Pollinator Friendly Nursery, LLC

Annuals

Bee's Friend

Phacelia tanacetifolia

- Annual
- Lavender flowers
- 2 feet tall
- Full sun
- Blooming period: Blooms all summer
Bee’s Friend (or Lacy Phacelia) produces a beautiful lavender-colored flowers in the warm seasons. They attract bees and other pollinators for miles. Bee’s Friend grows curved flower spikes which get to about two feet tall and have split and curling tendrils loaded with blooms. Bee’s Friend is a great for bringing pollinators to a garden.

Borage

Borago officinalis

- Annual
- Blue
- 24 inches tall
- Full, partial sun
- Blooming period: Summer
Beautiful blue star shaped flowers. Attracts pollinators and is deer resistant.

Fennel

Foeniculum vulgare

- Annual
- Yellow
- 24-60 inches tall
- Full sun
- Blooming period: June - August
The host plant for the Swallow Tail butterfly. Add this plant to your butterfly garden.

Mexican Sunflower

Tithonia diversifolia

- Annual
- Bright orange flowers
- 4 to 8 feet tall forming shrub-like plant
- Full sun
- Blooms late July until frost
A must for all perennial gardens, Karen's favorite! The numerous daisy-like flowerheads are arranged in small groups at the ends of the leafy branches, on tall stalks. A row of plants will form a dense screen or a colorful backdrop to your garden. A magnet for bees and butterflies. Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and birds and is deer resistant.

Poppies

Papaver rhoeas L.

- Annual (self-sows)
- Vibrant red
- 2 to 3 feet tall
- Full sun
- Blooming period: Early Spring - May
Deer resistant. This delicate flower is a symbol of the American Legion.

Zinnia

Zinnia

- Annual
- Variety of colors
- 3 to 4 feet tall
- Full sun
- Blooming period: June - October
Deer resistant. They come in a wide variety of flower shapes with stars, daisies, spider, buttons, domes. Within those shapes there are singles, semi-doubles and doubles.