WHEN PLANNING WHAT FLOWERS TO PLANT IN YOUR GARDEN TO ATTRACT BUMBLE BEES , CONSIDER ALL OF THE GROWING SEASONS . START WITH SPRING BLOOMS , AS THE QUEENS EMERGE EARLY , AND CONTINUE INTO LATE FALL , SO THE QUEEN CAN FATTEN UP BEFORE WINTERING OVER . TO SATISFY ALL OF THE NATIVE BEES — THE SPECIALISTS AND BUMBLE BEES — CONSIDER PLANTING THE FOLLOWING NATIVE PERENNIALS :
SPRING WHITE WILD INDIGO ( Baptisia alba ) FOXGLOVE BEARDTONGUE ( Penstemon digitalis )
SUMMER BUTTERFLY WEED ( Asclepias tuberosa ) WILD BERGAMOT ( Monarda fistulosa )
FALL SHOWY GOLDENROD ( Solidago speciosa ) ASTER ( Asters )
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