“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
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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 ‘Grape Sensation’ 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 ‘Sunburst’ 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 ‘Cedar Lane’, ‘Major Wheeler’, 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 ‘Peachie’s Pick’ 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 ‘September Ruby’ 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 |