Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
- Flowering period
- March–May
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- mittel
Ground Ivy flowers from March to May and is thus one of the first widespread herbaceous flows of the year. The nectar value is good, the pollen value medium. It grows creeping on fresh to wet, nutrient- and base-rich loam soils in meadows, under hedges and in gardens. Because it also forms dense carpets in partial shade, it provides a surprising amount, especially on cool spring days. British measurements give around 94 micrograms of sugar per flower per day, around 4,276 pollen grains per flower and a nectar yield of around 44 kilograms of sugar per hectare per year.
Sources (6)
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
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- Baude, Kunin, Davies, Wright, Memmott (2025): Pollen production values of common British plant species