"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


July 24, 2023


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Hoary skullcap, coneflowers, staghorn sumac, joe-pye weed, obedient plant, eastern ninebark, and bronze fennel.
Hoary skullcap, coneflowers, staghorn sumac, joe-pye weed, obedient plant, eastern ninebark, and bronze fennel. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Lots of bumble bee activity on the obedient plant!
Lots of bumble bee activity on the obedient plant! Photo by Debbie Roos.
Cardinal flower, culver's root, whorled tickseed, ironweed, hoary skullcap, blackhaw viburnum.
Cardinal flower, culver's root, whorled tickseed, ironweed, hoary skullcap, blackhaw viburnum. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Carolina anole on rattlesnake master.
Carolina anole on rattlesnake master. Photo by Debbie Roos.
American lady butterfly on whorled tickseed
American lady butterfly on whorled tickseed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


Paprika yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic

Bottlebrush buckeye
Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush buckeye * native to southern U.S.
'Blue Fortune' anise hyssop
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
Nodding onion
Allium cernuum
Nodding onion
Maroon or reddish-brown pea-like flowers with 5 petals in compact racemes arising from leaf axils. Blooms from June to Aug.
Apios americana
Groundnut
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
Whorled milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Whorled milkweed

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
Field thistle
Cirsium discolor Field thistle
Curlyheads
Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads * this photo shows the seedheads, not the bloom
Sweet pepperbush
  Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'
Sweet pepperbush
Wild ageratum
Conoclinium coelestinum Wild ageratum/mistflower
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
White prairie clover
Dalea candida White prairie clover * central U.S.
Purple prairie clover
Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover * central U.S.
Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

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

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge

Small but abundant flowers with white rays and yellow disk centers that change to red upon pollination that appear in flat-topped, terminal clusters with 6-10 white petals. Its bracts are whitish with green tips. Flowers are 1/2 to 1 inch across. Blooms earlier than most Asters, from August to October.
Eurybia divaricatus
White wood aster
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
Beeblossom
Gaura lindheimeri 'Belleza Dark Pink' Beeblossom * Texas
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
5-petaled red-purple to magenta-purple flowers just over an inch large. Each petal has dark purple veining. Blooms from late spring through summer. Cut back to encourage late summer to early fall blooming.
Helenium autumnale Common sneezeweed
Oxeye daisy
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights' Oxeye daisy
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
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

Great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Great blue lobelia

Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane' and 'Major Wheeler'
Lemon bee balm
Monarda citriodora Lemon bee balm
Bee balm
Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace' Bee balm
Spotted beebalm
Monarda fruticulosa
Spotted beebalm
* native to Texas
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
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

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
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
Mexican hat
Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat
Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Carolina wild petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina wild petunia
Small dull yellow flowers in terminal, erect clusters.
Ruta graveolens Garden rue * exotic
Late figwort
Scrophularia marilandica Late figwort
Hoary skullcap
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Early goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Early goldenrod

Sweet goldenrod

Solidago odora

Sweet goldenrod

Small’s goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum Small's goldenrod
'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Rough-leaf goldenrod
Solar Cascade goldenrod
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' Goldenrod
Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' Stokes' aster
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
Heath aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snowflurry' Heath aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost aster
Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Hoary 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