Grow More Flowers for Bees, Butterflies & Other Pollinators
Build a flower-rich garden with collections organized around bees, butterflies, mixed pollinator plantings, and colorful blooms.
Pollinator gardening works best as a habitat strategy, not simply a list of flowers. Plant diversity, overlapping bloom periods, suitable growing conditions, and thoughtful garden maintenance all matter.
Which Pollinator Collection Should You Choose?
Choose the collection that best matches the kind of pollinator garden you want to build.
The active collection range includes focused starter gardens, bee- and butterfly-oriented options, broader flower mixes, regional selections, and milkweed-focused collections. Choose the path that best fits your garden, site, and planting goals.
The seed collection is only the starting point. A complete pollinator garden should be planned around your region, site conditions, bloom sequence, and the habitat needs of the pollinators you want to support.
Pollinator Seed Collections
Compare focused starter collections with larger flower mixes before choosing the garden you want to build.
Pollinator Garden
A compact three-variety collection for starting a flower-rich pollinator planting without beginning with a large assortment.
Purple Coneflower, Sweet Alyssum, Vera Lavender
Butterfly Garden
A three-variety flower collection for gardeners building a garden with adult butterfly nectar resources in mind.
Purple Coneflower, California Poppy Mix, Sweet Alyssum
Butterfly & Bee Garden
Four flowering varieties for a broader planting centered on flowers visited by different pollinating insects.
Purple Coneflower, Sweet Alyssum, Vera Lavender, California Poppy Mix
Bee Garden
A focused three-variety collection for a flower garden planned with bee visitation in mind.
Sweet Alyssum, Purple Coneflower, Vera Lavender
Pollinator Paradise
A broad six-variety flower assortment with different plant forms, heights, and flower types for a larger pollinator-focused planting.
California Giants Zinnia Mix, Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower, Crackerjack Marigold Mix, Purple Coneflower, California Poppy Mix, Sweet Alyssum
Bee Bloom Garden
Six flowering varieties for gardeners who want a larger bee-focused planting with a range of flower forms.
California Giants Zinnia Mix, Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower, Purple Coneflower, Sweet Alyssum, Vera Lavender, Crackerjack Marigold Mix
Florida Friendly Garden
A regional collection path for gardeners who want to explore a pollinator-focused planting with Florida growing conditions in mind.
Shop Florida Friendly Garden →Milkweed Collection
A milkweed-focused collection path for gardeners researching butterfly habitat and host-plant options.
Shop Milkweed Collection →Milkweed Trio
A more focused milkweed collection for gardeners comparing a smaller host-plant starting point.
Shop Milkweed Trio →What Makes a Pollinator Garden More Useful?
University Extension guidance consistently emphasizes diversity, bloom availability, appropriate habitat, and thoughtful maintenance rather than relying on one flower species alone.
Different pollinators use different floral resources. Combining multiple flower forms, heights, and plant types can create a more varied garden than relying on a single flowering species.
Plan for overlapping flowering periods when possible so the garden does not provide flowers during only one short part of the growing season.
Rather than scattering every plant individually, repeating or grouping flowering plants can create noticeable patches of bloom within the garden.
Sun, soil, moisture, climate, and regional conditions still determine whether individual plants are well suited to a particular garden.
A butterfly garden, for example, can include nectar flowers for adults as well as appropriate host plants for caterpillars.
Pollinator-friendly gardening also includes decisions about pesticide use, shelter, water, nesting areas, and seasonal garden cleanup.
Pollinator Paradise
Pollinator Paradise combines six flowering varieties from the current catalog. It is a practical option for gardeners who want more variety than the smaller three- and four-variety pollinator collections.
The collection should still be adapted to local growing conditions and supplemented where appropriate with regionally suitable plants and habitat features.
- California Giants Zinnia Mix
- Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower
- Crackerjack Marigold Mix
- Purple Coneflower
- California Poppy Mix
- Sweet Alyssum
Shop Individual Flower Seeds
Choose individual varieties when you want more control over the composition of your planting.
Purple Coneflower
Purple coneflower provides nectar used by butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
Sweet Alyssum
A low-growing flowering annual that can add another flower form and planting layer to a mixed garden.
Vera Lavender
Lavender adds a perennial herb and flowering component to several of the smaller pollinator collections.
California Poppy Mix
A flowering seed mix used in butterfly, mixed-flower, and larger pollinator collections.
California Giants Zinnia Mix
Zinnias add colorful annual flowers to the larger Pollinator Paradise and Bee Bloom Garden collections.
Mammoth Grey Stripe Sunflower
A tall annual sunflower that adds a very different vertical structure and flower form to larger plantings.
Crackerjack Marigold Mix
An annual flower included in the larger Pollinator Paradise and Bee Bloom Garden collections.
Nectar Flowers Are Only Part of a Butterfly Garden
Adult butterflies visit flowers for nectar, but butterfly caterpillars also need suitable host plants. Different butterfly species use different host plants, so a complete butterfly habitat cannot be created simply by buying a generic flower mix.
If butterflies are your primary goal, identify species common to your region and learn which host plants their caterpillars require. Then combine those habitat plants with appropriate nectar-producing flowers.
Pollinator Garden Projects
Use the project guides to move from choosing seeds to organizing a practical garden.
Keep Building the Garden Around Your Goal
Pollinator Garden References
Pollinator-garden guidance on this page is based on university Extension resources. Local recommendations can differ by region, so use regional Extension guidance when choosing additional habitat plants for your garden.
Plant Flowers. Build Habitat. Grow With a Plan.
Choose a focused pollinator collection or a larger flower mix, then use our Garden Projects and Growing Guides to plan the planting around your site, season, and garden goals.