My Pollinator Pal

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Northwest Native Plant Picks

Six native flowers that keep pollinators fed from spring to fall.

My Favorite Picks

Native flowers that bloom from spring to fall keep pollinators fed all year. Try one from each season.SpringRed-flowering currant: pink flower clusters that hummingbirds and bees love.Oregon grape: yellow blooms, early food for mason bees and bumble bees.Late spring to summerBigleaf lupine: tall blue-purple spikes for bumble bees and hummingbirds.Showy milkweed: monarch caterpillars feed on it, and many other visitors drop by. Give it room, since it spreads.FallDouglas aster: lavender daisies for leafcutter bees and skipper butterflies.Gumweed: sunny yellow daisies for sweat bees.Sources: Based on the Xerces Society’s Maritime Northwest plant list and Oregon State Extension

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Photo credits: Alexa Pengelly/USDA Forest Service (red-flowering currant); John W. Stockert/National Park Service (Oregon grape); Free Nature Stock on StockSnap (bigleaf lupine); Tom Koerner/USFWS (showy milkweed); Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Douglas aster); Ellen Watrous on iNaturalist (gumweed).

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