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Beneficial Insect Plant List
This link provides a list of the good bugs and the plants that they like to visit for shelter and as another source of food for their diet, the sugar from ?owers: http://permaculturenews.org/2014/10/04/plants-attract-beneficial-insects/
Fantastic images accompany the lists, which I've condensed for my convenience below. There is also a great list of tips for attracting the bugs to my garden such as provide water and try to maintain some flowers in the garden all year round.
- Achillea ?lipendulina Fern-leaf yarrow
- Achillea millefolium Common yarrow
- Ajuga reptans Carpet bugleweed
- Allium tanguticum Lavender globe lily
- Alyssum saxatilis Basket of Gold
- Anethum graveolens Dill
- Anthemis tinctoria Golden marguerite
- Angelica gigas Angelica
- Atriplex canescens Four-wing saltbush
- Asclepias tuberosa Butter?y weed
- Aster alpinus Dwarf alpine aster
- Astrantia major Masterwort
- Callirhoe involucrata Purple poppy mallow
- Carum carvi Caraway
- Coriandrum sativum Coriander
- Cosmos bipinnatus Cosmos white sensation
- Chrysanthemum parthenium Feverfew
- Daucus carota Queen Anne's lace
- Eriogonum fasciculatum CA Buckwheat
- Foeniculum vulgare Fennel
- Helianthus maximilianii Prairie sun?ower
- Lavandula angustifolia English lavender
- Limnanthes douglasii Poached egg plant
- Limonium latifolium Statice
- Linaria vulgaris Butter and eggs
- Lobelia erinus Edging lobelia
- Lobularia maritima Sweet alyssum white
- Melissa of?cinalis Lemon balm
- Medicago sativa Alfalfa
- Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal
- Mentha spicata Spearmint
- Monarda ?stulosa Wild bergamot
- Penstemon strictus Rocky Mt. penstemon
- Potentilla recta warrenii' Sulfur cinquefoil
- Petroselinum crispum Parsley
- Phacelia tanacetifolia Phacelia
- Potentilla recta warrenii' Sulfur cinquefoil
- Potentilla villosa Alpine cinquefoil
- Rudbeckia fulgida Gloriosa daisy
- Sedum kamtschaticum Orange stonecrop
- Sedum spurium Stonecrops
- Solidago virgaurea Peter Pan goldenrod
- Stachys of?cinalis Wood betony
- Tagetes tenuifolia Marigold lemon gem
- Tanacetum vulgare Tansy
- Taraxacum of?cinale Dandelion
- Thymus serpylum coccineus Crimson thyme
- Veronica spicata Spike speedwell
- Vicia villosa Hairy vetch
- Zinnia elegans Zinnia "liliput"
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