Nectar Plants for Bees

So what can you plant in Florida that is great for bees? There are hundreds of native and non-native plants that are good attractors of honey bees and native pollinators. Below are just a few native plants we recommend adding to your gardens and landscapes that will be certain to befriend your local pollinators. Add heirloom plants and non-invasive exotics to create a truly bee-friendly yard.

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Trees, Shrubs & Vines

Beautyberry (Callicarpa Americana)
Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans)
Blackberry, Raspberry (Rubus)
Blueberry (Vaccinium)
Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)
Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto)
Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco)
Coral honeysuckle  (Lonicera sermpervirens)
Elderberry (Sambucus)
Fiddlewood (Citharexylum fruticosum)
Firebush (Hamelia patens)
Florida Privet (Forestiera segregata)
Juneberry (Amalanchier)
Laurel Cherry (Prunus caroliniana)
Legumes (Fabaceae)
Marlberry (Ardisia escallonioides)
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Passionfruit and Passion vines (Passiflora)
Peach and plum trees (Prunus)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Roses (Rosa)
Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens)
Seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera)
Sumac (Rhus)
Swamp Dogwood (Cornus foemina)
Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana)
Twinberry (Myrcianthes fragrans)
Walter's Vibernum (Viburnum obovatum)
Wild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa)
Willow (Salix)
Weeping Lantana (Lantana depressa)
Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Flowers & Herbs

Asters (Aster)
Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis)
Bee balm (Monarda)
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia pulchella)
Blazing Star (Liatris)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Borage (Borago officianalis)
Buttonsage (Lantana involucrate)
Clover (Trifolium)
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Florida violet (Viola sororia)
Goldenrod (Solidago)
Gopher Apple (Licania Michauxii)
Impatiens (Impatiens)
Indian Blanket (Gaillardia)
Ironweed (Vernonia)
Milkweed (Asclepias)
Mints (Mentha)
Marjoram (Origanum)
Mexican Clover (Richardia)
Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum)
Peas (Leguminosae)
Porterweed (Stachytarpheta)
Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa)
Rouge Plant (Rivina humilis)
Sages and Salivas (Salvia)
St. Johns Wort  (Hypericum)
Sunflowers (Helianthus)
Tickseed (Coreopsis)
Twinflower (Dyschoriste oblongifolia)
Vervain (Verbena)
Wild mustard (Brassica)
Wild petunia (native Ruellia)