What's flowering for honey bees near New York City, NY (NYC / Lower Hudson-Long Island Coastal Plain & Piedmont Transition), month by month — 37 local nectar and pollen sources.
Open the interactive, printable calendar →| Plant | Scientific name | Category | Bloom months | Forage value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Maple | Acer rubrum | Trees | MarâApr | medium |
| Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | Trees | Mar | medium |
| Willow (pussy/weeping) | Salix spp. | Trees | MarâApr | high |
| American Elm | Ulmus americana | Trees | MarâApr | low |
| Callery/Bradford Pear | Pyrus calleryana | Trees | Apr | medium |
| Serviceberry (Shadbush) | Amelanchier canadensis | Trees | Apr | medium |
| Flowering Dogwood | Cornus florida | Trees | AprâMay | medium |
| Apple/Crabapple | Malus spp. | Trees | AprâMay | medium |
| Black Cherry | Prunus serotina | Trees | AprâMay | medium |
| Japanese Wisteria | Wisteria floribunda | Shrubs & Vines | AprâMay | low |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | Wildflowers & Weeds | AprâMay | medium |
| Common Mustard/Garlic Mustard | Brassica/Alliaria spp. | Wildflowers & Weeds | AprâMay | low |
| Purple Deadnettle & Henbit | Lamium spp. | Wildflowers & Weeds | AprâMay | low |
| Tulip Poplar | Liriodendron tulipifera | Trees | MayâJun | high |
| Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia | Trees | May | high |
| Horsechestnut | Aesculus hippocastanum | Trees | May | medium |
| Multiflora Rose | Rosa multiflora | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | medium |
| Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJul | medium |
| Wild Grape | Vitis spp. | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | low |
| Blackberry | Rubus allegheniensis | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | medium |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens | Clover & Legumes | MayâSep | high |
| American Basswood (Linden) | Tilia americana | Trees | JunâJul | high |
| Sourwood | Oxydendrum arboreum | Trees | JunâJul | medium |
| Sumac (Staghorn) | Rhus typhina | Shrubs & Vines | JunâJul | medium |
| Privet | Ligustrum spp. | Shrubs & Vines | Jun | medium |
| Virginia Creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Shrubs & Vines | JunâJul | low |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense | Clover & Legumes | JunâSep | medium |
| Birdsfoot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | medium |
| Crown Vetch | Securigera varia | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | medium |
| Sweet Clover (White & Yellow) | Melilotus spp. | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | high |
| Queen Anne's Lace | Daucus carota | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâAug | low |
| Knapweed | Centaurea spp. | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâSep | medium |
| Chicory | Cichorium intybus | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâSep | low |
| Japanese Knotweed | Reynoutria japonica | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâSep | high |
| Goldenrod (Canada/tall) | Solidago spp. | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâOct | high |
| Common Ragweed | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâSep | low |
| New York Aster | Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | Wildflowers & Weeds | SepâOct | high |