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This
is
a
list
of
some
of our
favorite
plants
,
shrubs, and trees that honey bees favor and
can be grown in our area of the state. This list has been generously created by: Ginny Stubblefield, and has
been
updated on 04/01/12.
Central
Texas
Bee-Friendly Plants
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| Common
Name |
Scientific Name |
Category |
Blooming Season |
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| Abelia |
Abelia x grandiflora |
Shrub |
Spring - Fall |
| Agarita |
Mahonia trifoliolata |
Shrub |
Feb. - April |
| Anise Hysoop |
Agastache foeniculum |
Vegetable garden |
June - Sept. |
| Arugula |
Eruca sativa |
Vegetable garden |
Spring |
| Aster |
Symphyotrichum sp. |
Flowering plant |
Aug. - Oct. |
| Autumn Sage |
Salvia greggii |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Baby Blue Eyes |
Nemophila merziesil |
Flowering plant |
Early Spring |
| Basil "African
Blue" |
Ocimum |
Vegetable garden |
Late Summer |
| Bee Balm
(Horsemint, Bergamot) |
Monarda |
Shrub |
Spring - Summer |
| Bee Bee Tree |
Tedredium danielli |
Shrub or Tree |
July, Aug. |
| Bee Bush |
Aloysia gratissima |
Shrub |
Spring - Summer |
| Bitterweed |
Helenium amarum |
Flowering plant |
Summer - Fall |
| Black Willow |
Salix nigra |
Tree |
Spring |
| Black-eyed
Susan |
Rudbeckia hirta |
Flowering plant |
June - Aug. |
| Blackfoot Daisy |
Melampodium leucanthum |
Flowering plant |
Early Spring |
| Blue Beard
Spirea |
Caryopteris "Bluebeard" |
Flowering plant |
Summer - Fall |
| Blue Curls |
Phacelia congesta |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Bluebonnet |
Lupinus texensis |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Bluemist Flower |
Eupatorium |
Flowering plant |
Summer - Fall |
| Borage
(Starflower) |
Borage officinalis |
Vegetable garden |
Summer |
| Bottlebrush
Tree |
Callistemon rigidus |
Shrub |
Spring |
| Bradford Pear
Tree |
Pyrus calleryana |
Tree |
Spring |
| Bulbine |
Bulbine orfrutescens |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Butterfly Bush |
Budddelia davidii |
Shrub |
Spring |
| Carolina
Jasmine |
Gelsemium sempervirens |
Vine |
Spring |
| Catnip |
Nepeta cateria |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Cherry Laurel |
Prunus caroliniana |
Shrub or Tree |
Spring |
| Chinese Cabbage |
Brassica rapa |
Vegetable garden |
Summer |
| Clover, All |
Trifolium |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Summer |
| Columbine
(yellow) |
Aquilegia chrysantha |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Summer |
| Coral Vine |
Anigonon Leptopuus |
Vine |
Spring - Fall |
| Coreopsis
(Tickseed) |
Coreopsis lanceolata |
Flowering plant |
Summer - Fall |
| Cosmos |
Cosmos bipinnatus |
Flowering plant |
Summer - Fall |
| Crape Myrtle |
Lagerstroemia |
Shrub or Tree |
Spring - Fall |
| Crossvine.
Tangerine |
Bignonia caprelota |
Vine |
Spring - Fall |
| Dandelion |
Taraxacum officinale |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Desert Willow |
Chilopsis linearis |
Tree |
Summer - Fall |
| Engleman's Sage |
Engelmannii salvia |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Summer |
| Erect Dayflower |
Commelina erecta |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Esperanza |
Tecoma stans |
Shrub |
Spring - Fall |
| Eve's Necklace |
Sophora affinis |
Tree |
Spring |
| False Foxglove |
Agalinis |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| False Indigo |
Baptista australis |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Flax,
Berlandier's Yellow |
Linum berlandieri |
Shrub |
Spring - Fall |
| Fluttermills
(Evening Primrose) |
Oenothera macrocarpa |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Foxglove, Wild |
Penstemon cobaea |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Fruit Trees
that bear fruit |
Assorted |
Tree |
Spring |
| Global Mallow |
Sphaeralcea angustifolia |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Golden
Groundsel |
Packera obovate |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Goldenrod |
Solidago sp. |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Grapevines |
Assorted |
Vine |
Spring - Summer |
| Gregg's Dalea |
Dalea greggli |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Gregg's
Mistflower |
Conocilinum greggi |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Gulf Coast
Pentsamon |
Pentstamon tenuis |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Summer |
| Hairy Vetch |
Vicia villosa |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Henbit |
Lamium amplexicaule |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Hawthorn,
Little Pinkie |
Raphiolepis indica |
Shrub |
Spring |
| Hibiscus,
hardy & non-hardy |
Various hibiscus |
Shrub |
Summer - Fall |
| Honey Mesquite |
Prosopis glandulosa |
Tree |
Spring - Fall |
| Huisache Daily |
Amblynlepis setigera |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Hydranga,
