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Ohio Native Pollinator Plants
Bikes, Bees & Butterflies serves as a catalyst to create sustainable urban pollinator habitats and brings awareness to the importance of pollinators in Cleveland’s long range sustainability initiatives. Presented by Ann Cicarella Landscape Design, LLC. ACLD believes in advancing public education and providing leadership in the conservation of bees, butterflies and other pollinators that sustain our world.
The Bikes, Bees & Butterflies list for planting healthy and diverse pollinator habitats that provide nesting, nectar and high quality pollen for pollinators.
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Listed below are Ohio native pollinator plant species that are important to include in any urban pollinator habitat, and will help you select plants that are varied in floral type, color and bloom period. These plants provide both habitat and forage sources for bees, butterflies and other native pollinators.
NATIVE FLOWERING PLANTS
AGASTACHE FOENICULUM ‘BLUE FORTUNE’
ALLIUM CERNUM (NODDING ONION)
Height: 24” - 36” Sun
Height: 1’ - 1.5’ Full sun to part shade
Color: Blue Season: Summer
Color : Pink Season: June to Aug.
Provides nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies.
Excellent nectar and pollen quality for native bees and honey bees.
ASCELPIAS INCARNATA ‘SOUL MATE’ OR ‘ICE BALLET’ (SWAMP MILKWEED)
ASCEPLIAS TUBEROSA (BUTTERFLY MILKWEED)
Height: 36-42” Sun
Height: 12-24” Sun
Color: White or Pink Season: June – Aug.
Color: Orange, Season: June – Aug.
Host plant for monarch butterfly; attracts native bees and honey bees.
Host plant for monarch butterfly; attracts native bees and honey bees.
ASTER NOVAE-ANGLIAE (NEW ENGLAND ASTER)
CHELONE GLABRA (TURTLEHEAD)
Height: 2’ – 5’ Sun
Height: 24” - 48” Sun/Part Shade
Color: White/Purple Season: Aug. – Oct.
Color: White Season: Aug. – Sept.
Aster creates interesting textures for edges or borders.
Attracts bumble bees and hummingbirds with large nectar rewards.
CHRYSOGONUM VIRGINIANUM (GOLDEN STAR)
ECHINACEA PALLIDA (PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER)
Height: 6’ – 12” Partial shade
Height: 30” - 42” Sun
Color: Yellow Season: May – Oct.
Color: Pink Season: June – Aug.
Provides early pollen source for native bees and honey bees.
A preferred nectar plant of native bees and butterflies. Goldfinches feed on the seed.
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ECHINACEA PURPUREA (PURPLE CONEFLOWER)
EUPATORIUM MACULATUM ‘GATEWAY’
Height: 6’ – 7’ Sun/part shade
Height: 30” - 48” Sun
Color: Pink Season: June – Aug.
Color: Mauve Season: July – Sept.
Attracts monarchs, red admirals, fritillaries and swallowtails.
Pollinator heaven during bloom time.
EUTROCHIUM MACULATUM (SPOTTED JOE PYE WEED)
HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER)
Height: 4’ - 10’ Sun
Height: 10’ - 15’ Sun
Color: Dark Pink Season: July – Sept.
Color: Yellow Season: July – Sept.
Loved by monarchs! Offers large quantities of nectar for many pollinators.
Sunflowers are rated very highly for their pollen and nectar quality for pollinators.
PYCNANTHEMUM VIRGININUM (VIRGINA MOUNTAIN MINT)
RUDBECKIA HIRTA (BLACK-EYED SUSAN)
Height: 12” - 36” Sun/Part Shade
Height: 12” - 36” Sun/Part Shade
Color: White Season: July – Aug.
Color: Golden Orange Season: July – Sept.
Flowers attract a diversity of pollinators and is a good source of nectar and pollen.
A great source of nectar and pollen for honey bees, native bees and butterflies.
SALVIA SUPERBA ‘BLUE HILL’
SOLIDAGO FLEXICAULIS (ZIGZAG GOLDENROD)
Height: 18” - 24” Sun
Height: 24” - 36” Very Shade Tolerant
Color: Blue Season: Summer
Color: Yellow Season: July – Sept.
Excellent source of pollen and nectar for native and honey bees.
An important nectar and pollen source for a variety of native bees
SOLIDAGO OHIOENSIS (OHIO GOLDENROD)
SOLIDAGO RUGOSA VAR. ‘FIREWORKS’ (GOLDENROD)
Height: 2’ - 3’ Sun/Part Shade
Height: 18” - 24” Sun/Part Shade
Color: Yellow, Season: Late Summer
Color: Yellow/Green Season: Late
Supplies valuable nectar and pollen for a variety of pollinators.
Supplies valuable nectar and pollen source for native and honey bees.
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VERNONIA LETTERMANNII ‘IRON BUTTERFLY’ (IRONWEED)
VERNONIA FASCICULATA (COMMON IRONWEED)
Height: 30-36", Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
Height: 48” - 72”, Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
Color: Purple Season: Late Summer
Color: Deep purple-red, Season: Summer
Common visitors are native bees, honey bees and skippers.
Benefits butterflies, birds and other pollinators.
VERONICASTRUM VIRGINICUM (CULVER ROOT)
Height: 4-5’ Exposure: Sun
Color: White Season: June - July
Loved by bumblebees, honey bees and butterflies! Fantastic addition to the garden.
LARGE NATIVE SHADE TREES
ACER RUBRUM ‘RED SUNSET’ MAPLE LIRODENDRON TULIPIFERA (TULIP TREE)
Height: 45 Color: Orange/Red
Height: 60’ - 80’ Sun/Partial Shade
Season: Summer - Fall
Color: Yellow, Green, Brown
First tree to bloom, drawing all kinds of pollinators. Clusters of red flowers offer nectar early in the season.
Season: April - June Flowers attract hummingbirds, honey bees and butterflies.
NYSSA SYLVATICA (BLACK GUM)
ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA
(BLACK LOCUST)
Height: 30’ - 50’ Sun/Part Shade Color: White, Green, Season: April - June Heavy nectar producer, drawing all kinds of pollinators.
Height: 30’ - 50’ Color: White Season: Early June Black Locust flowers provide forage for honey production.
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TILIA CORDATA (GREENSPIRE LINDEN)
Height: 40’ - 50’ Sun/Part Shade Color: Pale Yellow Season: June When in full bloom, bees visit in abundant numbers.
SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES
CERCIS CANADENSIS (EASTERN REDBUD)
CRATAEGUS CRUSGALLI INERMIS ‘CRUSADER’ (THORNLESS COCKSPUR)
Height: 20” - 30’’ Part Shade
Height: 20’ - 30’ Sun
Color: Magenta, Pink Season: March - May
Color: White Season: May
Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting bumble bees and provides nesting for native bees.
Attracts butterflies for food and refuge.
HALESIA CAROLINA (CAROLINA SILVERBELL)
MALUS SARGENTII (SARGENT CRABAPPLE)
Height: 30’ - 40’ Sun Color: White Season: April - May Provides nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies.
Height: 8’ - 10’ Sun Season: Pink, White Season: April - May Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
