May is a wonderful month for flowers. On May 1st some of us celebrate May Day. Mother's Day is May 8th, what mom doesn't love getting flowers from her children? On Memorial Day we honor a loved one with flowers. May is also a great month for the honey bees. Most plants that bloom during May provide both nectar and pollen and a few provide honeydew.
Here's a list of plants that begin blooming in May;
Brazilwood Nectar
Mexican clover Nectar and Pollen
Saw Palmetto Nectar
Asparagus Nectar
Butternut Pollen
Eastern Black Walnut Pollen and Honeydew
Common Rock Rose Pollen
Common Plantain Pollen
Lupine Pollen
White Sweet Clover Nectar and Pollen
Old fashioned Wiegela Nectar
Gentian Speedwell Nectar and Pollen
Greigii Tulip Pollen
Juniper Thyme Nectar
Common Snowberry Nectar and Pollen
Big Betony Nectar and Pollen
Vilmorin Mountain Ash Nectar and Pollen
Sorbus Sargent's Rowan Nectar and Pollen
Chinese Dwarf Mountain Ash Nectar and Pollen
Golden Root Nectar
Saxifraga Nectar and Pollen
Common Sage Nectar and Pollen
Clary Sage Nectar and Pollen
Netleaf Willow Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Black Pussy Willow Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Wooly Willow Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Fuschia Flowered Gooseberry Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Birch Bark Cherry Nectar and Pollen
Bird Cherry Nectar and Pollen
Creeping Phlox Pollen
Iceberg Phlox Pollen
Hairy Phlox Pollen
Oriental Poppy Pollen
Alpine Poppy Pollen
Meconopsis Nectar and Pollen
Blue Poppy Nectar and Pollen
Lilac flowerd Honeysuckle Nectar and Pollen
Creeping Dead Nettle Nectar and Pollen
Japanese Holly Nectar
Chinese Holly Nectar and Pollen
English Holly Nectar
Candytuft Nectar and Pollen
Pagei Hebe Nectar
White Gem Hebe Nectar
Orange Geum Nectar and Pollen
Cranesbill Nectar and Pollen
Spring Gentian Nectar and Pollen
Dwarf Daphne Nectar and Pollen
Daphne Nectar and Pollen
Common Broom Nectar and Pollen
Lavelle Hawthorn Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Anemone Clematis Pollen
Judas Tree Nectar and Pollen
Dusty Miller Nectar and Pollen
Serbian Bellflower Nectar and Pollen
Canterbury Bells Nectar and Pollen
Orange Butterfly Bush Nectar
Mrs Wilson's Barberry Nectar and Pollen
Alpine Aster Nectar and Pollen
Japanese Maple Nectar and Pollen
Box Elder Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Schumann's Abelia Nectar and Pollen
Live Oak Nectar and Honeydew
Campanula Nectar and Pollen
Sweet Alyssum Nectar and Pollen
Yarrow Nectar
Wild Blackberry Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
American Raspberry Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Rose Pollen
Scarlet Firethorn Nectar and Pollen
Edging Lobelia Nectar
Poached Egg Plant Nectar and Pollen
Bay Laurel Nectar
Water Avens Nectar and Pollen
Escallonia Nectar and Pollen
Mock Orange Pollen
California Lilac Nectar and Pollen
Lady Bells Nectar and Pollen
Sea Pink Nectar and Pollen
Horse Chestnut Nectar, Pollen and Honeydew
Sneezewort Nectar
Which flowers in your yard will provide your local honey bees with a bouquet of nectar and pollen this month?
Photo Credits
Blackberry flower couresty of Janice Swaney (Mekos)
Unripe blackberries couresty of Cinda (gardengus)
Lupine couresty of Robin Brann (arejay59)
Oriental Poppies couresty of Chelle (Chelle)
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