"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


April 18, 2022


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

Branch with red, heart-shaped leaves against a green forest background
The 'Flamethrower' redbud is looking gorgeous as its new leaves emerge a brilliant red. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Solitary bee feeding on white clustered flowers while perched on a green leaf
The Andrenid mining bees are just all over the possumhaw (Ilex decidua). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Small pale oval insect egg attached to hairy green leaf surface
We saw the first monarch on April 13 and she was very busy laying eggs on the common milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Five-petaled pink phlox flower, close-up with green blurred background
Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa). Photo by Debbie Roos.

All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Here's What's Blooming This Week

Chives

 Allium schoenoprasum

Chives

* exotic
Arkansas bluestar  Amsonia hubrichtii

Arkansas bluestar
Eastern columbine Aquilegia canadensis

Eastern wild columbine
Golden columbine Aquilegia chrysantha

Golden columbine

* native to southwestern U.S.
Dutchman's pipe Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's pipe
Hybrid wild indigo Baptisia alba x sphaerocarpus
Hybrid wild indigo
White fringetree Chionanthus virginicus White fringetree
Curlyheads Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads
Robin's plaintain Erigeron pulchellus

Robin's plaintain
Fothergilla 'Mount Airy'

Dwarf fothergilla
Ilex decidua

Possumhaw
Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane', 'Major Wheeler', and 'John Clayton'

Honeysuckle
Cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera berlandieri  'Siskiyou'Evening primrose* southwest U.S.
Phlox divaricata 'Tika'

Woodland phlox
Snowdrift phlox Phlox nivalis 'Snowdrift'

White moss phlox
Downy phlox Phlox pilosa 

Downy phlox
Rosmarinus officinalis 

Rosemary 'Tuscan Blue'
 Lyreleaf salvia Salvia lyrata

Lyreleaf salvia
Wild pink Silene caroliniana

Wild pink
Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Blue-eyed grass
Thyme Thymus vulgaris

Thyme

* exotic
Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia

Foamflower
Spiderwort Tradescantia x 'Purple Profusion'

Spiderwort
Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis

Ohio spiderwort
Garden heliotrope Valeriana officinalis

Garden heliotrope (Valerian)

* northern U.S.
Heartleaf golden alexander Zizia aptera

Heartleaf golden alexander
Golden alexander Zizia aurea

Golden alexander
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