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Here are some common wildflowers that attract bees:

Rock Cress White Aster Siberian Forget-Me-Not Lance Leaved Bee plant Rocky Mountain Coreopsis Purple Cornflower Purple Daisy Fleabane Gilia Globe Gaillardia Annual Forget-Me-Not Bergamot Baby Blue Eyes Prairie Clover Purple Poppy Black Eyed Susan

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Rock Cress  
Rock Cress is native to the Mediterranean and Southern Europe.  Rock Cress produces a profusion of fragrant blooms in the spring.  Colors include white, pink, rose, mauve, and lavender.  Butterflies are attracted to the flowers.  The leaves and flowers of Rock Cress are edible, cooked or raw.  Not surprisingly, it has a pungent, cress-like flavor.
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White Aster Top ▲
White aster is perennial from an extensive system of rhizomes and stolons.  Plants can be over three feet tall in some areas, but are usually only about 8 inches to a foot tall on our dry prairies.  Leaves at the bottom and middle of the plant fall off before flowering time; those remaining at flowering time are reduced to small bracts found among the flower heads in the upper branches.  Up to a hundred small flower heads with white-to-pink ray flowers and yellowish-to-purple disc flowers are produced.  The tiny achenes (seeds) carry a tuft of whitish bristles to help them blow away with the wind.
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Siberian Forget-me-not Top ▲
Siberian forget-me-not is a hearty grower in most soils as long as some extra moisture is present.  It’s a wet ground plant rather than a dry forest floor plant, though far from a bog plant.  Do expect to water it in summer unless growing in a naturally moist soil or in a region with consistent summer rain.  The light blue flowers open in airy clusters over the plant late March into May or June with some bloom later.
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Lance Leaved Bee plant Top ▲
Solitary yellow petals with toothed edges and flat, yellow centers open from early to late summer.  Native to the central and southern U.S.  Suitable for naturalizing or for wild garden areas.  The blooms make good cut flowers and are attractive to bees and butterflies.
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Rocky Mountain Coreopsis Top ▲
A blue member of the large penstemon family (250 species worldwide; all but two are North American natives) that makes a great meadow plant.  Snapdragon-like flowers make it a favorite of hummingbirds.
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Purple Coneflower Top ▲
Purple coneflower (echinacea purpurrea) is a drought tolerant perennial.  Flowers are large purple lavender petals surrounding a red orange cone center.  Prefers full sun to partial shade.
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Purple Daisy Top ▲
The Daisy Soprano Purple 'Osteospermum hybrid', exhibits slightly cupped Daisies that have terrific heat tolerance and an extra-compact habit.  The beautiful clear colors and versatility make this Proven Winner series exceptional.  They have large purple flowers with a compact growth habit.  These beauties make a unique addition to any combination.  Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional bloom.  The deeply cut, dark green leaves are aromatic when bruised.
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Fleabane Top ▲
The feathery, daisy-like flowers of the common fleabane are of frequent occurrence in moist meadows or along the roadsides in spring.  The ray-flowers are so narrow as to form a delicate fringe around the disk.  The common name arouse from the belief that these plants were harmful to fleas.
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Gilia capitata (Globe Gilia) Top ▲
Medium to bright blue flowers bloom profusely April through July, displaying clusters of clover-like blossoms on tall, upright stems. Finely cut, attractive foliage appears mostly at the base of this plant. Though this annual dies at the first frost, it readily reseeds itself, and can continue growing thus for years to come!
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Globe Gaillardia Top ▲
Brilliant daisies in shades of orange, red and yellow age to glowing globe-shaped seed heads.  Attracts butterflies.
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Annual Forget-me-not Top ▲
Forget-me-nots prefer shade and can be annual or perennial plants.  Their root systems are generally diffuse.  Their seeds are found in small, tulip-shaped pods along the stem to the flower.  The pods attach to clothing when brushed against and eventually fall off, leaving the small seed within the pod to germinate elsewhere.  Seeds can be collected by putting a piece of paper under the stems and shaking them.  The seed pods and some seeds will fall out.
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Bergamot Top ▲
Wild bergamot is a member of the Mint Family (Labiatae) and is one of the twelve United States species of tall mints commonly classified as Beebalms, but it is not the same as actual Beebalm (M. didyma).  Wild bergamot can grow to heights of five feet.  Wild bergamot bloom in July and August.
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Baby Blue Eyes Top ▲
These flowers are aptly named, as they are a wonderful baby blue color with white inner eye and delicate black stamens.  They grow four to six inches tall and will cover an eight to twelve inch area, so are perfect for edging the flower border or in containers.  The dainty, cup-shaped, sky blue flowers bloom throughout the spring and into summer.  They prefer a location that is partially shady but will tolerate full sun in cooler climates if not allowed to dry out.
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Prairie Clover Top ▲
The fine delicate foliage of Purple or Violet Prairie Clover is complemented by magenta to rose-purple flowers that bloom upward on cylindrical spikes.  The flowers begin to bloom at the base of the 1 to 3 inch dense spikes traveling upward resulting in magnificent color.  Native Purple Prairie Clover plants are great used in the front of a formal flower bed or in a larger mass in a naturalized setting and is a host plant for Dogface Butterflies.
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Purple Poppy Top ▲
This perennial plant is adventive from the west or southwest.  The blooming period occurs from late spring to mid-summer, and lasts about 1-2 months.  There is no noticeable floral scent.  The flowers are replaced by carpels that are arranged together like a ring.  These carpels are flat, kidney-shaped, and reticulated, with a hairy tip at one end.  Each carpel contains a single seed.  This plant spreads by re-seeding itself.
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Black-Eyed Susan Top ▲
A stiff, upright annual or short lived perennial native to the eastern United States, but has become endemic throughout North America.  The Black-Eyed Susan is probably the most common of all American wildflowers.  The characteristic brown, domed center is surrounded by bright yellow ray florets.  Thrives in most soils in full sun.  A true sunshine worshiper that forgives neglect.