With the improvement of people's living environment requirements, people no longer meet the static environment, people also hope to live in the beautiful environment of "birds and flowers" and "bees and butterflies flying". As everyone knows, creating these environments requires careful design to achieve. It can be said that if you choose several species of flowers and trees from these 16 kinds of flowers and trees in the yard or community, when the flowers bloom, you can achieve "attracting bees and attracting butterflies".
In fact, these 16 kinds of plants not only have ornamental value, but also are common honey source plants in northern China, with corresponding economic value. Let's get to know these 16 plants!
1. Thorn strips
A subfamily of Vitex in the family Verbenaiaceae, a variant of Xanthocarpus. Deciduous shrubs or small trees, up to 2-8 m tall, with a blue-purple corolla, flowering period of June-August, fruiting period of September-October. The flowers contain honey juice and are excellent nectar source plants.
2. Acacia
Also known as acacia, legumes, locusts are deciduous trees, native to North America, and are now widely introduced to Asia, Europe and other places. The flowers are white, fragrant, spike-shaped, acacia flowers are edible, the honey produced is very sweet, and the honey yield is also high. Cultivated varieties include safflower locust, golden leaf locust and so on.
3. Jujube tree
Also known as jujube, jujube, jujube, jujube. Jujube plant of the family Rhamnosidae, a small deciduous tree, up to more than 10 meters tall. The flowers are yellowish green, flowering from May to July, and fruit from August to September. Jujube trees have a long flowering period, rich in honey and excellent honey quality, and are the main fruit trees and honey source plants in the north.
4. Linden tree
Also known as fire rope tree, family crane, golden tongli tree, tung hemp, leaf fruit, leaf fruit root, is a plant of the linden tree family, linden tree genus, is a precious key protected plant in China. It is 20 meters high and blooms in July, and has a variety of economic, edible, medical and other values. It is the main honey source plant in China and has played an important role in the development of national beekeeping production. For example, the linden forest area of Heilongjiang Province is one of the important commercial honey bases in China and enjoys the reputation of "national honey bank".
5. Loquat
Also known as Ashi Orange, Golden Pill, Reed Branch, Rosaceae, Loquat is an evergreen small tree with a flowering period of 10-12 months and a fruit period of 5-6 months. Unlike most fruit trees, loquat blooms in autumn or early winter, and the fruit ripens from spring to early summer, earlier than other fruits, so it is called "the one who has the four hours of the fruit tree". Loquat is a beautiful ornamental tree and fruit tree, the tree posture is beautiful, the flowers and fruits are gorgeous in color, and it is an excellent green tree species and honey source plant.
6. Salt skin wood
Sumac family, salt-skinned wood is a small deciduous tree or shrub, up to 10 meters tall; flowers in August-September and bears fruit in October. Flowers are a source of high-quality honey powder in early autumn.
7. Drunken butterfly flowers
An annual herb. The plant is 40-60 cm tall, some varieties can reach up to 1 meter, the flower buds are red, and the petals are rose red or white. The flowering period is from June to September, when the flowers are in full bloom, the inflorescence forms a plump flower ball, and the small flowers are like dancing butterflies, which is very beautiful. Commonly cultivated in major cities, it is an excellent honey source plant that can extract high-quality essential oils.
8. Sugar maple
Maple family, maple genus, also known as silver maple, deciduous trees. The height of the plant is 12-24 meters, and the crown width can reach 9-15 meters. The leaves are green and turn yellow to golden yellow to orange-red in autumn. The flowers bloom in April, before the leaves unfold, and the small flowers are yellowish green. It blooms in early spring and is rich in nectar and is a good source plant.
9. Violent Martin incense
Wood rhinoceros family, lilac genus, also known as tyrannosaur, white lilac, lotus lilac, Amur lilac, deciduous small tree or large tree, 4-10 meters high, up to 15 meters, flowering period of 5-6 months, fruit period of September.
Flowers can also be used as a source of honey, seeds can be squeezed for industrial use, the extract of flowers has excellent texture, can be widely prepared with a variety of flavors, is a natural spice with high use value.
10. Lavender
Labialaceae, Lavender. Also known as: perfume plant, spirit vanilla, vanilla, yellow vanilla. A small, rich purple flower, also known as the "tranquil perfume plant", known as the "aromatic herb", lavender steppe is produced in the Mediterranean region, such as Provence, France, and is widely cultivated in The United Kingdom and Yugoslavia. Lavender means "aromatic", lavender can be used medicinally, or a good source of honey.
11. Cornflower
The Asteraceae cornflower is an annual or biennial herb up to 70 cm tall with blue, white, red or purple flowers, of which purple and blue are the most valuable. It is found everywhere on the slopes of German hills, in fields, on the water's edge, on the side of the road, in front of and behind houses. It is revered as the national flower of Germany. The flowering period is from February to August. Cornflower flowers have a long period of time, high ornamental value, and are also a good source of honey plants.
12. Alder
Also known as water winter melon tree, water green wind, alder artemisia, is a birch family, alder is a tree, up to 30-40 meters tall. It is one of the endemic tree species in China and is an endangered national level II key protected wild plant. In Taishan, Laoshan and other places, there is a kind of Liaodong alder, deciduous tree, up to 20m, flowering in May, the fruit ripens in autumn. Alder leaves, young shoots for medicinal purposes, alder wood can be used as plywood, papermaking, musical instruments, furniture and other materials. The leaves can be used as green manure and are also a good source of honey tree species.
13. Gold and silver wood
Also known as honeysuckle, the honeysuckle family of honeysuckles grows in forests or in bushes near streams at the edge of forests. The flowers and fruits are beautiful and have high ornamental value. In the spring, you can enjoy the flowers and smell the fragrance, and in the autumn, you can see the red fruits. In late spring and early summer, the flowers bloom in layers, gold and silver, and the whole plant looks like a beautiful large flower ball. The flowers are elegant and fragrant, attracting bees and butterflies, so the gold and silver wood is an excellent source tree species. In the autumn, bunches of red fruits are hung on the branches, which are very cute and provide delicacies for birds.
14. Camellia
Also known as winter-resistant, late camellia, camellia, camellia, camellia, camellia, camellia family, camellia shrub or small tree. In Qingdao and Shandong, it is called "winter-resistant". It is the city flower of Qingdao City. A large number of white flower oil tea, safflower oil tea and various camellias distributed in China, the flowering period is from September to November, October to April of the following year, which is the main honey source plant in winter and spring, and has the characteristics of long flowering period and sweet honey.
15. Mountain thorns
Also known as forest wattle, mountain butter, the apple tree of the rosaceae family is a deciduous tree, and the tree can reach a height of 4-5 meters. The flowers are white, flowering in June, nearly spherical in shape, and ripen in mid- and late-September. The mountain wattle tree is elegant and delicate, with lush flowers and leaves, and white flowers, green leaves and red branches reflect each other beautiful and bright, which is an excellent ornamental tree species. In addition to having ornamental value, there are many uses. Seedlings can be used as grafted rootstocks for apples, reds and begonias; are good nectar source plants; young leaves can be substituted for tea, and can also be used as animal feed.
16. Yellow wood
Also known as Kaimu, Kaishu, Neem, Medicinal, medicinal, medicinal, medicinal tree, is a plant of the genus Huanglian in the family Sumacaceae. Deciduous trees. Dense foliage, autumn leaves become orange-yellow or bright red, suitable for shade trees and mountain landscape tree species. The wood is hard and dense and can be used as carving wood; the seeds can be pressed for oil. The flowering period is from March to April, with a large amount of pollen and a large amount of honey, and it is an important source of nectar in early spring.
How many of these 16 plants have you seen? If you had to choose the tree species for the yard or neighborhood, which would you choose? Welcome to share and communicate.