🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Austin, TX (73301)

What's flowering for honey bees near Austin, TX (Blackland Prairie / Texas Hill Country Edge (Austin, TX)), month by month — 34 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Spring Wildflower & Clover Flow (major): Mar–May
Chinese Tallow / Horsemint Early Summer Flow (minor): May–Jun
Summer Dearth (no surplus) (minor): Jul–Aug
Fall Goldenrod-Aster-Frostweed Flow (major): Sep–Nov

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jan–Mar	medium
Shepherd's Purse	Capsella bursa-pastoris	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jan–Mar	low
Mexican Plum	Prunus mexicana	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Agarita	Mahonia trifoliolata	Shrubs & Vines	Feb–Mar	medium
Huisache	Vachellia farnesiana	Trees	Mar–Apr	high
Texas Redbud	Cercis canadensis var. texensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Anaqua	Ehretia anacua	Trees	Mar–May	medium
Texas Persimmon	Diospyros texana	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Yaupon Holly	Ilex vomitoria	Shrubs & Vines	Mar–Apr	high
Coral Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	Shrubs & Vines	Mar–Jun	medium
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Mar–May	high
Texas Bluebonnet	Lupinus texensis	Clover & Legumes	Mar–Apr	medium
Bur Clover	Medicago polymorpha	Clover & Legumes	Mar–May	medium
Winter Vetch	Vicia villosa	Clover & Legumes	Mar–May	medium
Basin Bellflower / Prairie Verbena	Glandularia bipinnatifida	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Oct	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr	medium
Carolina Buckthorn	Frangula caroliniana	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	low
Mustang Grape	Vitis mustangensis	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	low
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Jun	high
Indian Blanket (Firewheel)	Gaillardia pulchella	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–Jun	medium
Old World Bluestem margins / Native Milkweed (Antelope Horns)	Asclepias asperula	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–Jun	medium
Chinese Tallow	Triadica sebifera	Trees	May–Jun	high
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Mexican Hat	Ratibida columnifera	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Aug	medium
Horsemint (Lemon Beebalm)	Monarda citriodora	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	high
Common Sunflower	Helianthus annuus	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Aug	medium
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Sep	medium
Cedar Elm	Ulmus crassifolia	Trees	Aug–Sep	medium
Frostweed	Verbesina virginica	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Maximilian Sunflower	Helianthus maximiliani	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Nov	high
Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Nov	high
Broomweed	Amphiachyris dracunculoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium