Did you realize that your lawn is a food desert for pollinators?
You can change that, and beautify your yard at the same time! Add these low-to-the-ground, blossoming, bee-friendly plants to your grassy areas.
Contribute to this webpage! Do you have good images of these flowering plants? Contact Phil Frank, the MCBA webmaster HERE to arrange submitting your images.
PLANTS for a BEE LAWN
| Ajuga | |
| Alumroot (Heuchera americana) | |
| Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) – invasive in Maryland" | |
| Chrysogonum | |
| Creeping thyme | |
| Crocus: Early species crocus, Crocus tommasinianus, or "Tommies" – early spring | |
| Dandelions – early spring | |
| Green-and-gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) | |
| Packera aurea (golden ragwort) – native and spring bloomer | |
| Prunella vulgaris, seems to thrive in moist - medium soil rather than sun baked. | |
| Self Heal | |
| Snowdrops – early spring | |
| Violets | |
| White clover – early spring | |
| Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) | |
| Wild ginger. Heuchera – only utilized by cellophane bees | |
| Wild strawberries | |
| Winter aconite – early spring |