Seven-son flower
Heptacodium miconioides
- Flowering period
- August–October
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- mittel
The seven-son flower flowers from August to October with white, fragrant flower panicles; afterwards the calyces turn carmine red. It comes from China and is increasingly planted as an urban shrub. Because it flowers so late, it is a valuable forage in built-up areas at the end of the bee year.