Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects

John3 · April 2, 2012

I have found 49 plants so far - pros and cons of these plants. Any plants you can add and the beneficial insect(s) it attracts would be appreciated. Also, places to buy seeds to grow the plants (and let me know which ones if any should not be started by seeds)

Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects (so far)
Insects attracted:
LACEWINGS/LADYBUGS/HOVERFLIES/PARASITIC MINI-WASPS/TACHINID FLIES/MINUTE PIRATE BUGS/DAMSEL BUGS/BIG EYED BUGS
1. Alfalfa
2. Alpine cinquefoil
3. Angelica
4. Basket of Gold
5. Buckwheat
6. Butter and eggs
7. Butterfly weed
8. Caraway
9. Carpet bugleweed
10. Common yarrow
11. Coriander
12. Cosmos white sensation
13. Crimson thyme
14. Dandelion
15. Dill
16. Dwarf alpine aster
17. Edging lobelia
18. English lavender
19. Fennel
20. Fern-leaf yarrow
21. Feverfew
22. Four-wing saltbush
23. Gloriosa daisy
24. Golden marguerite
25. Hairy vetch
26. Lavender globe lily
27. Lemon balm
28. Marigold - lemon gem
29. Masterwort
30. Orange stonecrop
31. Parsley
32. Pennyroyal
33. Peter Pan goldenrod
34. Phacelia
35. Poached egg plant
36. Prairie sunflower
37. Purple poppy mallow
38. Queen Anne's lace
39. Rocky Mt. penstemon
40. Spearmint
41. Spike speedwell
42. Statice
43. Stonecrops
44. Sulfur cinquefoil
45. Sweet alyssum - white
46. Tansy
47. Wild bergamot
48. Wood betony
49. Zinnia - liliput

April 2, 2012	#1
John3 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask Posts: 727	Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects I have found 49 plants so far - pros and cons of these plants. Any plants you can add and the beneficial insect(s) it attracts would be appreciated. Also, places to buy seeds to grow the plants (and let me know which ones if any should not be started by seeds) Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects (so far) Insects attracted: LACEWINGS/LADYBUGS/HOVERFLIES/PARASITIC MINI-WASPS/TACHINID FLIES/MINUTE PIRATE BUGS/DAMSEL BUGS/BIG EYED BUGS 1. Alfalfa 2. Alpine cinquefoil 3. Angelica 4. Basket of Gold 5. Buckwheat 6. Butter and eggs 7. Butterfly weed 8. Caraway 9. Carpet bugleweed 10. Common yarrow 11. Coriander 12. Cosmos white sensation 13. Crimson thyme 14. Dandelion 15. Dill 16. Dwarf alpine aster 17. Edging lobelia 18. English lavender 19. Fennel 20. Fern-leaf yarrow 21. Feverfew 22. Four-wing saltbush 23. Gloriosa daisy 24. Golden marguerite 25. Hairy vetch 26. Lavender globe lily 27. Lemon balm 28. Marigold - lemon gem 29. Masterwort 30. Orange stonecrop 31. Parsley 32. Pennyroyal 33. Peter Pan goldenrod 34. Phacelia 35. Poached egg plant 36. Prairie sunflower 37. Purple poppy mallow 38. Queen Anne's lace 39. Rocky Mt. penstemon 40. Spearmint 41. Spike speedwell 42. Statice 43. Stonecrops 44. Sulfur cinquefoil 45. Sweet alyssum - white 46. Tansy 47. Wild bergamot 48. Wood betony 49. Zinnia - liliput