Late Spring 2022 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden

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In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Mills to provide forage from early spring to late fall for pollinators such as honey bees, native bees, butterflies, flower flies, hummingbirds, beetles, and other beneficial insects. The garden features over 225 unique species of perennials, 85% of which are native to North Carolina. The garden is a great teaching tool that I use to conduct workshops and tours for hundreds of folks each year. It has taught me so much and I enjoy sharing this knowledge with others. Below you can see photos of the pollinator garden from mid-May through mid-June. There were over 60 species in bloom in mid-June!

Register for a Tour of the Pollinator Paradise Garden.

A variety of flowers of different colors and makes in a prairie.

Lovely combo of butterfly weed, downy wood mint, and prairie poppy mallow. Photo by Debbie Roos.

A wasp standing on white flowers.

Paper wasp foraging on nodding onion (Allium cernuum). Photo by Debbie Roos.

A green lizard with a stripe down its back stands on a cluster of pink and yellow flowers.

Carolina anole on yarrow (Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’). Photo by Debbie Roos.

A green lizard with pink and yellow flowers.

I spy with my little eye…Photo by Debbie Roos.

A bee on a plant with thick purple parts.

Bumble bee on green milkweed (Asclepias viridis). Photo by Debbie Roos.

A butterfly on a pink flower with orange.

American lady butterfly on purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Photo by Debbie Roos.

A butterfly on a long cluster of purple flowers with orange stamens.

Gray hairstreak on dwarf indigo bush (Amorpha herbacea). Photo by Debbie Roos.

White buds along a tall plant.

White wild indigo (Baptisia alba) with butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Leafcutter bee on white wild indigo.

Leafcutter bee on white wild indigo (Baptisia alba). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Juniper hairstreak on butterfly weed.

Juniper hairstreak on butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Bumble bee on purple prairie clover.

Bumble bee on purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Rattlesnake master and basil beebalm.

Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) and basil beebalm (Monarda clinopodia). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee on common milkweed.

Carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Wild quinine with dwarf indigo bush.

Wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) with dwarf indigo bush (Amorpha herbacea). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Unopened bee balm bloom.

Unopened bee balm bloom (Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’). Photo by Debbie Roos.

St. John's wort and butterfly weed.

St. John’s wort (Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’) and butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Photo by Debbie Roos.

American snout butterfly on Loomis' mountain mint.

American snout butterfly on Loomis’ mountain mint (Pycnanthemum loomisii). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Young green lynx spider feeding on bee on black-eyed susan.

Young green lynx spider feeding on bee on black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta). Photo by Debbie Roos.

One of the parking lot island beds.

One of the parking lot island beds. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Bumble bee on scaly blazing star.

Bumble bee on scaly blazing star (Liatris squarrosa). Photo by Debbie Roos.

A variety of green and flowering plants in a parking lot island bed.

Another parking lot island bed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

View Photos from Early Spring 2022 in the Pollinator Garden.

For more information:

Pollinator Paradise Garden website

What’s in Bloom in the Pollinator Garden – updated bi-weekly!

List of Plants in the Pollinator Garden

Top 25 Native Pollinator Plants for North Carolina