Bee-friendly plants for San Mateo County

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1	plant name	scientific name	subspecies	pollen (high, medium, low, n/a)	nectar (high, medium, low, n/a)	flowering period	in which cities are you growing or have you seen this plant?	comments	images of plant or flower	webpage for more info

2	Borage	Borago officinali		n/a	high	Spring, Summer, early Fall	San Mateo	easy to propagate from the seeds; we have almost continuous flowers in our garden...bees love them		http://gardening.about.com/od/herbsspecificplants1/p/Borage.htm
3	African blue basil	Ocimum		n/a	high	Spring, Summer, Fall	San Mateo	bees are in this basil ALL DAY - just keeps blooming until the first frost knocks it back		http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1148/	http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1148/
4	Grevillea	Grevillea			high		San Mateo	our plants are now 8' tall - often see 5-10 bees in a single flower!	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxk9QbJNHLFYUFR5elJpZkxaUkE/edit?usp=sharing
5	Sunflower	Helianthus annuus		high	high	summer	San Mateo		https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxk9QbJNHLFYUFR5elJpZkxaUkE/view?usp=sharing
6	Rosemary	Salvia rosmarinus		low	medium	Winter through mid spring	All over the Bay Area			https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/trees_for_bees/flower_catalogue/rosmarinus_officinalis.htm
7	California Buckwheat	Eriogonum		Unknown	Unknown	Summer			https://images.app.goo.gl/HFohTEnK8V1MYonF8	http://backyardcitrus.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-genius-of-eriogonum.html
8	Blanket Flower	Gaillardia Grandiflora				Spring -> Autumn	Redwood City	Start seeds indoors
9	Tree Echium	Echium Pininana				Summer	mid-Peninsula	13 ft cone of small flowers
10	Tower of Jewels	Echium wildpretii				Summer	mid-Peninsula	8 ft cone of pink flowers
11	Bush Germander	Teucrium Fruticans				Winter	Redwood City	Gray-green leaves
12	Spanish Lavender	Lavender Stoechas				Spring / Summer	Northern California
13	Winifred Gilman	Salvia Clevelandii				Summer	Northern California
14	Pincushion Flower	Scabiosa				Summer	mid-Peninsula
15	Chocolate Cosmos	Cosmos atrosanguineus				Summer	mid-Peninsula
16	Lippia	Phyla nodiflora				Summer / Fall	California	Lawn substitute
17	California lilac	Ceanothus				Spring	mid-Peninsula		https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Na-LmMDxFXzjufJVHQmYEznVll9hEtbA/view?usp=sharing
18	Kale	Brassica oleracea				Spring	mid-Peninsula	You have to let it go to flower - takes a while - if you eat kale, just harvest the leaves while you wait	https://drive.google.com/file/d/18U10D8a5Fqq9W-EjBdzq0TocZVVf5YHK/view?usp=sharing
19	Russian sage	Perovskia atriplicifolia	multiple ones			summer/Fall	mid-Peninsula	purple spires; cut down to about a foot around December 1st; grows to about 4 feet by early summer	https://photos.app.goo.gl/fXyHXwRxoGiENovEA
20	Rapini (spring Raab	Brassica rapa
21	eucalyptus				high	late fall through early spring		different varieties bloom at different times
22	privet	ligustrum				summer	suburbs	creates a kind of funky honey
23	ivy					late summer	suburbs	usually the last nectar before the august/september dearth in the suburbs. crystalizes quickly into rock solid honey.
24	California poppy	Eschscholzia californica		medium		early spring through early fall	California			https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=8740
25	arugula	Eruca sativa					mid-Peninsula		https://kahikateafarm.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/arugula-flower-honeybee-kahikatea-farm-1.jpg	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X18301918
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