Practical trait
High Pollinator Value Seeds
Browse flowers, herbs, natives, and cover crops with high pollinator or habitat value.
Planning summary
- Matching entries
- 49
- Plant families
- 14
- Indoor-start entries
- 24
- Direct-sow entries
- 42
- Container-friendly entries
- 32
- Succession entries
- 16
Source basis
- Seed Savers seed saving guide 14 entries cite this source
- CSU vegetable planting guide 7 entries cite this source
- UMN starting seeds indoors 7 entries cite this source
- Xerces pollinator-friendly native plant lists 7 entries cite this source
- Penn State plant factsheets 4 entries cite this source
- Wisconsin Extension cover crops and green manures 4 entries cite this source
- Penn State planting for pollinators 2 entries cite this source
- UMN companion planting guide 2 entries cite this source
- Penn State pollinator recommendations 1 entry cites this source
- UMN planting the vegetable garden 1 entry cites this source
Quickest entries
- Astro Arugula 35 days · Direct sow
- Buckwheat Cover Crop 35 days · Direct sow
- Santo Cilantro 50 days · Direct sow
- Sweet Alyssum 50 days · Either
Related planning paths
- Start Indoors Seeds 24 matches in this collection
- Direct Sow Seeds 42 matches in this collection
- Container-Friendly Seeds 32 matches in this collection
- Succession Sowing Seeds 16 matches in this collection
- High Pollinator Value Seeds 49 matches in this collection
- Quick-Maturity Seeds 12 matches in this collection
- Fall-Planting Seeds 30 matches in this collection
- Part-Shade-Tolerant Seeds 15 matches in this collection
All matching varieties
- Astro Arugula Vegetable · Cool · 35 days
- Buckwheat Cover Crop Cover Crop · Warm · 35 days
- Santo Cilantro Herb · Cool · 50 days
- Sweet Alyssum Flower · Shoulder · 50 days
- Bouquet Dill Herb · Shoulder · 55 days
- Jewel Mix Nasturtium Flower · Shoulder · 55 days
- Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
- Berseem Clover Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 60 days
- Common Borage Herb · Warm · 60 days
- German Chamomile Herb · Warm · 60 days
- Lacinato Kale Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
- Pacific Beauty Calendula Flower · Cool · 60 days
- Blue Boy Bachelor's Button Flower · Cool · 65 days
- Genovese Basil Herb · Warm · 68 days
- Common Lemon Balm Herb · Warm · 70 days
- Broadleaf Sage Herb · Warm · 75 days
- California Giant Zinnia Flower · Warm · 75 days
- Italian Flat Leaf Parsley Herb · Shoulder · 75 days
- Sensation Mix Cosmos Flower · Warm · 75 days
- Common Chives Herb · Cool · 80 days
- Florence Fennel Herb · Warm · 80 days
- Sugar Baby Watermelon Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Black-Eyed Susan Native · Warm · 90 days
- Common Thyme Herb · Shoulder · 90 days
- Crimson Clover Cover Crop Cover Crop · Shoulder · 90 days
- Greek Oregano Herb · Warm · 90 days
- Indian Summer Rudbeckia Flower · Warm · 90 days
- Mammoth Sunflower Flower · Warm · 90 days
- Munstead Lavender Herb · Warm · 90 days
- Tall Verbena Flower · Warm · 90 days
- Waltham Butternut Squash Vegetable · Warm · 95 days
- Small Sugar Pumpkin Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- Arp Rosemary Herb · Warm · 120 days
- Common Anise Herb · Warm · 120 days
- Green Globe Artichoke Vegetable · Warm · 120 days
- Hairy Vetch Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 180 days
- Blanketflower Native · Warm · 365 days
- Canada Goldenrod Native · Warm · 365 days
- Clustered Mountain Mint Native · Warm · 365 days
- Common Milkweed Native · Warm · 365 days
- Dense Blazing Star Native · Warm · 365 days
- Eastern Bee Balm Native · Warm · 365 days
- Foxglove Beardtongue Native · Warm · 365 days
- Joe Pye Weed Native · Warm · 365 days
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis Native · Warm · 365 days
- Little Bluestem Native · Warm · 365 days
- New England Aster Native · Warm · 365 days
- Purple Coneflower Native · Warm · 365 days
- Swamp Milkweed Native · Warm · 365 days