“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
What’s in Bloom?
July 3, 2017
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.
Sunflower bee on stemless ironweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
A cuckoo-leaf-cutter bee forages on the pink form of blue vervain. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Sweet little eastern tailed-blue. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Here’s what’s blooming this week:
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Achillea x ‘Paprika’ Yarrow * exotic |
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Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’ Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native |
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Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S. |
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Agastache ‘Acapulco Orange’ Hummingbird mint * Mexico |
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Allium cernuum Nodding onion |
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Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed |
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Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed |
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed |
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Baptisia alba White wild indigo |
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Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic |
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Callicarpa americana American beautyberry |
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Callirhoe bushii Bush’s poppy mallow * central U.S. |
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Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S. |
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Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S. |
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Centrosema virginianum Spurred butterfly-pea |
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Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush |
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Clinopodium georgianum Georgia savory |
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Conoclinium coelestinum Wild ageratum/mistflower |
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Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed |
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Coreopsis tripteris Tall tickseed |
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Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed |
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Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
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Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake master |
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Eupatorium dubium Joe-pye weed |
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Foeniculum rubrum Bronze fennel *exotic |
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Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia aestivalis Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Helenium flexuosum Purple-head sneezeweed |
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Heliopsis helianthoides Oxeye daisy |
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Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow |
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Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea |
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Hypericum frondosum Shrubby St. John’s wort |
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Hypericum lloydii Sandhill St. John’s wort |
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Hypericum stragulum St. Andrew’s cross |
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Liatris ligulistylis Blazing star |
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Liatris spicata Gayfeather |
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Liatris spicata ‘Alba’ White gayfeather |
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Lonicera sempervirens Honeysuckle |
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Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’ Bee balm |
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Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas |
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic |
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Oenothera fruticosa Sundrops |
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Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ Ornamental oregano * exotic |
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Origanum laevigatum ‘Pilgrim’ Ornamental oregano * exotic |
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Passiflora incarnata Purple passion flower vine |
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Passiflora lutea Yellow passion flower vine |
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Phlox carolina ssp. angusta Narrowleaf Carolina phlox |
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Phlox paniculata ‘Delta Snow’ Garden phlox |
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Phlox paniculata ‘Lord Clayton’ Garden phlox |
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Physostegia virginiana Obedient plant |
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Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum incanum Mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint |
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Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower |
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Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan |
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Rudbeckia laciniata Green-head coneflower |
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Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan |
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Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina wild petunia |
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Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria Blue’ Mealycup sage * southwest U.S. |
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Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap |
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Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ Stonecrop * exotic |
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Silphium asteriscus Starry rosinweed |
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Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant |
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Stokesia laevis Stokes’ aster |
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Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster |
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Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve ‘Bluebird’ Smooth aster |
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster |
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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Aromatic aster |
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Thymus vulgaris Thyme * exotic |
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Verbena hastata Blue vervain |
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Verbena stricta Hoary vervain |
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Vernonia acaulis Stemless ironweed |
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Vernonia lettermanii Threadleaf ironweed |
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Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed |
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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root |
