Collection: Pollinator Flower Seeds

Grow a garden that is alive with color and activity. Pollinator-friendly flowers provide nectar, pollen, shelter, and seasonal continuity for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects while adding movement and beauty to beds, borders, vegetable gardens, and meadow plantings. A diverse mix of flower shapes and bloom times can make even a modest planting more useful to visiting wildlife.

Choose several varieties rather than relying on a single bloom. Combine early, midseason, and late flowers, include both compact and taller forms, and plant in visible groups that pollinators can find easily. Avoid pesticide applications while plants are blooming unless the product label specifically allows the use and pollinator precautions are followed.

Popular flowers for pollinator gardens

• Torch Tithonia Butterfly Flower produces bold, warm-colored blooms on vigorous plants.
• Purple Coneflower offers sturdy perennial flowers and architectural seed heads.
• Yellow Cosmos brings an airy habit and abundant bright flowers.
• Dwarf Jewel Mix Nasturtium combines colorful edible blooms with rounded foliage.

Find more habitat-building choices in California Native Flower Seeds, Fall-Sown Flower Seeds, and All Flower Seeds.