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Container Gardening

From a small window box to a large containers, it’s possible to grow plants for pollinators that will look great from early spring to late autumn.

We have curated a list of plants known to be good for pollinators, easy to grow, low maintenance and attractive to us and to bees and other pollinators.

Bulbs
Annuals
Perennials
Grasses

Crocus

Poppy somniferum

Scabiosa caucasica

Stipa tenuissima

Narcissus cyclamineus

Nigella (Love-in-the- Mist)

Dianthus carthusianorum

Festuca glauca

Anemone blanda

Cornflower

Geranium ‘Ballerina’

Briza media

Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)

Nasturtium

Origanum ‘Rosenkuppel’

Chasmanthium latifolium

Ixia ‘Mabel’

Glandularia Quartz Series

Campanula poscharskyana

Melica uniflora

Dahlia Happy Single series

Echium vulgare

Orlaya grandiflora

Panicum elegans ‘Frosted Explosion’