🌿 Plants for Bees

Sour Orange

Citrus aurantium

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Apr–Jun · Zones 9-11

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboreum

Nectar: high · Pollen: low

Jun–Jul · Zones 5-9

Southern blackberry

Rubus argutus

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Apr–Jun · Zones 5-9

Southern Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

May–Jun · Zones 5-9

Soybean

Glycine max

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

Jun–Aug · Zones 2-11

Spanish needle

Bidens alba

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Apr–Oct · Zones 8-11

Sparkleberry

Vaccinium arboreum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–Jun · Zones 6-9

Speckled Alder

Alnus incana

Nectar: low · Pollen: high

Mar–May · Zones 2-6

Spectacle Pod

Dimorphocarpa wislizeni

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–Jul · Zones 6-10

Speedwell

Veronica spicata

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

May–Jul · Zones 3-8

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Nectar: low · Pollen: high

Mar–Apr · Zones 4-9

Spider Flower

Cleome hassleriana

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Jun–Sep · Zones 2-11

Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Nectar: low · Pollen: high

May–Jul · Zones 3-9

Spotted Jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Jun–Sep · Zones 2-11

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Jul–Sep · Zones 3-8

Spotted Knapweed

Centaurea stoebe

Nectar: high · Pollen: low

Jun–Sep · Zones 3-9

Spreading Hedgeparsley

Torilis arvensis

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Jun–Aug · Zones 4-8

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · Zones 3-9

Spring Cinquefoil

Potentilla neumanniana

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Apr–May · Zones 4-8

Standing Cypress

Ipomopsis rubra

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Jun–Sep · Zones 6-9