Pollinator Garden
This small garden features a variety of perennial plants that support pollinators. From spring through fall, you’ll find bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, moths, and other pollinators foraging blooms for nectar and pollen.
Featured Plant Species
- lance-leaved tickseed, Coreopsis lanceolata
- scarlet sage, Salvia coccinea
- dune sunflower, Helianthus debilis
- false sunflower, Heliopsis helianthoides
- swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
- aquatic milkweed, Asclepias perennis
- oakleaf holly, Ilex x‘Conaf’
- American beautyberry, Callicarpa americana
- white garden phlox, Phlox paniculata ‘David’
- Mystic Spires salvia, Salvia x ‘Basalmisp’
- Cheyenne Spirit coneflower, Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’
- purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
- purple trailing lantana, Lantana montevidensis
- Georgia savory, Clinopodium carolinianum
- Florida maple, Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum
- seaside goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana
- spotted bee balm, Monarda punctata
- wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
- button eryngo, Eryngium yuccifolium
- short-toothed mountain mint, Pycnanthemum muticum
- Georgia aster, Symphyotrichum georgianum
- rice-button aster, Symphyotrichum dumosum
- common yarrow, Achillea millefolium
Pollinator Garden Resources
Want to create a pollinator oasis of your own? Check out these helpful resources:
- Eco-Friendly Garden: Attracting Pollinators, Beneficial Insects, and Other Natural Predators | UGA Cooperative Extension
- Pollinator Gardening, Clemson HGIC
- Selecting Trees and Shrubs as Resources for Pollinators | UGA Cooperative Extension
- Beneficial Insects, Spiders, and Mites of the Southeast | UGA Cooperative Extension
- Monarch Butterflies and Georgia’s Gardeners | State Botanical Garden of Georgia
- School Pollinator Garden Resources | UGA Cooperative Extension
- The Great Southeast Pollinator Census | gsepc.org