Bee & Bee Friendly Blooms by Season Native Plants

1 1 Bee & Bee Friendly Blooms by Season Native Plants Blooming Season Common Name(s) Scientific Name Family Type Floral Colour Height Spring Black Raspberry, western raspberry Rubus occidentalis Rose Shrub White 1 - 3 m Spring Black Willow, swamp willow Salix nigra willow Tree Yellow 10-21 m Spring Canada fly honeysuckle Lonicera canadensis Honeysuckle Shrub Yellow 60 cm - 1 m Spring Canada plum, horse plum, Red plum, wild plum Prunus nigra Rose Tree White 6 - 10 m Spring Carolina rose, swamp wild rose Rosa carolina Rose Shrub Pink .3 cm - 2 m Spring Choke cherry, bitter cherry Prunus virginiana Rose Tree/Shrub White 4 - 8 m 2 Spring Downy shadbush, downy serviceberry, downy Juneberry, tree shadbush Amelanchier arborea Rose Tree/Shrub White 4 - 10 m Spring Eastern prickly gooseberry, pasture gooseberry, dogberry, dogbramble Ribes cynosbati Gooseberry Shrub White, Yellow, Green, Brown 60 cm - m Spring Eastern Redbud, Judas-tree, Cercis canadensis Pea Tree/Shrub Pink 4 - 12 m Spring Eastern waterleaf, Virginia waterleaf, Shawnee salad, John's cabbage, Hydrophyllum virginianum Waterleaf Forb White, Purple, Pink 20 - 80 cm Spring Fragrant sumac, skunkbush, Rhus aromatica Cashew Shrub Yellow - 2 m Spring Highbush Blueberry, tall Blueberry.

2 Swamp Blueberry, rabbiteye Blueberry, southern black Blueberry, southern highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Heath Shrub White - m Spring Lanceleaf coreopsis, lanceleaf tickseed, sand tickseed, garden coreopsis, longstalked coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Aster Forb Yellow 30 - 60 cm 3 Spring Low shadbush, low serviceberry, low Juneberry, low shadblow Amelanchier humilis Rose Shrub White - 6 m Spring Mountain fly honeysuckle, Blue fly honeysuckle, velvet honeysuckle Lonicera villosa Honeysuckle Shrub Yellow 30 - 90 cm Spring Mountain shadbush, mountain serviceberry, mountain Juneberry, mountain sugarplum, Bartram's chuckleypear (NL), Bartram's serviceberry, oblong-fruit serviceberry, northern Juneberry Amelanchier bartramiana Rose Shrub White different class sizes Spring Pin cherry, bird cherry, fire cherry, wild Red cherry, hay cherry, pigeon cherry Prunus pensylvanica Rose Tree/Shrub White -12 m Spring Pussy willow, silver willow, large pussy willow Salix discolor willow Tree/Shrub White, Green, Brown 2 - 8 m Spring Red columbine, wild Red columbine, Canadian columbine, rock bells, eastern Red columbine Aquilegia canadensis Buttercup Forb Red, Pink, Yellow - m Spring Saskatoonberry, alderleaf shadbush, northwestern serviceberry, northwestern Juneberry, western shadbush, Pacific serviceberry.

3 Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia Rose Shrub White 1- 5 m 4 Spring Spotted geranium, spotted cranesbill Geranium maculatum Geranium Forb White, Purple, Pink 30 - 70 cm Spring Sweet crab apple, wild crab apple Malus coronaria Rose Tree/Shrub White, Pink up to 12 m Spring Virginia Bluebells, Virginia cowslip Mertensia virginica Borage Forb Light Blue, Pink, Purple 20 - 60 cm Spring Wild black cherry, black cherry, rum cherry Prunus serotina Rose Tree White 18 - 27 m Spring Wild black currant, American black currant, eastern black currant Ribes americanum Gooseberry Shrub White, Yellow 90 cm - m Spring Wild lupine, sundial lupine Lupinus perennis Pea Forb Blue, Purple 20 - 60 cm Spring Wild Red currant, swamp Red currant Ribes triste Gooseberry Shrub Red, Green, Purple, Brown 1 - 3 m 5 Spring Wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana rose Forb White 5 - 25 cm Spring, Summer Canada anemone, meadow anemone, roundleaf thimbleweed, Canada windflower Anemone canadensis Buttercup Forb White 15- 80 cm Spring, Summer Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis Bellflower Forb Red 1- m Spring, Summer Cranberry, large cranberry, American cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon Heath Drawf shrub White, Pink.

