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Plants That Attract Pollinators
If you're looking for plants that are safe to plant near power lines with added environmental benefits, consider one that attracts pollinators.
More than 80 percent of all flowering plants on the earth need help with pollination. Bees, birds, bats, butterflies, moths, small mammals and more are pollinators. They help plants reproduce and provide food, clean air, purified water and soil.
Creeping Phlox
Beautiful flowering plant that spreads quickly, attracts butterflies and other insect pollinators.
Joe Pye Weed
Hardy, remains attractive through the winter thanks to ornamental seed heads that also provide food for birds.
Cone Flower
Long-blooming, lavender flower. Attracts goldfinches and other birds that feast on the seeds.
Green Milkweed
Drought tolerant, provides nectar for many butterflies and important food source for monarch caterpillars.
Whorled Milkweed
Attracts native bees and hummingbirds, essential to Monarch butterflies for survival.
Purple Milkweed
Drought tolerant, food source for monarch caterpillars.
Common Milkweed
Known to attract Monarch Butterflies.
Yarrow
Sweet scent, used by birds to line their nests.
Heath Aster
Drought tolerant, attracts butterflies.
Peony
Late-blooming, fragrant, pink flowers, attracts butterflies.
Rough Goldenrod
Yellow flowers in the fall, attracts birds and honeybees.
Crabapple
Hardy tree that is drought tolerant, showy spring flowers.
Star Magnolia
Fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers.
Three Flower Maple
Yellowish-green flowers that bloom in the spring.
Korean Maple
Cold tolerant, attractive fall color.
Paperbark Maple
Peeling, copper-orange to reddish-brown bark.
Japanese Maple
Easy to plant and require little pruning.
Kousa Dogwood
Yellowish-green flowers in late spring, followed by pinkish red, berry-like fruits that provide a food source for birds.
Flowering Dogwood
Beautiful, native flowering tree, bright red fruits are a favorite food source of birds.
Redbud
Known for its beautiful, rose-purple flowers.
Blackhaw Viburnum
White spring flowers, berries attract birds and other wildlife.
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Soft pink to white and lavender, fragrant flowers, attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Woodland shrub, tiny white flowers bloom in late spring, pea-sized, bluish-black fruit attract birds and butterflies.
Fringetree
Fragrant, creamy white flowers that bloom in the spring, olive-like fruits provide a food source for birds and other wildlife.
Serviceberry
Fragrant, white flowers, edible berries in early summer used for jams and pies.
Panicle Hydrangea
Conical white flowers, can be pruned into a beautiful tree shape.
Spirea
Low maintenance, pretty fall color, attracts butterflies.
Corneliancherry Dogwood
Scaly bark, yellow flowers bloom in early spring, cherry-like fruits.
Gray
Dogwood
White flowers in late spring and purplish red foliage in the fall.
Little Bluestem Grass
Provides an important source of food for birds through the winter.