🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Garfield, AR (72732)

What's flowering for honey bees near Garfield, AR (Ozark Plateau (northwest Arkansas / Benton County highlands)), month by month — 39 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Spring Fruit/Maple-Dandelion Buildup Flow (minor): Mar–Apr
Black Locust & Tulip Poplar Flow (major): Apr–May
Clover/Blackberry/Basswood Main Summer Flow (major): May–Jun
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
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	medium
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	medium
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Apple/Crabapple	Malus spp.	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Aug	low
Common Vetch/Winter Vetch	Vicia spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–May	medium
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jul	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	medium
Ox-eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	low
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	high
Sumac (Winged/Smooth)	Rhus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Jul	medium
Sericea Lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	medium
Goldenrod (Tall/Canada)	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Aromatic Aster / Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata / Bidens frondosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium