dense clusters of vibrant, five-petaled dark pink flowers, creating a rich, colorful groundcover ideal for adding floral beauty to your landscape - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulture, Inc.A row of Candy Cloud™ Dark Pink Mounding Phlox forms a vibrant, dense mound of dark pink blooms in the garden bed, with soil at the edges and contrasting white flowers visible in the background - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulture, Inc.

Candy Cloud™ Dark Pink Mounding Phlox

$18.99
$18.99
A Kodiak Spiced™ Diervilla, a native shrub with yellow-green leaves and red-tipped foliage, grows in a wood-mulched bed bordered by green grass and purple-flowering plants in the background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.Close-up of a Kodiak Spiced™ Diervilla, a native shrub, displaying green leaves with reddish edges and a cluster of pale yellow buds in the center, set against a softly blurred green background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Kodiak Spiced™ Diervilla

$17.24
$22.99 $17.24
A close-up of Double Play Big Bang® Spiraea shows its pink blooms with delicate petals and stamens, surrounded by light green and yellow foliage. This shrub appears against a lush background of vibrant greenery. - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCClose-up of bright green leaves frame vibrant pink blooms on the Double Play Big Bang® Spiraea, with flowers in multiple stages, from buds to full blossoms. - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Double Play Big Bang® Spiraea

$22.99
$22.99
Wine & Roses® Weigela features vibrant pink flowers with yellow stamens amid dark green and burgundy foliage. A softly blurred background accentuates the detailed color and texture of this striking flowering shrub. - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLCClose-up of several Wine & Roses® Weigela blooms featuring pink, trumpet-shaped blooms, dark green lance-shaped leaves, and subtle undertones of purple-brown and burgundy in its foliage. - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC

Wine & Roses® Weigela

$16.49
$21.99 $16.49

Close-up of Sweet Reward® Pink Azalea (Rhododendron) flowers, displaying bright pink petals with yellow centers and long stamens, set among green leaves and blurred branches in the background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.The Sweet Reward® Pink Azalea (Rhododendron) displays clusters of pink and yellow flowers in a mulched garden bed, surrounded by lush green foliage and bordered by a grassy area - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Sweet Reward® Pink Azalea (Rhododendron)

$17.24
$22.99 $17.24
Close-up of Clusters of vibrant pink flowers with delicate petals and green leaves cover the compact Double Play® Princess™ Spiraea, displaying various bloom stages - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Double Play® Princess™ Spiraea is a dense, compact shrub covered in clusters of small pink flowers, thriving in a mulched landscape bed with a road visible behind it. - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Double Play® Princess™ Spiraea

$22.99
$22.99
A dense, rounded Kodiak® Green Diervilla shrub with bright green leaves thrives in a garden among flowers and grass, while mulch and rose bushes provide background texture - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.A lush Kodiak® Green Diervilla—shade tolerant with dense, bright green foliage—thrives in a pollinator garden, bordered by a manicured hedge in front and mulched with wood chips on the left - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Kodiak® Green Diervilla

$22.99
$22.99
Close-up of vibrant green leaves on Bayside Bonito™ Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica), an evergreen shrub with elongated leaves in varied green shades—new growth stands out among mature foliage, ideal for coastal landscapes. - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc. Close-up of vibrant green, narrow, lance-shaped leaves growing in clusters on a Bayside Bonito™ Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica) evergreen shrub. Overlapping leaves point in various directions against a softly blurred coastal foliage backdrop. - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Bayside Bonito™ Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica)

$21.99
$21.99
Close-up of dense green foliage with shiny, pointed leaves on multiple evergreen Kindly® Privet (Ligustrum) shrubs outdoors in bright sunlight - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Dense green foliage with glossy, oval leaves in sunlight, the seedless Kindly® Privet (Ligustrum) evergreen shrub adds healthy growth to gardens or outdoor spaces - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Kindly® Privet (Ligustrum)

