Nursery Directory and Bee Friendly Plant List


This is the answer to a question I had from the audience last night:

Q: What native plants should I put in my yard that can withstand our hotter summers, and provide a high level of pollen and nectar for the pollinators?

1.    Echinacea

2.    Black-eyed Susan

3.    Aster

4.    Lupine

5.    Alpine columbine

6.    Hardy fuchsia

7.    Penstemon

8.    Sedums

9.    California Poppy (they grow by the roadside with little to no water!)

10.   Goldenrod

Here is a good source to share with the group for planting for bees in the PNW: (https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/pdfs/PacificLowlandrx8.pdf)