"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


July 1, 2024


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Bumble bee foraging on native nodding onion
Bumble bee foraging on native nodding onion. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Cecropia caterpillar on buttonbush.
Cecropia caterpillar on buttonbush. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Lemon bee balm with wild quinine and dwarf indigo bush.
Lemon bee balm with wild quinine and dwarf indigo bush. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Syrphid fly on oxeye daisy
Syrphid fly on oxeye daisy. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


A bee on a long string of thin flowers.
Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush buckeye * native to southern U.S.
'Blue Fortune' anise hyssop
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
Nodding onion
Allium cernuum
Nodding onion
Tall anemone
Anemone virginiana Tall anemone
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed
Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed

Tiny tubular 5-petaled flowers in clusters in the upper leaf axils and stem tips from May to September. Flowers are white to greenish-white

Boltonia asteroides

White doll's daisy

Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
American beautyberry
Callicarpa americana American beautyberry
Fringed poppy mallow
Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S.
Prairie poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S.
Spurred butterfly-pea
Centrosema virginianum Spurred butterfly-pea
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Curlyheads
Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads * this photo shows the seedheads, not the bloom
Palmleaf thoroughwort
Conoclinium greggii
Gregg's mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort
* native to southwestern U.S.
Lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed
Tall tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall tickseed
Whorled tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed
Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake master
Roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium Roundleaf thoroughwort
Flowering spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge

Coastal plain joe-pye weed
Eutrochium dubium
Coastal plain joe-pye weed
Bronze fennel
Foeniculum rubrum Bronze fennel *exotic
Burgundy blanketflower
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Oxeye daisy
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights' Oxeye daisy
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Shrubby St. John's wort
Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' Shrubby St. John's wort
'Grosso' lavender
Lavendula x intermedia 'Grosso' 'Grosso' lavender
slender blazing star
Liatris cylindracea Slender blazing star * mid-west U.S.
The inflorescence is made up of rose-purple fluffy disc flowers in small groups on terminal spikes. Blooms late summer into fall.
Liatris microcephala Dwarf gayfeather
Gayfeather
Liatris spicata Gayfeather
Gayfeather
Liatris squarrosa Scaly blazing star
Cardinal flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

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

Honeysuckle

Lemon bee balm
Monarda citriodora Lemon bee balm
Catmint

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Catmint

* exotic

Prairie goldenrod
Oligoneuron album Prairie goldenrod
Ornamental oregano
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' Ornamental oregano * exotic
Wild quinine
Parthenium integrifolium  Wild quinine
Purple passionflower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower vine
Yellow passion flower vine
Passiflora lutea
Yellow passion flower vine
Clusters of white flowers.
Phlox paniculata 'David' Garden phlox
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Delta Snow' Garden phlox
'Jeana' phlox

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'

Garden phlox

1 inch pale purple to rose flowers borne in a showy terminal spike. The corolla is swollen at the throat, the upper lip is domed, the lower lip spreading with three lobes. Blooms from July to October.
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Obedient plant
Appalachian mountain mint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint
Loomis' mountain mint
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' mountain mint
Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Virginia mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Carolina wild petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina wild petunia
Late figwort
Scrophularia marilandica Late figwort
Hoary skullcap
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Whitetop aster
Sericocarpus linifolius Whitetop aster
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Sweet goldenrod

Solidago odora

Sweet goldenrod

Small’s goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum Small's goldenrod
Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' Stokes' aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Hoary vervain

Verbena hastata

Blue vervain

Stemless ironweed
Vernonia acaulis
Stemless ironweed
Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's root