$16.49
$21.99 $16.49
A close-up of Rainbow Rhythm® 'Nosferatu' Daylily (Hemerocallis) displays its dark purple, ruffled blooms with a bright yellow center, surrounded by green leaves and buds - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Close-up of a Rainbow Rhythm® 'Nosferatu' Daylily (Hemerocallis) with ruffled, dark purple blooms with a yellow-green center above long, slender green leaves - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Rainbow Rhythm® 'Nosferatu' Daylily (Hemerocallis)

$19.99
$19.99

Close-up of a Still Waters™ Clematis bloom with striking dark purple stamens, surrounded by lush green leaves and additional lavender blue flowers from the vigorous Still Waters™ Clematis vines in the background - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.A close-up of a Still Waters™ Clematis flower shows its light lavender-blue petals and deep purple stamens, blooming among green leaves in bright sunlight - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Still Waters™ Clematis

$22.99
$22.99

The Chrysalis Blue Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) is a compact shrub with vibrant purple flower spikes and lush green leaves, blooming upright outdoors in the garden - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulture, Inc.A close-up of vivid purple Chrysalis Blue Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) flowers with orange centers, set among green leaves on a compact shrub - Photo Courtesy of Ball Horticulture, Inc.

Chrysalis Blue Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)

$18.99
$18.99
Shadowland® 'Chance Encounter' Hosta features broad, two-tone green leaves with yellow edges and thrives among other leafy plants and pinkish blooms - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.Shadowland® 'Chance Encounter' Hosta features large, broad leaves with yellow edges and green centers, striking veins, and a lush overlapping pattern - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

Shadowland® 'Chance Encounter' Hosta

$19.99
$19.99
A garden bed of Bejeweled® 'Lavender Sapphires' Beardtongue (Penstemon) showcases tall green plants with clusters of vibrant purple blooms, petals scattered on the soil - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.A dense cluster of tall, purple Bejeweled® 'Lavender Sapphires' Beardtongue (Penstemon) blooms in a mulched bed, surrounded by colorful flowers and greenery - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

Bejeweled® 'Lavender Sapphires' Beardtongue (Penstemon)

$18.99
$18.99
Featherman™ Chastetree (Vitex) is a pollinator-friendly shrub with dense green foliage and thin stems topped by small, pale purple flowers - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.Featuring dense green foliage and clusters of narrow leaves with small, pale purple flowers on upright stems, the Featherman™ Chastetree (Vitex) is set against lush greenery - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Featherman™ Chastetree (Vitex)

$22.99
$22.99
Two Rainbow Rhythm® 'Tiger Swirl' Daylily (Hemerocallis) blooms show vibrant yellow petals with striking red centers, set among green leaves and buds in bright sunlight - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.Three yellow Rainbow Rhythm® 'Tiger Swirl' Daylily (Hemerocallis) blooms with red centers and six star-shaped petals stand out among green leaves and buds - Photo Property of Garden Crossings LLC.

Rainbow Rhythm® 'Tiger Swirl' Daylily (Hemerocallis)

$19.99
$19.99

A cluster of vibrant pink Paraplu® Red Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) flowers with lush green leaves and buds blooms outdoors as a tropical shrub in natural sunlight against a green leafy background - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.A close-up of a vibrant pink Paraplu® Red Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) flower with a deep red center and white stamen, surrounded by green leaves and a partially opened bud on this tropical shrub - Photo Courtesy of Proven Winners, Inc.

Paraplu® Red Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus)

$22.99
$22.99
A cluster of Bejewled® 'Dark Amethyst' Beardtongue (Penstemon) with vivid reddish-purple flowers and green stems thrives in a garden bed - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.A cluster of tall, green Bejewled® 'Dark Amethyst' Beardtongue (Penstemon) with dense spikes of vibrant reddish-purple flowers grows in a garden bed, with more of these perennial pollinator plants visible in the background - Photo Courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc.

Bejeweled® 'Dark Amethyst' Beardtongue (Penstemon)

$18.99
$18.99