Help the pollinators around your home by planting flowers for bees, many of which are easy to grow and low ... The Family Handyman. Best Flowers for Bees. Story by Rachel Brougham • 3mo ...

Here the best seven to plant to attract more bees into your backyard. 1. Lavender ... around shrubs, or as ground cover in difficult spots — wherever they grow, bees will follow. 7.

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Grow sunflowers in groups to provide nectar and pollen for as many bees as possible. At the end of summer, collect the dried seeds from the sunflower heads to feed the birds or plant next year. 3.

Butterfly weed is best planted in fall or spring. Because it has a long taproot, it doesn’t transplant easily—establishing it early gives roots time to grow deep.

Consumer Reports says you can help bees and other pollinators during No Mow May without annoying your neighbors with long, unsightly grass.

Best Ohio trees for bees. ... actually survive and grow better when planted in spring including beech, sassafras, sweetgum, sourwood, walnut, white oak, dogwood and Japanese Maple.