The photos are here for your enjoyment, but remember that they are copyrighted. We are fairly liberal about granting permission for non-profit purposes, but use without permission is theft. Conditions for use of these photos. The high-protein pollen enables the bees to raise healthy brood in late winter. One of the most important pollen plants of the Southeastern USA, its pollen contains high-quality protein for bee forage.
Wild radish can bloom any month of the year, but is most prolific in winter and spring.
Its resistance to light freezing makes it available to bees when few other flowers bloom. A hard freeze will kill it back to the ground for a while, but it will soon bloom again. Recent warms winters have had bloom all winter. The hard winter of 2000-2001 saw it killed back for much of January, but now blooming prolifically. Botanical info from Florida Wild radish is considered a noxious weed by some.