Late Spring 2024 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden
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Collapse ▲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!
Click here for links to all the seasonal photo collections.
![Carolina anole on purple coneflower.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-IMG_5720-may-19.jpg)
Carolina anole on purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Bumble bee on while wild indigo](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2-IMG_5880-may-18.jpg)
Bumble bee on while wild indigo (Baptisia alba). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Passionflower flea beetle on purple passionflower vine](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/3-IMG_5658-may-18.jpg)
Passionflower flea beetle on purple passionflower vine (Passiflora incarnata). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Passionflower flea beetle eggs on purple passionflower vine.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/4-IMG_5628-may-18.jpg)
Passionflower flea beetle eggs on purple passionflower vine (Passiflora incarnata). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![One of the parking lot islands in mid-May.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/5-IMG_5833-may-18.jpg)
One of the parking lot islands in mid-May. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee on purple milkweed](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/6-IMG_5699-may-18.jpg)
Carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee on purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Leafcutter bee activity on spicebush leaves. The female leafcutter bees cut sections of leaves and use them to line their nest cavities.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/7-IMG_6196-may-27.jpg)
Leafcutter bee activity on spicebush (Lindera benzoin) leaves. The female leafcutter bees cut sections of leaves and use them to line their nest cavities. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Eastern tiger swallowtail on redring milkweed.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/8-may-25.jpg)
Eastern tiger swallowtail on redring milkweed (Asclepias variegata). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Hairy beardtongue.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/9-IMG_6037-may-30.jpg)
Hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Young green lynx spider on swamp rosemallow.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/10-IMG_6341-may-27.jpg)
Young green lynx spider on swamp rosemallow (Hibiscus grandiflorus). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Native New Jersey tea and oakleaf hydrangeas in bloom in late May.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/11-may-27-1024x814.jpg)
Native New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) and oakleaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) in bloom in late May. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![New Jersey tea backed by oakleaf hydrangea in late May.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/12-IMG_6344-may-28.jpg)
New Jersey tea backed by oakleaf hydrangea in late May. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Honey bee on native dwarf indigo bush.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/13-IMG_6951-june-8-991x1024.jpg)
Honey bee on native dwarf indigo bush (Amorpha herbacea). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Bumble bee on native dwarf indigo bush.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/14-june-8.jpg)
Bumble bee on native dwarf indigo bush. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Parking lot island in early June.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/15-IMG_6764-june-2.jpg)
Parking lot island in early June. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Bumble bee on St. John's wort](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/16-IMG_6652-june-9.jpg)
Bumble bee on St. John’s wort (Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Bumble bee on Appalachian mountain mint](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/17-IMG_6904-june-9.jpg)
Bumble bee on Appalachian mountain mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Honey bee on buttonbush](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/18-IMG_6889-june-9.jpg)
Honey bee on buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Yellow passionflower tendril in front of orange coneflower.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/19-IMG_6130-june-19.jpg)
Yellow passionflower (Passiflora lutea) tendril in front of orange coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida). Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Purple coneflower unfurling its petals.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20-IMG_5918-june-19.jpg)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) unfurling its petals. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Parking lot island in mid-June.](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/21-IMG_7099-june-12.jpg)
Parking lot island in mid-June. Photo by Debbie Roos.
![Syrphid fly on oxeye daisy](https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/22-IMG_6398-june-19.jpg)
Syrphid fly on oxeye daisy (Heliopsis helianthoides). Photo by Debbie Roos.
For more information:
Pollinator Paradise Garden website
What’s in Bloom in the Pollinator Garden – updated bi-weekly!