North Florida Honey Plants
Laurence Cutts
North Florida Honey Plants I. Major Sources
Produces a surplus crop
II. Minor Sources Provides colony maintenance III. Undesirable Plants
Ranges identified on maps
I. Galberry
Ilex coriacea
I. Palmetto
Serenoa repens
Bloom Window Late April to Mid June
I. Tupelo
Nyssa ogechee
Bloom Window Mid April to Late June
Range
I. Titi
Cliftonia monophylla
Bloom Window Mid January to Mid April
I. Chinese Tallow (Popcorn) Sapien sebiferm
Bloom Window Mid May to Mid July
Range
I. Cottons
Gossypium spp.
Bloom Window Mid June to Late September
Range
I. Cabbage Palm
II. Tag Alder (Hazel Alder) Alnus serrulata
Bloom Window December through February
II. Spanish Needle
II. Mustard & Turnips Brassica spp.
Bloom Window Fall, winter & spring
II. Red Maple Acer rubrum
Bloom Window Late November through mid March
II. Redbud Cercis canadensis
Bloom Window Mid January through mid March
Range
II. Dogwood Cornus florida
Bloom Window February through June
Range
II. Oaks Quereus spp.
Bloom Window Spring
II. Pines Pinus spp.
Bloom Window Early spring
II. Black Gum Nyssa biflora
Bloom Window Early April
Range
II. Yaupon Ilex vomitoria
Bloom Window Early April
II. Willows Salix spp.
Bloom Window Late December through April
II. Mexican Clovers/ Pusley Richardia spp.
Bloom Window All year
II. Clovers Trifolium spp.
Bloom Window Late spring through late fall
II. Blackberries Rubus spp.
Bloom Window Mid March through late May
II. Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata
Bloom Window Late May through October
Range
II. Knotweeds
II. Mint
II. Wild Cherry
Prunus serotina
Bloom Window March through April
Range
II. St. Johns Wort
II. Gopher Apple
II. Magnolia
II. Tulip Poplar
II. China Berry
II. Cherry Laurel
II. Privit
II. Button Bush
II. Sea Myrtle
II. Primrose Willow
II. Sumac
II. Elderberry
II. Bay
II. Soapbush
II. Huckleberry
II. Chinkipin
II. Sunflowers
Helianthus spp.
Bloom Window August through November
II. Vitex
Vitex agnus-castus
Bloom Window Early May through Mid November
II. Goldenrods
Solidago spp.
Bloom Window Early Setember through Late November
II. Golden Aster
Chrysopsis spp.
Bloom Window August until Frost
II. Asters
Aster spp.
Bloom Window June until frost
II. Dandylion
II. Dog Fennel
Eupatorium capillifolium
Bloom Window Summer until fall
II.Bitter Weed
II. Ornamentals
Various spp.
Bloom Window all year
II. Tick Seed
Coreopsis spp.
II. Azalea
Rhododendrun spp.
II. Roses
II. Crepe Myrtle
II. Coral Vine
II. False Heather
Cyphea hyssopifolia
II. Bear Grass
II. Indian Hawthorn
II. Lantana
II. Wisteria
II. Bottlebrush Callistemon uiminalis
II. Ligustrums Ligustrum spp.
II. Ornamental Pear
II. Strawberry
II. Cacti
II. Powder Puff
III. Summer Titi Cyrilla racemiflora
Summer Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora L.) is undesirable because the nectar and pollen are responsible for a condition known as “purple brood,� which kills the brood of honey bees. This plant should not be confused with Spring Titi found in the same areas, but is an excellent nectar and honey plant.
THIS PLANT IS UNDESIRABLE
III. Yellow Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens
The nectar and pollen is toxic to the Honeybee and may cause brood death if collected.
THIS PLANT IS UNDESIRABLE
Bloom Window Early February through late March