late summer plants for honey bees allyson shabel urban regional extension agent
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Late Summer Plantsfor Honey Bees
Allyson ShabelUrban Regional Extension
Agent
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Pollinator Plant Solutions
• Long term – establish trees• Two years out – establish pollinator
meadow• Short term (this year) – Annual plants
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Trees
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Sourwood
• Oxydendrum arboreum• Prefers acidic soils• Full sun – part shade• Very drought tolerant• Flowers in July• Very hard to transplant,
use container plants
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Shrubs
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Monk’s Pepper / Chaste Tree
• Can tolerate alkaline soils• Grows to 15 ft tall• Purple or white flowers 6”long• Flowers June-July
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Chaste Tree
www.ag.auburn.edu
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Summer Sweet
• Clethra alnifolia• White or pink blooms• July–August flowers• Prefers moist/wet soil• Sun – part shade
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Butterfly Bush
• Blooms June – Sept.• Cut off spent flowers• Does not like wet soils• Full sun• Can grow to 10’X8’
www.missouribotanicalgarden.org
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Glossy Abelia
• Abelia grandiflora• A ‘last resort’ plant• Blooms June – frost• Dry, sunny sites• 5’x5’
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Perennials&
Wildflowers
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Criteria for Selection
• Spreads quickly and/or easily• Low maintenance• Drought tolerant• At least a moderate tolerance of poor
soils• Easy to grow• Easily available as seed or plants• Blooms late summer/fall
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Verbena bonariensis
• Blooms from late spring up to late fall• Very easy to grow
from seed• 3 - 4 feet tall• Perennial
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Milkweed
• Asclepias sp.• Swamp (A. incarnata) or Common (A.
syriaca)• Blooms June – August (Common blooms
first)• Spread quickly by rhizomes• Also, Tropical milkweed (A. currivassica)• Does well in poor soils• Aphids love milkweed
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Purple Coneflower
• Echinacea purpurea• Blooms from mid–June until
September• Very drought tolerant wildflower• Spreads slowly, but once
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Ironweed
• Vernonia fasciculata• Very tough, drought tolerant• 4-5 ft tall, with very large
bloom heads• Blooms August-Sept• Seeds are ‘fluffy’ and
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Joe Pye Weed
• Eupatorium maculatum• Blooms August-Sept• Very large bloom heads • Tolerant of wet soils• ‘Fluffy’ seeds are easy to
propagate• 5 ft tall
www.finegardening.com
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Swamp Sunflower• Helianthus angustifolius• Blooms September – Frost• 7 ft tall• Loaded with blooms• Starts easily from seed
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Annuals
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Annual Sunflowers
• Must be seeded out every year.• Blooms July-Sept• Flowers come in many sizes,
small flowers bloom for longer timeframe
• About 50-80 days to flower• Plant dwarf varieties or
shelter from strong winds
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Scarlet Sage Salvia
• Salvia coccinea• Re-seeds every year• No maintenance• Up to 24” tall
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Partridge Pea
• Cassia fasciculata• Does well in poor, dry soil• Bean family – fixes nitrogen• Annual, but reseeds itself• Seed in March
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Buckwheat
• Summer annual • Plant seed April 15 – June 1• Depth ¼ - ½” deep• Can flower as soon as 4 weeks after
planting• Does well in poor soil• Prefers well drained soil• Not drought tolerant
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Buckwheat
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Plant Sources
• Flag plants and collect seed later• Divide existing plants• Wildflowerfarm.com• Seedland.com