Early Summer 2024 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden

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— Written By Debbie Roos (3 months ago)

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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-June through mid-July.

Click here for links to all the seasonal photo collections.

Black swallowtail butterfly on purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Bumble bee on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Unfurling leaves of coastal joe-pye weed (Eutrochium dubium). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Eastern tiger swallowtail on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Bumble bee on buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Bumble bee foraging on native nodding onion (Allium cernuum). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Virginia creeper vine that has been targeted by leafcutter bees. The female bee cuts sections of the leaves to line the nest cavity.

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vine that has been targeted by leafcutter bees. The female bee cuts sections of the leaves to line the nest cavity. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Butterfly weed with prairie poppy mallow

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) with prairie poppy mallow (Calllirhoe involucrata). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Parking lot island bed in late June. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’) with hoary skullcap (Scutellaria incana). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Second instar cecropia caterpillars on buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) in late June. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Third instar cecropia caterpillar on buttonbush. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Nice combination of stoke's aster with Ontario blazing star, Arkansas bluestar, and mountain mint. This species of Liatris is native to Alabama, Tennessee, and the mid-west all the way north to Ontario.

Nice combination of stoke’s aster (Stokesia laevis) with Ontario blazing star (Liatris cylindracea), Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia a hubrichtii), and mountain mint (Pycnanthemum sp.). This species of Liatris is native to Alabama, Tennessee, and the mid-west all the way north to Ontario. Photo by Debbie Roos.