"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


July 22, 2019


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Potter wasp on bronze fennel.
Potter wasp on bronze fennel. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Snowberry clearwing moth caterpillar on honeysuckle.
Snowberry clearwing moth caterpillar on honeysuckle. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Native wild quinine, also called American feverfew, attracts a diversity of small pollinators including native bees, flies, wasps, and others.
Native wild quinine, also called American feverfew, attracts a diversity of small pollinators including native bees, flies, wasps, and others. Photo by Debbie Roos.
 

Here's What's Blooming This Week



'Blue Fortune' anise hyssop
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
Mexican giant hyssop
Agastache mexicana 'Acapulco Orange' Mexican giant hyssop * native to Mexico
Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
Nodding onion
Allium cernuum Nodding onion
Dwarf indigo bush
Amorpha herbacea Dwarf indigo bush
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed

Whorled milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Whorled milkweed

Carolina doll's daisy
Boltonia caroliniana Carolina 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.
Spurred butterfly-pea
Centrosema virginianum Spurred butterfly-pea
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
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 prairie clover
Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover * central U.S.
Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake master
Joe-pye weed
Eupatorium dubium Joe-pye weed
Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset
Roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium Roundleaf thoroughwort
Flowering spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge

White wood aster
Eurybia divaricatus White wood aster
Bronze fennel
Foeniculum rubrum Bronze fennel *exotic
Burgundy blanketflower
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Geranium 'Rozanne'
Geranium 'Rozanne' Hardy geranium * exotic
Purple-head sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum Purple-head sneezeweed
Oxeye daisy
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights' Oxeye daisy
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Grosso lavender
Lavendula x intermedia 'Grosso' Grosso lavender * exotic
Cardinal flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

Great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Great blue lobelia

Coral honeysuckle

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

Honeysuckle

Spotted beebalm
Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas
Catmint

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Catmint

* exotic

Cutleaf evening primrose
Oenothera berlandieri  'Siskiyou' Evening primrose * southwest U.S.
Ornamental oregano
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' Ornamental oregano * exotic
Wild quinine
Parthenium integrifolium Wild quinine
Purple passion flower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passion flower vine
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Delta Snow' Garden phlox
Obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' Obedient plant
Loomis' mountain mint
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' mountain mint
Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Virginia mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Mexican hat
Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed coneflower
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Hoary skullcap
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Starry rosinweed
Silphium asteriscus Starry rosinweed
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant
Small’s goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum Small's goldenrod
Prairie goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides Prairie goldenrod
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies' Aromatic aster
Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost aster
Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Blue vervain

Verbena hastata

Blue vervain

Stemless ironweed
Vernonia acaulis Stemless ironweed
Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii Threadleaf ironweed
New York ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed
Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's root