They are evergreen ornamental conifers, typically 30’-50’ tall, in weeping forms.
Alaska cedar or Nootka cypress ( Callitropsis nootkatensis aka Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): it is a high-altitude tree at this latitude, but cultivars such as ‘Pendula’ and ‘Strict weeping’ are commonly grown in gardens.Conifers do not produce nectar and the pollen is usually ignored by honey bees, when other preferred sources are available. Some of them are called cedars although ‘true’ cedars ( Cedrus species) belong to the pine family and produce pollen in fall. I do not think Western red cedar ( Thuja plicata, a very common native conifer) has bloomed yet, but the following non-native plants have begun producing pollen in my neighborhood. New conifer blooms: I found dead foragers carrying pollen that l thought came from a coast redwood tree nearby, but it could be from another member of the cypress family ( Cupressaceae).Mine is very popular with honey bees in late winter. Other varieties may not bloom until February (still much earlier than the majority of cherry species).
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It may keep some flowers throughout winter and will come to full bloom in March. Higan cherry ( Prunus subhirtella): probably fall blooming ‘Autumnalis’, with semi-double pink flowers.Many other species and varieties are winter - spring bloomers and their flowers can be found in my neighborhood until May. niger (Christmas rose), with white, nodding flowers. The one I saw was probably a fall-blooming variety of H. Hellebore or Lenten rose ( Helleborus): various species and hybrids of this evergreen perennial are commonly planted in shade gardens.My bees did some foraging earlier in the past week and brought back a little bit of pollen, mostly from ivy (orange-yellow) but also from dandelion (bright orange) and viburnum (off-white, probably laurustinus). There also are winter-blooming species (Ozark, Chinese, Japanese and etc, some with reddish flowers) and witch-hazel flowers can be found in my neighborhood until mid March. Probably fall-blooming American witch-hazel ( H. Witch-hazel ( Hamamelis): a deciduous ornamental shrub or a small tree, with yellowish, spidery flowers, which may be difficult to find until all those yellowing leaves fall off.Japanese aralia or paperplant ( Fatsia japonica): a large evergreen ornamental shrub with ivy-like flowers and large, glossy, dark-green leaves which are palmately lobed (7 - 9 lobes).Pollens from conifer trees have low protein amount and bees usually ignore them when other species are abundant I did find cedar pollen in my hives earlier (about 2% of specimen collected in September), but not after the ivy flow started. atlantica), a fairly common ornamental conifer, and one of ‘true’ cedars (not ‘false’ cedars such as red cedars). Cedar ( Cedrus): I noticed lots of pollen cones dropped on the sidewalk under a cedar tree.Elaeagnus x ebbingei with variegated (green and yellow) leaves is a fairly common hedge plant. Silverberry or thorny olive ( Elaeagnus pungens): an evergreen ornamental shrub with thorns, alternately arranged leaves, and fragrant, tubular flowers.hibernica, with larger leaves) is also listed as an invasive plant in our state. The majority of feral plants in my neighborhood seem to be English ( H. Ivy ( Hedera): one of our major nectar sources, an evergreen climbing/creeping plant with umbrella-like clusters of greenish-white flowers.Other elm species in my neighborhood (American and English) bloom in spring. Chinese elm or lacebark elm ( Ulmus parvifolia): I found a dozen trees planted along a street in Seattle, showing tiny, greenish-white flowers.(Replace the with the symbol before sending an email.)Ĭopyright © 1995-2022 UC Regents.
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