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AAS Winners and Pollinators: a Perfect Match!

28 June, 2018
AAS Winners and Pollinators - A Perfect Match
AAS Winners and Pollinators - A Perfect Match

Looking to increase pollinator activity in your garden?

From container gardening to large garden areas, AAS Winners can help!

Planting a variety of plants is a sure way to bring pollinators to your garden! Here are 7 tips to increase pollinator presence in your garden. 

  1. Not sure which types of pollinators you want to host? Flowers like zinnias and verbena attract a wide variety of pollinators.
  2. Looking to attract butterflies? Plant both host plants (i.e. milkweed for monarchs, dill, and fennel for swallowtails) and food/nectar plants like tithonia and zinnia. But, check with local sources for plants specific to your region and butterfly species native to your local area.
  3. Want to attract more hummingbirds? Aim for flowers with a tubular structure like canna, penstemon, salvia, petunia or snapdragon.
  4. Or are bees more of interest? Plant flowers that have larger petals that act as “landing pads” for bumblebees. Native bees prefer clusters of multiple, smaller flowers like those found on oregano or large rayed flowers like sunflowers.
  5. Plant in groups to create a “target’ for pollinators to find easily.
  6. Choose a variety of different colors. Try blues and yellows for bees and oranges, reds and yellows (i.e. Cheyenne Spirit echinacea) for butterflies.
  7. Register your garden and Bee Counted at the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge.

Here are 12 AAS Winners to get you started with your pollinator garden.  To find more pollinator-friendly AAS Winners, be sure to search by pollinator-friendly on our AAS Winners page.

Dill Fernleaf

Dill Fernleaf

Echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit' 2013 AAS Flower Award Winner This stunning first-year flowering Echinacea captures the spirit of the North American plains by producing a delightful mix of flower colors from rich purple, pink, red and orange tones to lighter yellows, creams and white.

Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit

Echinacea PowWow Wild Berry - 2010 AAS Flower Award Winner This AAS Winner differs from other coneflowers for flower color, branching and plant size.

Echinacea PowWow Wild Berry

Fennel Antares F1 - 2017 AAS Edible - Vegetable Winner What is extremely fun about this winning plant is its many uses: as an edible bulb; for its ornamental fronds; as a seed producer; and as a favorite food of pollinators, namely swallowtail caterpillars.

Fennel Antares F1

Penstemon barbatus Twizzle Purple F1 - 2017 AAS Ornamental from Seed Winner Regional Winner – Heartland and Southeast

Penstemon barbatus Twizzle Purple

Penstemon Arabesque™ Red F1 2014 AAS Flower Award Winner Everything about Penstemon Arabesque™ Red F1 makes it essential for your garden!

Penstemon Arabesque Red

Petunia Tidal Wave Red Velour F1 - Large flowers literally cover the vigorously spreading plants that rarely need deadheading because new blooms continuously pop up and cover the old, spent blooms.

Petunia Tidal Wave Red Velour

Snapdragon Twinny Peach™ F1 2010 AAS Flower Award Winner First double flower form snapdragon with a compact habit.

Snapdragon Twinny Peach

Sunflower Ring of Fire- 2001 AAS Flower Winner Ring of Fire is a five-inch sunflower having golden petal edges and a ring of red surrounding the chocolate brown center.

Sunflower Ring of Fire

Tithonia Fiesta Del Sol - 2000 AAS Flower Winner - The first dwarf Mexican sunflower, Fiesta Del Sol thrives on summer heat and humidity, attaining a mature height of 2-3 feet.

Tithonia Fiesta Del Sol

Zinnia Queeny Lime Orange - 2018 AAS Flower Winner

Zinnia Queeny Lime Orange

Zinnia Profusion Red 2017 AAS Flower Winner

Zinnia Profusion Red

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