NECTAR & POLLEN PLANT SEEDS
Growing nectar and pollen producing plants makes your yard beautiful and helps to increase your local honey bee populations. The plants listed below are known to produce large amounts of nectar and pollen. Look for their seeds at your local herb shop or nursery. Plant them.
Richters Herbs Specialists, located 30 minutes northeast of Toronto, stock some of these seeds and have a large selection of other great plants. If you place an order from Richters by clicking on the link below, we get a percentage of the sale for referring you. In which case, thanks and enjoy the flowers! :)
ANISE HYSSOP, BLUE
Agastache
foeniculum
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 90 - 150 cm |
| Spacing: 90 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - September |
| Honey Potential: 2,802 - 3,463 kg/ha |
NECTAR
AND POLLEN PRODUCER |
ANISE HYSSOP, WHITE
Agastache
foeniculum
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 90 - 150 cm |
| Spacing: 90 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - September |
| Honey Potential: 1,000 kg/ha |
NECTAR
AND POLLEN PRODUCER |
BLUE GLOBE FLOWER
Echinops rito
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 90 - 150 cm |
| Spacing: 90 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - August |
| Honey Potential: 939 kg/ha |
NECTAR
AND POLLEN PRODUCER |
BLAZING STAR
Liatris spicata
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 60 - 90 cm |
| Spacing: 60 cm |
| Flowering Period: June - August |
| Honey Potential: unknown |
NECTAR
AND POLLEN PRODUCER |
CHAPMAN HONEY PLANT
Echinops
sphaerocephalus
|
| Life-Cycle: Biennial |
| Height: >150 cm |
| Spacing: 120 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - August |
| Honey Potential: 1,646 kg/ha |
NECTAR
AND POLLEN PRODUCER |
CHIVIRICO
Leonurus sibiricus
|
| Life-Cycle: Annual |
| Height: 90 - 150 cm |
| Spacing: 90 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - August |
| Honey Potential: unknown |
NECTAR
PRODUCER |
GOLDEN HONEY PLANT
Verbesina
alternifolia
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: >150 cm |
| Spacing: 120 cm |
| Flowering Period: August |
| Honey Potential: unknown |
NECTAR
PRODUCER |
GREEK OREGANO
Origanum Vulgare
hirtum
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 30 - 60 cm |
| Spacing: 30 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - September |
| Honey Potential: 101 - 200 kg/ha |
NECTAR
PRODUCER |
LAVENDER
Lavandula angustifolia
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 30 - 60 cm |
| Spacing: 30 cm |
| Flowering Period: June - July |
| Honey Potential: 51 - 100 kg/ha |
NECTAR
PRODUCER |
MOTHERWORT
Leonurus cardiaca
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 90 - 150 cm |
| Spacing: 90 cm |
| Flowering Period: June - August |
| Honey Potential: 201 - 500 kg/ha |
NECTAR
PRODUCER |
MOUNTAIN MINT
Pycnanthemum pilosum
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 90 - 150 cm |
| Spacing: 90 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - August |
| Honey Potential: 1,705 kg/ha |
NECTAR
PRODUCER |
POPPY, ORIENTAL
Papaver Orientale
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 60 - 90 cm |
| Spacing: 60 cm |
| Flowering Period: June - July |
| Honey Potential: - |
POLLEN
PRODUCER |
POPPY, ANNUAL, RED & PINK
Papaver
spp.
|
| Life-Cycle: Annual |
| Height: 60 - 90 cm |
| Spacing: 60 cm |
| Flowering Period: June - July |
| Honey Potential: - |
POLLEN PRODUCER |
SIMPSON'S HONEY PLANT
Scrophularia
marilandica
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: >150 cm |
| Spacing: 120 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - August |
| Honey Potential: >500 kg/ha |
NECTAR
AND POLLEN PRODUCER |
THYME, LARGE
Thymus pulegoides
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 30 - 60 cm |
| Spacing: 30 cm |
| Flowering Period: July - August |
| Honey Potential: >500 kg/ha |
NECTAR
AND POLLEN PRODUCER |
WOOD FIGWORT
Scrophularia nodosa
|
| Life-Cycle: Perennial |
| Height: 90 - 150 cm |
| Spacing: 90 cm |
| Flowering Period: June - July |
| Honey Potential: >500 kg/ha |
NECTAR
PRODUCER |
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