Beneficial Flowers
FLOWERS THAT ATTRACT BENEFICIAL INSECTS
| FLOWER |
LIGHT |
MOISTURE |
BLOOM TIME |
INSECTS ATTRACTED |
| african daisy |
full sun |
light |
summer |
lacewings, minute pirate bugs, ladybugs |
| alyssum |
partial to full sun |
light |
spring to early summer |
tachinid & hover flies, chaicids |
| angelica |
partial to full shade |
moist |
summer [long season] |
ladybugs, wasps, lacewings |
| bee balm [monarda] |
partial to full sun |
regular to moist |
summer |
minute pirate bugs, lacewings |
| calendula |
full sun |
regular |
late spring, summer |
minute pirate bugs, lacewings |
| candytuft [needs good drainage] |
full sun |
regular |
spring, early summer |
hover flies |
| chamomile |
full sun |
light to regular |
late spring, summer |
hover flies, ladybugs, lacewings, parasitic wasps |
| coreopsis |
full sun |
light to regular |
late spring, late summer |
minute pirate bugs, lady bugs |
| crocus |
partial to full sun |
none, once established |
late winter, spring |
parasitic wasps |
| dill* |
full sun |
light |
summer |
parasitic wasps, lacewings, ladybugs, tachinid & hover flies |
| echinacea |
full sun |
average |
late summer, autumn |
ladybugs, minute pirate bugs, beetles |
| elecampane |
full sun |
moist |
summer |
ladybugs, minute pirate bugs, beetles |
| feverfew |
full sun |
light to average |
summer |
ground beetles, hover flies, ladybugs, lacewings |
| goldenrod |
full sun |
light to average |
summer to mid-autumn |
big-eyed bugs, minute pirate bugs, ground and soldier beetles, lacewings |
| sunflowers |
full sun |
light to average |
summer to mid-autumn |
ladybugs, beetles, lacewings |
| goldenrod |
full sun |
light to average |
summer to mid-autumn |
big-eyed bugs, minute pirate bugs, ground and soldier beetles, lacewings |
| sweet woodruff |
partial to full shade |
moderate to moist |
late spring |
hover flies, minute pirate bugs, lacewings |
| yarrow |
partial to full sun |
light to average |
mid-summer to early autumn |
ladybugs, parasitic wisps, tachinid flies |
| zinnia |
full sun |
moderate |
summer to late autumn |
flower bugs, ladybugs, lacewings |
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*dill grows quickly and can be reseeded several times in a season.
catnip repels fleas beetles, colorado potato beetles and green peach aphids,
but can get away from you, so does its best planted around the garden, not
in it.
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