Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii) -
Blue flowers on plants 6 - 10 " tall; blooms March - May. Attracts parasitoid
wasps and pirate bugs.
Bishop's Weed (Aegopodium podagraria) -
Low growing, 6" tall plant similar to Queen Anne's lace; blooms April - October.
Attracts parasitoid wasps, pirate bugs, and syrphid flies.
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) -
Small white flowers on fine-textured, 12 - 15 " plant; blooms May - June. Attracts
parasitoid wasps and pirate bugs.
Corn Cockle (Agrostemma) -
Wispy, 2 - 3 ft. plants with pink cuplike flowers; blooms Nov. - April where winters
are mild, May - Aug. elsewhere. Attracts parasitoid wasps and ladybugs.
Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) -
White works best; 1 - 4 ft. fernlike foliage; blooms April - Nov. Attracts ladybugs
and lacewings.
Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) -
Tiny, white to purple flowers on 6 - 8 " plants; blooms all year in mild winter
areas. Attracts parasitoid wasps, lacewings and pirate bugs.
Tidytips (Layia platyglossa) -
Yellow and white flowers on plants 5 - 16 " tall; blooms March - Aug. Attracts parasitoid
wasps and pirate bugs.
Buckwheat (Eriogonum) -
Yellow, white, pink and rose flowers on 1 - 4 ft. plants; blooms May - Oct. or later.
Attracts pirate bugs.
Common Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) -
Soft, fernlike foliage and yellow, flat flowers on 3 - 5 ft. plants; blooms April -
Nov. Attracts ladybugs, lacewings, paper wasps and soldier bugs.
Coreopsis (Coreopsis sp.) -
Yellow, orange and maroon flowers on 1 - 3 ft. plants; blooms May - Sept. Attracts
parasitoid wasps, ladybugs and lacewings.
Crown Pink (Lychnis coronaria) -
Soft, gray foliage on 2 ft. plants; magenta, pink and white flowers; blooms April -
Aug. Attracts parasitoid wasps.
Rue (Ruta graveolens) -
Blue-gray foliage and small yellow flowers on 2 - 3 ft. plants; blooms in early Summer.
Attracts parasitoid wasps and potter wasps.
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) -
Yellow flowers and fernlike foliage on 2 - 3 ft. plants; blooms Jun - July. Attracts
parasitoid wasps, ladybugs, lacewings and pirate bugs.
Yarrow (Achillea) -
Pink, yellow, red , lavender and white flowers on plants from few inches to 3 feet
tall; blooms April - Sept. Attracts parasitoid wasps, ladybugs, damsel bugs and
big-eyed bugs.
