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*Perennial - any plant that flowers for 2-3 years; any long-lived plant from the smallest flower to the largest tree that returns year after year, growing in size and stature until it reaches its full maturity. Most perennial plants can be divided in sections to produce new plants, or they can be grown from seeds and cuttings.


* Annual - any plant that only flowers for 1-year; from the seed to blooms, and back to seed. Removing the flowers as they fade prolongs the blooming cycle, but if the pod is left to produce seeds, then many annuals will readily reseed themselves.


* Beinerial - any plant that flowers for 2-years.

NOTICE: If you have pictures of your local Haywood County “bee garden” and would like to share them with others, please email a couple images to the webmaster@hcbees.org for consideration. Images need to be at least 96 dpi and 400 pixels x 300 pixels. Most email programs have a limit on the size of the message that you can process through their server and that limit can be 2 Mb or in rare cases 3 Mb in size.

Annuals

Perennials*

Fruits/ Vegetables

Herbs

Scrubs*

Trees*

Asters

Buttercups

Blackberries*

Bee Balm*

Blueberry

Alder

Calliopsis

Clematis

Cantaloupe

Borage*

Butterfly Bush

American Holly

Clover

Cosmos

Cucumbers

Catnip*

Holly

Basswood

Marigolds

Crocuses

Gourds

Cilantro

Honeysuckle

Black Gum

Poppies

Dahlias

Fruit Trees*

Fennel*

Indigo 

Black Locust

Sunflowers

Echinacea

Peppers

Lavender*

Privet

Buckeyes

Zinnias

English Ivy

Persimmon*

Mints*


Catalpa


Foxglove

Pumpkins

Rosemary*


Chestnut


Geraniums

Raspberries*

Sage*


Eastern Redbud


Germander 

Squash

Thyme*


Golden Rain


Globe Thistle

Strawberries*

Wormwood*


Hawthorns


Goldenrod

Watermelons



Hazels


Hollyhocks

Wild Garlic



Linden


Hyacinth




Magnolia


Hyssop




Maples


Lupines




Mountain Ash


Rock Cress




Poplar


Roses




Serviceberry


Sedum




Sourwood


Snowdrops




Sumac


Squills




Sycamore


Tansy




Tulip






Willows

Sourwood blooms
Honeybee on cone flower

In late March honeybees are getting actively gathering pollen from many trees and other foliages. Soon, pollen will fill the air and it will be a welcome sight for bees and their beekeepers. There is a wide array of common plants which support honeybees, from annual flowers to popular perennials, fruits, garden vegetables, shrubs and even trees. Below is a partial list of tried-and-true bee attractors for our Western North Carolina mountain counties. Help beekeepers by planting some of these “bee-friendly” foliages to keep the honeybee pollinating and producing.

Haywood County, North Carolina is located in plant hardiness zone 6a to 6b and this link lists some bee flower seeds pertinent to this planting zone. Honey Floral Source Guide.

Here are some sites which can help you choose the best plants and flowers for your area.

Honeybee on buckwheart
Western NC Bloom Times
Bee Garden References