"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


July 17, 2017


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Coneflowers and stoke's aster.
Coneflowers and stoke's aster. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Mason wasp on yellow passionflower
Mason wasp sipping nectar from the bloom of a yellow passionflower. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Pearl crescent on joe-pye weed.
Pearl crescent enjoying the joe-pye weed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Honey bee on starry rosinweed
Honey bee on starry rosinweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


Achillea x 'Paprika'

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic

Agastache x 'Blue Fortune'
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
Agastache rupestris
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
Agastache 'Acapulco Orange'
Agastache 'Acapulco Orange' Hummingbird mint * Mexico
Allium cernuum
Allium cernuum Nodding onion
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
Asclepias verticillata

Asclepias verticillata

Whorled milkweed

Boltonia decurrens

Boltonia decurrens

Decurrent false aster

Calamintha nepeta
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
Callicarpa americana
Callicarpa americana American beautyberry
Callirhoe bushii
Callirhoe bushii Bush's poppy mallow * central U.S.
Callirhoe digitata
Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S.
Callirhoe involucrata
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S.
Centrosema virginianum
Centrosema virginianum Spurred butterfly-pea
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Clinopodium georgianum
Clinopodium georgianum Georgia savory
Conoclinium coelestinum
Conoclinium coelestinum Wild ageratum/mistflower
Coreopsis lanceolata
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
Coreopsis tripteris Tall tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata
Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High'

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Eryngium yuccifolium
Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake master
Eupatorium dubium
Eupatorium dubium Joe-pye weed
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset
Foeniculum rubrum
Foeniculum rubrum Bronze fennel *exotic
Gaillardia 'Burgundy'
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis 'Grape Sensation'
Gaillardia aestivalis 'Grape Sensation' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Geranium 'Rozanne'
Geranium 'Rozanne' Hardy geranium * exotic
Helenium flexuosum
Helenium flexuosum Purple-head sneezeweed
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights'
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights' Oxeye daisy
Hibiscus coccineus
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Liatris ligulistylis
Liatris ligulistylis Blazing star
Liatris spicata
Liatris spicata Gayfeather
Lobelia cardinalis

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

Lobelia siphilitica

Lobelia siphilitica

Great blue lobelia

Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane'

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

Honeysuckle

Monarda fruticulosa
Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas
Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Catmint

* exotic

Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen'
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' Ornamental oregano * exotic
Origanum laevigatum 'Pilgrim'
Origanum laevigatum 'Pilgrim' Ornamental oregano * exotic
Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora incarnata Purple passion flower vine
Passiflora lutea
Passiflora lutea Yellow passion flower vine
Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox paniculata 'Delta Snow'
Phlox paniculata 'Delta Snow' Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Lord Clayton'
Phlox paniculata 'Lord Clayton' Garden phlox
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' Obedient plant
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint
Pycnanthemum incanum
Pycnanthemum incanum Mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
Rudbeckia fulgida
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia laciniata
Rudbeckia laciniata Green-head coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Scutellaria incana
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Silphium asteriscus
Silphium asteriscus Starry rosinweed
Silphium perfoliatum
Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant
Solidago odora

Solidago odora

Sweet goldenrod

Solidago pinetorum
Solidago pinetorum Small's goldenrod
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve 'Bluebird'
Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve 'Bluebird' Smooth aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby'
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies'
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies' Aromatic aster
Thymus vulgaris

Thymus vulgaris

Thyme

* exotic

Verbena hastata

Verbena hastata

Blue vervain

Verbena stricta

Verbena stricta

Hoary vervain

Vernonia acaulis
Vernonia acaulis Stemless ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii
Vernonia lettermanii Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's root