What's Blooming?
Take a look at the NABA list of What's Blooming In & Around Nashville. Originally prepared by NABA member Elizabeth Dilley, this is an ever-growing guide to help beekeepers know where the honeybees might be gathering honey at any time of the year.
Remember that honeybees typically work only one crop at a time. So a colony will gather from the most abundant crop available until the nectar flow ceases for those blossoms. Then they will move on to another type of blossom.
Reference books for identification of weeds, flowers, trees, etc.
January & February | |||
Henbit | Forsythia | Dandelion | Japonica |
Mahonia | Japanese Honeysuckle | ||
March | |||
Buttercup | Periwinkle | Tulip tree | Crocus |
Spirea | Daffodils | Serviceberry | Wild plum |
Dogwood | Red-bud | Chickweed | Willow |
Elm | Cherry-ornamental | Pussywillow | Red maple |
April | |||
Mouse ear Chickweed | Wild Sweet William | Pear | Wild Mustard |
Strawberries | Apples | Violets | Cherry |
Primrose | Lilacs | Spring Larkspur | Wild Cherry |
Iris | Grape Hyacinth | Little Dutch white Clover | Thrift Black Locust |
Lunaria(money plant) | Hyacinth(garden) | Azalea | Elaegnus Angusfolia |
May | |||
Alfalfa | Day Lily | Raspberries | Lespedeza |
Yarrow | Persimmon | Jewelweed | Moth Mullein |
Dutchman’s Breeches | Elderberry | Magnolia | Queenann’s Lace |
Sedum | Laurel | Privet Hedge | Wild Bergamont (bee balm) |
Swamp Saxifrage | Cornflower | Blackberry | Purple Vetch |
Fringed Phacelia | Crown Vetch | Daisy Fleabane | Tartarian Honeysuckle |
Ground Ivy | Venus looking glass | Crimson Clover | Thistle |
Lyre-leaf sage | Yellow Goatsbeard | Purple Vetch | Fire Pink |
Star chickweed | Tulip poplar | ||
June | |||
Abelia | Basswood ( Linden) big & little leaf | Beans | Chicory |
White Sweet Clover | Stickweed | Hobble bush | Sourwood |
Sunflower | Squash | Cucumbers | Melons |
Vitex | Sumac | ||
July | |||
Asiatic Dayflower | Buckbrush | Smartweed | Poke weed |
Plantain | Jimson weed | Tall Bellflower | Althea |
Mimosa | |||
August | |||
Joe-pye weed | Ironweed | Wildsenna | Passion flower |
Wild phlox | Golden Rain tree | Sunflowers | |
September | |||
Ragweed | Goldenrod | Boneset | Spanish needle |
Asters | Ceresua | Japanese Bamboo | Black-eyed Susan |
Beggar Weed | Blazing Star | Virginia Copper leaf | |
October, November & December | |||
Elaegnus pungens |