CPP Plant List

Here is a link to a downloadable version of the Cross-Pollination plant list (PDF format).

Bee and Pollinating Insect Friendly Plants

(There are 14 of these)

Common name Scientific name Variety Growing & Management Notes on insects attracted
Borage Borago officinalis species Annual; plant seeds in spring; reseeds itself readily
Spring: allow seedlings to grow
Summer: weed
Autumn: remove dead material after flowering
Mainly honey bees
Buddleia Buddleia davidii A blue one Shrub:
Spring: cut back
Summer: weed, and dead head
Autumn: cut back
Mainly butterflies and bumble bees, some ling tongued hover flies, rather few honey bees
Catmint Nepeta species Hardy perennial herb
Spring; nothing; plants can be dug up and divided if need be to increase area
Summer: weeding and trimming
Autumn: at end of year dead above ground material can be cut back
Bumble bees, honey bees, some butterflies and other bees
Dahlia Dahlia Bishop of Llandaff Not hardy
Spring: plant tubers or small potted plants
Summer: weed & dead head
Autumn: above ground material will die after frost, after which dead material can be removed; tubers can be lifted and stored dry and frost free for next spring or bed can be mulched with leaves or grass cuttings to give chance of tuber survival; tubers will easily rot in wet soil
Mainly bumble bees
Fleabane* Pulicaria dysenterica species Hardy perrenial herb needing little management; spreads slowly by rhizomes Wide range including butterflies
Helenium Helenium Sahin’s Early Flowerer Hardy perennial Wide range including honey bees
Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium Hover flies, butterflies
Lamb’s Ear Stachys byzantia species Hardy perennial herb
Spring; nothing
Summer: weeding, trimming, dead heading
Autumn: at end of year dead flowering stems can be cut back
Wool carder bee, other bees
Lavender Lavandula x intermedia Grosso Hardy perennial small shrub
Spring; nothing
Summer: weeding and trimming
Autumn: at end of year dead flowering stems can be trimmed back to woody material, leaving above ground main stems.
Mainly bumble bees
Marjoram* Origanum vulgare species Hardy perennial native herb
Spring; nothing
Summer: weeding, trimming
Autumn: at end of year dead flowering stems can be cut back
Attracts all 6 categories*
Purple Loosestrife* Lythrum salicaria species Hardy perennial native herb
Spring; nothing; plants can be dug up and divided if need be to increase area
Summer: weeding, trimming, dead heading
Autumn: at end of year dead above ground material can be cut back
Honey bees and bumble bees
Sunflower Helianthus Lemon Queen Hardy perennial herb
Spring; nothing
Summer: weeding, trimming
Autumn: at end of year dead flowering stems can be cut back
Hover flies, honey bees, butterflies
Verbena Verbena bonariensis species Half hardy perennial herb
Very easy to take stem cuttings in spring
Wallflower Erysimum linifolium Bowles Mauve Hardy perennial small shrub
Spring, Summer, Autumn: Flowers March, -November flowering stems can be cut off when cease flowering
Good for butterflies, bumble bees & hover flies

Non Pollinating Insect Friendly

(There are 3 species. These are used as controls in the data monitoring)

Common name Scientific name Variety Growing Notes on insects attracted
Pelargonium Pelargonium Cramden Red Not hardy; keep in greenhouse or replant each spring
Spring: plant out small plants
Summer; weed, dead head old flower stems
Autumn: will die in frosts, after which dead material can be removed; plants can be taken to greenhouse before first frost to provide cutting in spring if need be
Have seen 2 Brimstone butterflies in 4 years
Dahlia Dahlia “Pom Pom” Franz Kafka As per Dahlia above Some bumble bees and flies
Dahlia Dahlia “Cactus” Tahiti Sunrise Some bumble bees and flies but almost none