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Using the Plant Toolbox to Find Plants That Attract Pollinators

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The Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox has improved its pollinator plant listings. You can now use the “Find a Plant” feature to zero in on plants that attract different kinds of pollinators, including moths, butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and specialist bees.

Screenshot of the Plant Toolbox with Find a Plant circled and an arrow pointing to the Attracts menu.

Select Find a Plant, then use the Attracts menu.

In the left-hand Landscape menu, click on Attracts to reveal a list of wildlife that you may wish to attract to your garden. You can select specific kinds of pollinators, such as hummingbirds, or “pollinators” in general, to get a list of plants that are attractive to those critters.

Screenshot shows that when the name of the pollinator into the Search box, a drop-down menu appears with the tag listed.

Type the name of the pollinator into the Search box and see the tag listed in the drop-down menu.

Alternatively, you can use the Search box and type in the kind of pollinator you wish to attract. Searching by tags will generate a list of plants that have those tags.

Screenshot show that Hummingbird-Friendly plants are selected, but the list can be refined using the left-hand menu.

Refine your search by selecting attributes from the left-hand menu.

In both cases, you can further refine your search by using the left-hand menus to narrow the list by growing region, light environment, plant life form, etc. Additional tips on how to get the most out of the Plant Toolbox can be found on the Plant Toolbox Help Page. You can also watch this 3-minute video tutorial on how to find pollinator-attracting plants using the Plant Toolbox.