🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Brentwood, TN (37027)

What's flowering for honey bees near Brentwood, TN (Nashville Basin / Central Basin (Middle Tennessee)), month by month — 37 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Black Locust / Tulip Poplar spring flow (major): Apr–May
White Clover flow (major): May–Jun
Summer dearth filler (Basswood/Milkweed/Lespedeza) (minor): Jun–Jul
Fall Goldenrod/Aster flow (major): Aug–Oct

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
American Elm	Ulmus americana	Trees	Feb–Mar	low
Common Chickweed	Stellaria media	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	low
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Tulip Poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
American Holly	Ilex opaca	Trees	Apr–May	low
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–Jun	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Jun	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Aug	low
Vetch	Vicia spp.	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Gum	Nyssa sylvatica	Trees	May–Jun	medium
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May	medium
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May	low
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	medium
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	medium
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	high
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Devil's Walkingstick	Aralia spinosa	Shrubs & Vines	Jul–Aug	medium
Sericea Lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia gigantea	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Common Goldenrod	Solidago canadensis	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	medium
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Frost Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium