Smooth Aster

Flowering period

August–October

Nectar

gut

Pollen

gut

Smooth aster blooms from August to October and provides good nectar and good pollen. It lasts longer than New England aster and keeps blooming even after the first cool nights. What still comes in now goes to the winter bees, not into the honey super.

Sources (3)

• Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
• Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
• Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments

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