Want to plant something that attracts bees?  Here are three examples of plants that they love!  They are also really easy to grow.  The top is  Confederate Jasmine.  It will bloom a couple of times a year and smells really nice!  It's so fragrant you that you will be able to smell it all over your yard.  The second picture is a southern favorite that loves shade.  This is hosta.  Something most people do not consider is that bees also will enjoy shade loving plants.  Hostas will also spread. If you have a bed that you need to fill that doesn't get a lot of sun, this is the way to go. Both the jasmine and hosta will come back year after year.

Sunflowers!  Just looking at them seems to make people happy.  The bees go crazy around our sunflowers.  They aren't perennial like the jasmine or hosta, but they are really inexpensive.  Most seed packs are under $3.00.