4 20 cm Spring, Summer Golden alexanders, golden meadow parsnip Zizia aurea Carrot Forb Yellow 30 to 75 cm Spring, Summer Hairy honeysuckle Lonicera hirsuta Honeysuckle Shrub Orange, Yellow up to 3 m Spring, Summer Horsemint, Spotted Bee Balm Monarda punctata Mint Forb White , Pink, Yellow, Green, Purple 30 - 90 cm 6 Spring, Summer Pinate Prairie Coneflower, Grey-headed Prairie Coneflower, Yellow coneflower, Mexican hat plant Ratibida pinnata Aster Forb Yellow 45 cm - 2 m Summer Blue giant hyssop, fennel giant hyssop, anise hyssop, lavendar giant hyssop Agastache foeniculum Mint Forb Blue, Purple 60 cm - m Summer Bergamot, beebalm, scarlet beebalm, Oswego-tea, Monarda didym Mint Forb Scarlet Red 60 cm - 2m Summer Blackroot, Virginia culver's-root Veronicastrum virginicum Figwort Forb White, Blue, Pink 90 cm - 1.

5 8 m Summer Bush honeysuckle, northern bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera Honeysuckle Shrub Red, Orange, Yellow, Purple 30 cm - 1 m Summer Butterfly weed, pleurisy root, Orange milkweed,chigger flower Asclepias tuberosa Milkweed Forb Orange, Yellow 30 - 75 cm Summer Common boneset, perfoliate thoroughwort Eupatorium perfoliatum Aster Forb White 1 - m 7 Summer Common milkweed, silkweed, silky swallowwort Asclepias syriaca Milkweed Forb White, Purple 50 - m Summer Cutleaf coneflower, tall coneflower, wild goldenglow, greenhead coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Aster Forb Yellow 45 cm - 3 m Summer Fireweed, great willowherb, French willow Chamerion angustifolium Evening Primrose Forb Pink 60 cm - m Summer Flowering raspberry, Purpleflowering raspberry Rubus odoratus Rose Shrub Pink, Purple.

6 9 cm - 2 m Summer Hairy beardtongue, northeastern beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus Figwort Forb Pink, Purple 30 - 90 cm Summer Leafcup (or cup plant), cup rosinweed, carpenter weed, Indian cup, ragged cup, compass plant Silphium perfoliatum Aster Forb Yellow - m Summer Meadow rose, smooth wild rose Rosa blanda Rose Shrub White, Pink up to m 8 Summer Northern meadowsweet, broadleaf meadowsweet Spiraea alba var. latifolia Rose Shrub White, Pink 30 cm - m Summer Paleleaf sunflower, paleleaf woodland sunflower, roughleaf sunflower Helianthus strumosus Aster Forb Yellow - m Summer Purple Coneflower, eastern Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea Aster Forb Pink, Purple 15 - 60 cm Summer Purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea Pea Forb Purple, Pink 30 - 90 cm Summer Red raspberry, wild Red raspberry Rubus idaeus Rose Shrub White up to 2m Summer Spotted Joe-Pye weed, Purple Joe-Pye weed, Purple boneset, spotted trumpetweed Eutrochium maculatum Aster Forb Pink 60 cm - m Summer Staghorn sumac, vinegar tree, velvet sumac Rhus typhina Cashew Tree/Shrub Red, Yellow.

