🌿 Plants for Bees

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboreum

Nectar: high · Pollen: low

Jul–Aug · Zones 5-9 · native

Southern blackberry

Rubus argutus

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Apr–Jun · native

Southern Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

May–Jun · native

Soybean

Glycine max

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

Jun–Aug

Spanish needle

Bidens alba

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Jan–Dec · Zones 8-11 · native

Sparkleberry

Vaccinium arboreum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–Jun · Zones 7-9 · native

Speckled Alder

Alnus incana

Nectar: low · Pollen: high

Mar–May · native

Spectacle Pod

Dimorphocarpa wislizeni

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–Jul · native

Speedwell

Veronica spicata

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

May–Jul · introduced

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Nectar: low · Pollen: high

Mar–Apr · Zones 4-9 · native

Spider Flower

Cleome hassleriana

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Jun–Sep · introduced

Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Nectar: low · Pollen: high

May–Jul · Zones 4-9 · native

Spotted Jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Jun–Sep · native

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Jul–Sep · native

Spotted Knapweed

Centaurea stoebe

Nectar: high · Pollen: low

Jun–Sep · invasive

Spreading Hedgeparsley

Torilis arvensis

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Jun–Aug · naturalized

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · Zones 3-8 · native

Spring Cinquefoil

Potentilla neumanniana

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Apr–May · introduced

Standing Cypress

Ipomopsis rubra

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Jun–Sep · native

Star Thistle

Centaurea solstitialis

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Jun–Sep · invasive