How to Bring Life to Your Yard this Spring

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The best plants for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

We asked our friends at Secret Garden Landscapes for some tips to keep your yard a buzz this spring. They provided us with a list of their favorite plants to help bring your yard to life.

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BEST PLANTS FOR BEES

Bees like blue, purple, yellow, and white flowers with a place for them to land. Some great options for your garden include: Bee Balm, Black-Eyed Susan, Coneflowers, Penstemon, Salvia, and Sunflowers.

Bee Balm

Black-Eyed Susan

Coneflower

Penstemon

BEST PLANTS FOR BUTTERFLIES

Butterflies prefer flat flowers to land on and love vivid colors. Adding Azaleas, Butterfly Bushes, California Lilacs, Coneflowers, Cosmos, Dianthus, Milkweed, and/or Zinnias will attract butterflies to your garden.

Azaleas

Butterfly Bush

Milkweed

Zinnias

BEST PLANTS FOR HUMMINGBIRDS

Hummingbirds like bright colored flowers that are tubular or brush shaped. To attract hummingbirds, add Butterfly Bush, Fuchsia, Lantana, Lavender, Penstemon, Salvia, and/or Yarrow.

Fuchsias

Lantana

Salvia

Yarrow

BEST PLANTS FOR THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE

Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) (Copy)

Manzanita Varieties (Arctostaphylos spp.) (Copy)

Red Flowering Current (Ribes Sanguineum) (Copy)

California Lilac Varieties (Ceanothus spp.) (Copy)

Douglas Iris (Iris Douglasiana) (Copy)

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