5.2 Perennials

ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS
usually grown with the biennial sweet clovers; can be grow
manuring; waste or cultivated ground throughout most of C
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall.
yellow sweet clover, yellow melilot, trifle d'odeur jaune
bienn. hardiness dependent on cv. Jun-Sep
Value for honey: HP4 16 ; N sugar concentration up to 52%
of M. alba (white sweet clover) 67 ; less popular with bee
sweet clover) 67 , possibly because N is probably less abun
secretion is reduced by insufficient rain or soil moisture 17
before that of the white (M. alba); see Melilotus and M. a
Value for pollen: P yield is up to 5 times as abundan
obtain a P load more quickly than from the latter 79 ; P loa
Honey: classed as white to amber; granulates rapidly and f
peppery; aroma is delicate, like vanilla 17 .
Notes: slightly more drought tolerant than M. alba; severa
cultivated ground, Que. to B.C. and doubtless many other a
Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Am.
baby blue eyes
ann. Jul 75 cm N 36
Value for honey: described as a favourite for N 35 .
Notes: successional sowings will result in a longer bloom
and massing.
Nicotiana alata Link & Otto
(syn. N. affinia T. Moore)
winged tobacco, flowering tobacco, jasmine tobacco
ann. Jul-Sep 45-120 cm NP 36
Value for honey: probably similar to N. tabacum (tobacco
Notes: large fragrant flowers in many shades of colour; rich
Nicotiana tabacum L.
tobacco, tabac
ann. Aug-frost 180 cm N(P?)
Value for honey: HP2 I6 ; bees described as "swarming
commercially grown is usually cut before optimum bloom
1900's, crops were allowed to flower and a H surplus o
puncture flower bases to collect N 35 .
Honey: dark; strongly flavoured; heavy body, and slow to g