🌿 Plants for Bees

Cutleaf Toothwort

Cardamine concatenata

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · Zones 3-8 · native

Cypress

Cupressus sempervirens

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Mar–May

Daffodil

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Feb–Apr · Zones 3-8

Dahoon Holly

Ilex cassine

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–May · native

Daisy

Bellis perennis

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–Oct · naturalized

Dame's Rocket

Hesperis matronalis

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–Jun · invasive

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Mar–Oct · Zones 3-10 · naturalized

Deadnettle

Lamium spp.

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · introduced

Deerbrush Ceanothus

Ceanothus integerrimus

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

May–Jul · native

Deerweed

Acmispon glaber

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Mar–Aug · Zones 7-10 · native

Desert Broom

Baccharis sarothroides

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Sep–Nov · native

Desert globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Feb–Nov · Zones 6-10 · native

Desert Ironwood

Olneya tesota

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–Jun · native

Desert Lavender

Condea emoryi

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Jan–May · native

Desert marigold

Baileya multiradiata

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Mar–Nov · native

Desert Mariposa Lily

Calochortus kennedyi

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · native

Desert Peach

Prunus andersonii

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–Apr · native

Desert Penstemon

Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Mar–Jun · Zones 5-10 · native

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Apr–Sep · Zones 7-11 · native

Desert Zinnia

Zinnia acerosa

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

May–Oct · native