Post Your Bloom Dates - 2012

[Vance G]

59648 Wolf Creek Montana has River Birch blooming and the aspen buds are about ready to pop. Trouble is, snow forecast and 3 degrees tonight. 9 January 2012

[Beeboy01]

Daytona Beach Fl. 32129 zip, The warm weather has the maples starting to bud and bloom. Just spotted the top of 4 maples that the buds have burst open on. The season is starting, here we go again !!!!

[beeherder]

January 3 2012
at youngtown, arizona 85363
Dandelions blooming. where it's moist. blooming very good on January 18, 2012

[Scrapfe]

Red maple and dandelions. 35613

[Barry]

What is needed:

•zipcode
•date when the plant first bloomed
•name of the plant
•any comment you add gets added to the database so give detailed info about what was going on, if it was the end of the bloom just add that to the comments

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[millerwb]

77802
1/1/2012
Spiny Aster has been blooming all winter. Still in bloom as of today.

1/20/2012
Saw my first clover blooms today (yellow flower, not a ball clover).

1/20/2012
Henbit has been starting to bloom over the past week.

[skidmld]

37742
Mahonia
Lots of bees visiting. Temp about 60

[squarepeg]

35768

temp 60

tons and tons of pale yellow pollen

wish i knew what it is!

[Joseph Clemens]

85743

Nightime temps occasionally down to high 30'sF, usually just mid 40'sF. Daytime temps 60's - 70'sF.

Creosote bush has been providing a little nectar and pollen continuously.

Winter moisture has been good, so wild mustard and redstem filaree are just beginning to bloom.

[rurbanski]

Not my home but when I can into the office yesterday I saw the 1st dandelions opened.
95240 Lodi CA
January 25, 2012
Taraxacum officinale "dandelion"
also have small early flowers on the Sambucus spp. "Blue Elderberry"
Have not seen any bees flying yet

[squarepeg]

figured out what the pale yellow pollen is.

red cedar (juniper)

lots of it around here

started the last few days

35768

1540' asl

average high - low 50's, average low - low 30's

we've been a little above average for the month

[BEES4U]

93010
1/05/2012 Evergreen pear, full bloom--1/27/2012-80ºF
1/16/2012 Almond tree, full bloom-1/27/2012--80ºF

[Daddy'sBees]

Dripping Springs, Texas 78620
This plant was blooming on January 1st, 2012 and still blooming as of 01/27/12. It is the only thing blooming in this area.

Trailing Rosemary

[NGAnderson]

30427
01/01/2012 - Lamium amplexicaule "henbit deadnettle"
01/01/2012 - Capsella bursa-pastoris "shepherd's purse" and various other species of the Brassicaceae family
01/24/2012 - Juniperus virginiana "eastern redcedar"
01/24/2012 - Gelsemium sempervirens - "yellow jessamine"
01/26/2012 - Acer rubrum "red maple"
01/27/2012 - Pinus taeda "loblolly pine"

Garrett

[Ronnie Elliott]

Palestine, Texas 75801
Elm Trees started budding Jan. 20, 2012
Bees have been flying almost everyday

[NGAnderson]

30427
01/29/2012 - Rumex spp. "dock", "sorrel", or "sourgrass"

Garrett

[canoemaker]

24120
January 30, 2012
Dandelion
This is the earliest I have ever seen it bloom in thirty five years of keeping blossom date records!

[beecole]

29369
January 31,2012
Dandelion
What small bee is this?013112_bee.jpg

[jmgi]

48138
January 31, 2012
A single dandelion blossom, now this is early!

[timgoodin]

42053
Henbit blooming and bees begining to work
2-1-2012
Early, Early spring? temps today 52 - 2 week extended outlook 50-60 highs lows 30-40 rainy