7 Green up to 8 m 9 Summer Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata Milkweed Forb Pink, Purple m Summer Virginia mountainmint Pycnanthemum virginianum Mint Forb White 30 - 90 cm Summer Wild bergamot, Oswego-tea, wild horsemint, mintleaf beebalm Monarda fistulosa Mint Forb Purple, White, Pink 60 cm - m Summer Woodland sunflower, divergent sunflower, rough sunflower Helianthus divaricatus Aster Forb Yellow 40 - m Summer Yellow giant hyssop, catnip giant hyssop Agastache nepetoides Mint Forb Yellow, green 30 cm - m Summer Zigzag goldenrod, Broadleaved goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Aster Forb Yellow 30 cm - 1 m Fall Calico aster, narrowleaf calico aster (var. angustifolius), starved aster, one-sided aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Aster Forb White, Purple 30 cm - m 10 Fall Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis Aster Forb Yellow 30 cm - m Fall Great Blue lobelia, Blue cardinal flower, great lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Bellflower Forb Blue 30 cm - m Fall Heath aster, Densee-flowered aster, Many-flowered aster, White heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides Aster Forb White , Pink , Yellow , Blue 30 - 90 cm Fall New England Aster, Michaelmas daisy Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Aster Forb Purple, Pink up to 1 m Fall Slender blazing-star, Ontario blazing-star, barrelhead gayfeather, cylindrical blazing-star.

8 Few-headed blazing-star Liatris cylindracea Aster Forb Purple 15 - 45 cm Fall Smooth Blue aster, glaucous aster Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) .L ve & ve Aster Forb Blue, Purple 30 cm - m Fall, Summer Black-eyed Susan, hairy coneflower Rudbeckia hirta Aster Forb Yellow 30 cm - m 11 Fall, Summer Carpenter's-square, Maryland figwort, eastern figwort, woodland figwort, Scrophularia marilandica Snapdragon Forb Red - 3 m Fall, Summer Common sneezeweed, Fall sneezeweed, swamp sunflower Helenium autumnale Aster Forb Yellow 1 - m Fall, Summer Gray-stemmed goldenrod, gray goldenrod, oldfield goldenrod, wood goldenrod, Solidago nemoralis Aster Forb Yellow up to 1 m Plant bee-safe flowers 12 Photo Attributions: (Yellow Giant Hyssop) Copyright Thomas G.

9 Barnes. USDA-NRCS Plants Database (Canada Fly Honeysuckle, Mountain fly honeysuckle) JackPine , Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society ( ), May 2, 2016. (Saskatoonberry) Eugene Reimer, 2004 (Downy shadbush, Swamp milkweed, Lanceleaf coreopsis, Perfoliate thoroughwort, Common sneezeweed, Eastern waterleaf, Great blue lobelia, Wild bergamot, Horsemint bee balm, Wild black cherry, Virginia mountain mint, Staghorn sumac, Purple flowering raspberry, Black raspberry, Greenhead coneflower, Black willow, Carpeneter s square figwort, Leafcup/ cup plant, Canada Goldenord, Broadleaf Goldenrod, Gray-stemmed goldenrod, Heath aster, Calico starved aster, New England aster, Highbush blueberry, Culver s root, Golden Alexanders) Copyright David G. Smith (Low shadbush, Canada anemone, Smooth blue aster, Mountain shadbush, Bush honeysuckle, Meadow rose) Copyright Arthur Haines 2016 (Purple prairie clover) Photo credit Western new Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences and Dale A.

10 Zimmerman (Paleleaf sunflower) Photo credit Homer Edward Price @N08 (Canada plum) Copyright 2016 Anthony Reznicek. (Slender blazing star) Copyright Evergreen, Photographer: Mathis Natvik (Pin cherry) Photo credit Superior National Forest (Sweet crabapple) Copyright Mr. Christopher Bailey (Skunkbush sumac) Copyright Ron Vanderhoff