What's flowering for honey bees near Half Way, MO (Ozark Plateau (Springfield Plain, southwest Missouri)), month by month — 39 local nectar and pollen sources.
Open the interactive, printable calendar →| Plant | Scientific name | Category | Bloom months | Forage value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | Trees | FebâMar | medium |
| Red Maple | Acer rubrum | Trees | FebâMar | medium |
| Eastern Redbud | Cercis canadensis | Trees | MarâApr | medium |
| Wild Plum | Prunus americana | Trees | MarâApr | medium |
| Purple Deadnettle | Lamium purpureum | Wildflowers & Weeds | MarâApr | medium |
| Henbit | Lamium amplexicaule | Wildflowers & Weeds | MarâMay | medium |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | Wildflowers & Weeds | MarâMay | medium |
| Flowering Dogwood | Cornus florida | Trees | Apr | low |
| Black Cherry | Prunus serotina | Trees | AprâMay | medium |
| Apple/Crabapple | Malus spp. | Trees | Apr | medium |
| Black Walnut | Juglans nigra | Trees | AprâMay | low |
| Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | Trees | Apr | low |
| Crimson Clover | Trifolium incarnatum | Clover & Legumes | AprâMay | medium |
| Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia | Trees | May | high |
| Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar) | Liriodendron tulipifera | Trees | MayâJun | high |
| Persimmon | Diospyros virginiana | Trees | MayâJun | medium |
| Multiflora Rose | Rosa multiflora | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | medium |
| Blackberry | Rubus spp. | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | high |
| Wild Grape | Vitis spp. | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | low |
| Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJul | medium |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens | Clover & Legumes | MayâJul | high |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense | Clover & Legumes | MayâAug | medium |
| Black Medic | Medicago lupulina | Clover & Legumes | MayâAug | low |
| Alsike Clover | Trifolium hybridum | Clover & Legumes | MayâJul | medium |
| American Basswood (Linden) | Tilia americana | Trees | Jun | high |
| Sourwood | Oxydendrum arboreum | Trees | JunâJul | medium |
| Trumpet Creeper | Campsis radicans | Shrubs & Vines | JunâAug | low |
| Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | Shrubs & Vines | JunâJul | medium |
| Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Shrubs & Vines | JunâJul | medium |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâJul | medium |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâAug | low |
| Sericea Lespedeza | Lespedeza cuneata | Clover & Legumes | JulâSep | medium |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | medium |
| Ironweed | Vernonia baldwinii | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | medium |
| Common Sunflower | Helianthus annuus | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | medium |
| Spanish Needles / Beggarticks | Bidens spp. | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâOct | high |
| Goldenrod | Solidago spp. | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâOct | high |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Wildflowers & Weeds | SepâOct | high |
| Heath Aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides | Wildflowers & Weeds | SepâOct | medium |