Plants for Pollinators - PolliNation Podcast

Nursery co-owner, Fred Weisensee, was a guest on OSU Extension Service's PolliNation Podcast with Andony Melathopoulos in April 2021. Fred listed "the pollinator plants you need" to add to your garden! These are examples of plants that will benefit local pollinators, season by season. 

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Don't worry about scrambling to take notes while you listen! Scroll down the page for a list of plants in the order they were mentioned in the episode. If we have a bunch of plants related to the one(s) specifically mentioned by Fred, then we'll include a link to search results on our website for that whole genus. Sometimes, though, we only have one plant in a given genus, so we just listed the single plant name.

Don't stop at our website--for further research, we recommend Oregon Flora, The Xerces Society and The Pollinator Partnership for great planting guides & lists.

Winter-Spring

• Arctostaphylos, Manzanita
• Arctostaphylos patula 'Siskiyou Pink'
• Arctostaphylos densiflora
  
  

• Grevillea
• Grevillea victoriae 'Murray Valley Queen', Royal Grevillea
  
  
• Mahonia x media, Hybrid Mahonia
• Mahonia x media 'Winter Sun'
• Mahonia x media 'Arthur Menzies'
  
  

• Ribes, Currant/Gooseberry
• Ribes malvaceum, Chaparral Currant
• Ribes sanguineum, Red Flowering Currant
• Ribes lobbii, Gummy Gooseberry
  
  
• Viburnum
• Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn', Fragrant Dawn Viburnum

Spring-Summer

• Ceanothus, California Lilac
• Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Repens'
• Ceanothus 'Centennial'
• Ceanothus 'Blue Jeans'
• Ceanothus 'Victoria'
  
  
• Cercis, Redbud
• Cercis occidentalis
  
  
• Darmera peltata, Indian Rhubarb
  
  

• Delphinium, Larkspur
• Delphinium trollifolium, Giant Larkspur
  
  

• Mahonia
• Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon Grape
• Mahonia nervosa, Longleaf or Cascade Oregon Grape
• Mahonia repens, Dwarf Oregon Grape
  
  
• Sanguisorba, Burnet
• Sanguisorba menzesii
  
  

• Sidalcea, Checkermallow
  
• Sidalcea cusickii

Summer-Fall

• Amsonia
  
  

• Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting
  
  

• Allium, Cultivated Onion
• Allium cernuum, Nodding Onion
• Allium christophii, Star of Persia
• Allium schubertii, Tumbleweed Onion
  
  
• Baptisia, False Indigo
  
  
• Chamaenerion fleischeri (syn. Epilobium fleischeri), Dwarf Fireweed or Alpine Willowherb
  
  
• Coreopsis, Tickseed
  
  
• Echinops, Globe Thistle
  
  
• Epilobium, Hummingbird Trumpet or California Fuchsia
  
  
• Erigeron, Fleabane
  
  
• Eriophyllum, Oregon Sunshine
  
  
• Eryngium, Sea Holly
  
  
• Holodiscus, Cream Bush or Ocean Spray
  
  
• Monarda, Bee Balm or Bergamot
• Monarda fistulosa, Wild Bergamot
  
  
• Penstemon, Beard Tongue
  
  
• Salvia, Sage
• Salvia reptans 'Blue Willow'
  
  
• Spiraea, Spirea or Meadowsweet
• Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida, Shinyleaf Spirea
• Spiraea densiflora, Rosy Spirea
• Spiraea douglasii, Douglas or Western Spirea
  
  
• Verbena bonariensis, Tall Verbena or Argentinian Vervain
  
  
• Vernonia

Fall-Winter

• Agastache
  
  
• Arbutus, Strawberry Tree
• Arbutus unedo 'Oktoberfest'
  
  
• Aster
• Aster laterifolius 'Prince'
• Aster laterifolius 'Snow Flurry'
  
  
• Eurybia divaricata (syn. Aster divaricatus), White Wood Aster
  
  
• Mahonia x media, Hybrid Mahonia
• Mahonia x 'Charity'