Author Topic: What blooms where and when (Read 181808 times)

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #80 on:** June 16, 2016, 08:35:30 pm »

Vitex is full bloom. Smell is wonderful. Natives and honey bees all over. Many girls on water duty tonight.

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #81 on:** June 20, 2016, 07:42:42 pm »

Mimosa...tree, not beverage.

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #82 on:** June 28, 2016, 08:28:59 am »

6/24
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Bumblebees working blooms. Usually short blooming period, but timely rain has extended bloom.

Dunkel · « **Reply #83 on:** July 02, 2016, 05:51:09 pm »

Sourwood in full bloom as is the clover in the hay fields after first cutting in east ky.

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #84 on:** July 02, 2016, 09:21:26 pm »

The Sumac is just about ready to bloom hear. Jack

lazy shooter · « **Reply #85 on:** July 02, 2016, 09:30:22 pm »

Mesquite trees are in full bloom.

lazy

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #86 on:** July 09, 2016, 08:46:51 pm »

Soybeans are just beginning to bloom. 66061

iddee · « **Reply #87 on:** July 09, 2016, 09:01:11 pm »

Bee Bee tree "evodia" started blooming yesterday. 27317

Les · « **Reply #88 on:** July 17, 2016, 09:06:11 am »

It has been a weird bloom season here. It's as if the flowers are in a hurry to bloom. Might be coincidental but we had a very mild winter and seldom had any snow cover. The black locust hardly put out any blooms, so we won't have that beautiful light honey like last year. Right now the Rose of Sharon are starting to bloom (we have loads of them in the neighborhood) and my Joe Pye weed. Mountain mint in full bloom along with Anise Hyssop, the bees love them.

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #89 on:** July 17, 2016, 11:24:59 am »

Sumac and still dutch clover, then of course my Buckwheat and Vitex, moon flowers. Jack

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #90 on:** July 25, 2016, 10:15:43 am »

I let this vining milkweed grow. It has grown better than the vines I bought and planted. The bees are working it. It is supposed to be an excellent nectar plant. Unfortunately it is growing up the handrail on the front porch.

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #91 on:** July 25, 2016, 11:46:32 am »

Russian Sage, Moon flowers,Vitex,some Dutch clover,Mimosa trees, and Buckwheat. Been in the upper 90F's for last 2 or 3 ? weeks, Much needed Rain this mourning at this moment.

Jack

lazy shooter · « **Reply #92 on:** July 25, 2016, 05:36:12 pm »

Hot summer is here, it's bermuda grass.

kebee · « **Reply #93 on:** July 25, 2016, 06:40:19 pm »

Hot here also and no rain but a few sprinkle for the last month and a half so nothing in bloom here, in fact all the trees are in stress and leaves turning and the weeds are about dead also, in another two weeks we will be a desert in the making.

Ken

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #94 on:** July 26, 2016, 08:09:06 am »

Quote from: brooksbeefarm on July 25, 2016, 11:46:32 am

Russian Sage, Moon flowers,Vitex,some Dutch clover,Mimosa trees, and Buckwheat. Been in the upper 90F's for last 2 or 3 ? weeks, Much needed Rain this mourning at this moment. Jack

I got a little bit of rain too. The Dutch clover is still hanging on in spots. My Vitex is about done blooming. Still producing nectar though.
I noticed yesterday that the vining milkweed is growing around the neighborhood. The honey bees are all over them.
Jack, haven't the Mimosa trees been beautiful this year?
kebee, hope you get some rain soon.

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #95 on:** July 26, 2016, 09:01:01 am »

Yes B12, the Mimosa trees have out done there selves this year and the Dutch clover, i've not had this much clear honey in a long time.

Jack

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #96 on:** August 13, 2016, 07:20:37 am »

Cup plants have been blooming for almost a week now.

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #97 on:** August 13, 2016, 10:24:54 am »

Don't know what a cup plant is? We still have some dutch clover blooming and the goldenrod is starting to bloom (seems a little early for Goldenrod?) lots of blackeyed susans in full bloom, but never see bees on them? The only thing i can think of yet to bloom is the Aster, Beefsteak Mint, and my last buckwheat field. Jack

Bakersdozen · « **Reply #98 on:** August 16, 2016, 08:12:47 am »

Quote from: brooksbeefarm on August 13, 2016, 10:24:54 am

Don't know what a cup plant is?

Here is a picture of a small cup plant that came up from seed this year. I hope you can tell, the leaves form a cup that hold rain water. The mature plants are way over my head, 7-8 ft tall and I couldn't get a good picture of the blooms.

lazy shooter · « **Reply #99 on:** August 16, 2016, 08:22:31 am »

@Baker:

Thanks for posting the Cup plant picture. I have a few of those on my ranch by an old home stead. I had no idea what they were. Mine plants are smaller, but that could be a function of the soil and lack of rain. They are an unusual plant.