🌿 Plants for Bees

Cloudberry

Rubus chamaemorus

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Jun–Jul · native

Clover

Trifolium spp.

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

May–Oct · naturalized

Coastal Azalea

Rhododendron atlanticum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–May · native

Coastal Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium dubium

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Jul–Sep · native

Coastal Plain Willow

Salix caroliniana

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Mar–May · native

Coastalplain Yellowtops

Verbesina helleri

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Oct–May · introduced

Coastal Prickly Pear

Opuntia littoralis

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Apr–Jun · native

Coastal Rosemary

Westringia fruticosa

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

May–Sep

Coastal Sage

Salvia apiana

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Apr–Jul · Zones 8-11 · native

Coastal Sagebrush

Artemisia californica

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Aug–Nov · native

Coastal Wallflower

Erysimum capitatum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

Mar–Jul · Zones 4-10 · native

Coast Banksia

Banksia integrifolia

Nectar: high · Pollen: low

Aug–Feb

Coast Buckwheat

Eriogonum latifolium

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

May–Oct · native

Coast live oak

Quercus agrifolia

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Mar–Apr · native

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

May–Jun · native

Coffeeberry

Frangula californica

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Apr–Jul · native

Colorado Penstemon

Penstemon glaber

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Jun–Jul · native

Coltsfoot

Tussilago farfara

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

Feb–May · Zones 3-8 · naturalized

Comfrey

Symphytum officinale

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

May–Aug · Zones 3-9 · naturalized

Common Buckthorn

Rhamnus cathartica

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Apr–Jun · invasive