Mexican |
Clerodendrum bungei |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Indigo Spires |
Salvia "Indigo Spires" |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Indian Blanket |
Gaillardia pulchella |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Summer |
| Kidneywood |
Eysenhardtia texana |
Shrub |
Spring - Fall |
| Lantana, Texas |
Lantana sp. |
Shrub |
Summer - Fall |
| Large Buttercup |
Ranunculus macranthus |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Larkspur |
Delphenium sp. |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Lavender |
Lavendula |
Shrub |
Spring |
| Loquats, Fruit
Bearing |
Eribotrya japonica |
Shrub or Tree |
Fall |
| Lyre Leaf Sage |
Salvia lyrata |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Meyer Lemon
Tree |
Citrus x meyeri |
Tree, small |
Late Winter |
| Mealy Blue Sage |
Salvia farinacea |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Mesquite |
Prosopis sp. |
Tree |
Spring |
| Mexican Buckeye |
Ungnadia speciosa |
Shrub or Tree |
Spring |
| Mexican Hat |
Kalanchoe daigremontiana |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Mexican
Honeysuckle |
Justica spiogera |
Shrub |
Year-round |
| Mexican Plums |
Prunus mexicana |
Tree |
Spring |
| Milkweed |
Asclepias sp. |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Summer |
| Mint |
Lamiaceae sp. |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Summer |
| Monarch Vine |
Mikania scandens |
Vine |
Spring - Fall |
| Morning Glory |
Convolvulaceae sp. |
Vine |
Spring - Fall |
| Mountain Laurel |
Fabaceae Leguminosae |
Shrub or Tree |
Spring |
| Nellie Stevens
Holly |
Ilex |
Tree |
Spring |
| Orchid Tree |
Bauhjinia lunarioides |
Tree |
Spring |
| Oregano |
Origarium vulgare |
Vegetable garden |
Summer |
| Partridge Pea |
Chamaecrista fasiculata |
Flowering plant |
Summer - Fall |
| Pepper Grass |
Lepidium virginicum |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Persimmons |
Dyospiros texana |
Tree |
Summer |
| Pink Evening
Primrose |
Oenethera speciosa |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Pistachio Tree
(nut bearing) |
Pistacia texana |
Shrub or Tree |
Spring |
| Pomegranate,
bushes/trees |
Punica granatum |
Shrub or Tree |
Spring |
| Powder Puff |
Fabaceae sp. |
Shrub |
Summer |
| Prairie Verbena |
Glandularia bipinnaifida |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Prickly Pear |
Opurntia |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Purple
Coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Purple Hearts
(Purple Queen) |
Tradescantia pallida |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Purple Sage |
Leucophyllum frutescens |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Pyracantha |
:yracantha coccinea |
Shrub |
Spring |
| Queen Anne's
Wreath |
Antigonon Leptopus |
Vine |
Spring - Fall |
| Ratama |
Leguminosae |
Tree |
Spring - Summer |
| Redbud Tree |
Cercis canadensis |
Tree |
Spring |
| Rock Rose |
Cistus albidus |
Shrub |
Spring -Summer |
| Rosemary |
Rosmarinus officinalis |
Shrub |
Spring |
| Shrimp Plant |
Justica brandgeana |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Silky Gold
Butterfly Weed |
Asclepias curassavica
"Silky Gold" |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Sky-Blue Aster |
Symphyotrichum
oolentangiense |
Aster oolentangiense |
Summer - Fall |
| Spiderwort |
Tradescantia sp. |
Flowering plant |
Summer - Fall |
| Sumac,
Evergreen |
Rhus virens |
Shrub |
Summer - Fall |
| Sumac, Flame
Red |
Rhus copallina |
Tree |
Summer - Fall |
| Sunflower |
Helianthus sp. |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Tahoka Daisy
(Prairie Aster) |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Texas Barberry |
Mahonia swaysesli |
Shrub |
Winter - Spring |
| Texas Betony |
Stachys coccinea |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Thistles |
Asteraceae sp. |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Tomatillo |
Lyclum torreyl |
Shrub |
Summer |
| Trumpet Vine |
Tecoma radicans |
Vine |
Spring - Fall |
| Verbena |
Glandularia bipinnatifida |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Wild Onion |
Allium canadense |
Flowering plant |
Summer |
| Wild Plum |
Prunus americana |
Shrub or Tree |
Spring |
| Winecup |
Callirnoe digitata |
Flowering plant |
Spring |
| Wisteria |
Wisteria frutescens |
Vine |
Spring - Summer |
| Yarrow, Common |
Achiliea |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
| Yellow Bells
(Esperanza) |
Tecoma stans |
Shrub |
Spring - Fall |
| Zennia |
Asteraceae sp. |
Flowering plant |
Spring - Fall |
The links below may also be useful to you!
http://www.beewatchers.com/Prelim%20Plant%20list%20for%20website.pdf
http://www.beewatchers.com/ACL%20Bee%20Garden%20PLant%20List.pdf
http://www.beewatchers.com/Complete%2052%20Gardens%20Plant%20List2.pdf
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