Easy-to-Maintain, Native Plant List for Attracting Pollinators in the Catskill and Adirondack Regions

Looking to plant some flowers, bushes, and trees to attract and support pollinators? Catskill Mountainkeeper's partner and butterfly expert, Maraleen Manos-Jones put together this great list to guide you. Take it with you the next time you're heading to the garden store!  And Maraleen recommends this resource if you're looking for wildflower seed mixes. 

PLANTS 

Agastache (anise hyssop)
Anemone
Angelica
Asters
Azaleas
Black-eyed Susans
Blanket flower
Bleeding heart
Blueberries
Bronze fennel
Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Cardinal flower
Clovers
Columbine
Coreopsis
Dame’s rocket
Dandelions
Day lilies
Echinacea (coneflower)
Foxglove
Gloriosa daisy
Goldenrods
Grasses and Sedges
Hollyhocks
Joe Pye weed          
Liatrus (Blazing star)
lupines
Mallows
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Milkweeds (common and swamp)
Mountain Mint
Pearly Everlasting
Plantain
Queen Ann’s Lace
Sedum, Shasta daisy
Sweet William
Sunflower (perennial)
Violets
Wild Blue Indigo

BUSHES

Elderberry
Holly
Lilac
New Jersey Tea
Spicebush
Sumac
Summer Sweet
Viburnum

TREES

Aspen
Birch
Cherry
Cottonwood
Dogwood
Hackberry
Hawthorn
Hickory
Hop
Hornbeam
Oak
Poplar
Redbud
Sassafras
Serviceberry
Walnut
White pine
Willow

VINES

Dutchman’s Pipe
Honeysuckle
Trumpet Vine

SELF-SEEDING ANNUALS

Amaranth
Calendula
Cleome