Bee-friendly plants
These are the most beautiful for the balcony and garden ?
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Bee-friendly plants are good for us and the plant world. And they look good too! Here you can find what is important and which 42 plants are suitable for the garden or balcony.
Hum, hum, hum – who doesn’t know this noise in summer ?! Bees are not always popular, especially when eating ice cream. Nevertheless, wild bees are important for us and the flora. If you want to do something for bees in your home garden or on the balcony, you can plant bee-friendly plants.
Bee-friendly plants
The death of bees is on everyone’s lips. One of the reasons for dying is agricultural weed killers, which damage bees. You can find more information in our article on bee deaths and also learn how you can help a bee in need.
There is also the possibility of helping wild bees on a small scale: on the one hand, with an insect hotel (see also Building an insect hotel yourself) and, on the other hand, by planting bee-friendly plants on your balcony, for example. Because their nectar serves as food for the bees. True, there are many flowers with beautiful blooms that attract bees. But they don’t always have the nectar they are hoping for.
If you have a large garden, shrubs and perennials also include bee-friendly trees. Here is a list of the most bee-friendly plants.
42 bee-friendly plants
The most bee-friendly trees for the garden
- Apple tree
- Sycamore maple
- Bee tree
- Sweet chestnut
- Cherry tree
- Sal willow
The most bee-friendly perennials for balconies and gardens
- aster
- Agastache
- Cup plant
- Blue ladder to heaven
- Purple loosestrife
- Real sage
- Knapweed
- Spring crocus
- Common horn clover
- Catnip
- Globe thistle
- lily
- (Common) sun bride
- oregano
- Hollyhock
- Shrub Marshmallow
- (Ordinary) chicory
- Narrow-leaved willowherb
- Vetch
- Meadow knotweed
The most bee-friendly shrubs for balconies and gardens
- Beard flower
- blackberry
- Buckthorn
- raspberry
- Japanese quince
- Cornelian cherry
- lavender
- rosemary
- sloe
- Snowball
- Winter heather
- hyssop
Herbs such as borage, coriander, thyme or lemon balm are also good for bees.
If you want to know exactly how much pollen and nectar a plant provides, you can find a detailed list at Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
Bee-friendly plants: that’s what counts
- Bee-friendly plants have one high nectar and / or pollen content.
- Unfilled are ideal wide open flowers.
- Need bee-friendly gardens or balconies Variety of varietiesso that different types of bees can use the food sources.
- In addition, plants with different flowering times are ideal so that the bees do not only get their nectar at one point in time. Early, medium and late flowering are a good mix.
Have you already found the right plants for you? Here we give you tips for planting and care:
Tip: In the Brigitte Community you can exchange ideas with other hobby gardeners about gardens and plants.