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NOVA SCOTIA BEE FRIENDLY FLOWERS - BEE helpful and plant bee ready plants
The second installment on honeybee friendly flowers for your garden.
Tailoring our gardens to ensure the honeybees have adequate and appealing forage throughout their active period is really not that difficult. It just takes a bit of knowledge and pre-planning.
Please remember that the chart below does not cover every flower or plant, and is provided as a guideline. (It’s what we will be planting as well). And again in case you missed the Spring flower blog, HRM is considered to be in plant hardiness zone 6a/6b.
These flowers are considered Summer Bloomers:

BEEBALM
Zone: 4,5,6,7,8,9
Plant: spring
Sun: Full
Blooms : summer and fall
Height : 2.5 to 4 feet

COSMOS
Zone: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Plant: spring and summer
Sun: full sun
Blooms : summer and fall
Height : 1 to 8 feet

ENCHINACEA
Zone: 3,4,5,6,7,8
Plant: late spring
Sun: full sun
Blooms : summer
Height : up to 4 feet

SNAPDRAGON
Zone: 9,10
Plant: early spring
Sun: part sun
Blooms : summer and fall
Height : 1 to 8 feet

FOXGLOVE
Zone: 3,4,5,6,7,8
Plant: spring
Sun: part sun
Blooms : summer
Height : 1 to 8 feet

HOSTA
Zone: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Plant: spring
Sun: summer
Blooms : summer
Height : 6 inches to 4 feet

FORGET ME NOTS
Zone: 5,6,7,8,9
Plant: spring
Sun: part sun
Blooms : spring and summer
Height : 6 to 12 inches