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What’s in Bloom?

June 2, 2025

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

A leafcutter bee approaches a bumble bee foraging on a wild indigo plant

Incoming! A leafcutter bee approaches a bumble bee foraging on a wild indigo plant. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Purple milkweed and 'Paprika' yarrow.

Purple milkweed and ‘Paprika’ yarrow. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Black swallowtail caterpillar feeding on golden alexander.

Black swallowtail caterpillar feeding on golden alexander. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Mining bee foraging on New Jersey tea.

Mining bee foraging on New Jersey tea. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Eastern tiger swallowtail on purple coneflower

Eastern tiger swallowtail on purple coneflower. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here’s What’s Blooming This Week

Paprika yarrow

Achillea x ‘Paprika’

Yarrow

* exotic

'Blue Fortune' anise hyssop

Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’

Anise hyssop

* hybrid of U.S. native

Nodding onion

Allium cernuum

Nodding onion

flower spikes 6-8 inches long white to lavender petals

Amorpha herbacea

Dwarf indigo bush

Tall anemone

Anemone virginiana

Tall anemone

Eastern columbine Aquilegia canadensis

Eastern wild columbine

Dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia tomentosa

Dutchman’s pipe

Swamp milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp milkweed

Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed

Common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed

white with some purple at the base of corolla which flex backward. Umbels are erect and spherical with 30 flowers.

Asclepias variegata

Redring milkweed

White wild indigo

Baptisia alba

White wild indigo

Lesser calamint

Calamintha nepeta

Lesser calamint

* exotic

Fringed poppy mallow

Callirhoe digitata

Fringed poppy mallow (winecup)

* central U.S.

Prairie poppy mallow

Callirhoe involucrata

Prairie poppy mallow

* central U.S.

New Jersey tea

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey tea

Curlyheads

Clematis ochroleuca

Curlyheads

* this photo shows the
seedheads, not the bloom

Lanceleaf tickseed

Coreopsis lanceolata

Lanceleaf 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.

Pale purple coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Pale purple coneflower

Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Rattlesnake master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake master

Flowering spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge

Bronze fennel

Foeniculum rubrum

Bronze fennel

*exotic

Burgundy blanketflower

Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’

Lanceleaf blanketflower

Beeblossom

Gaura lindheimeri ‘Belleza Dark Pink’

Beeblossom

* Texas

Oxeye daisy

Heliopsis helianthoides
‘Summer Nights’

Oxeye daisy

Oakleaf hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Oakleaf hydrangea

Shrubby St. John's wort

Hypericum frondosum
‘Sunburst’

Shrubby St. John’s wort

Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Gayfeather

Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
‘Cedar Lane’, ‘Major Wheeler’,
and ‘John Clayton’

Honeysuckle

Lemon bee balm

Monarda citriodora

Lemon bee balm

Bee balm

Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’

Bee balm

Catmint

Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’

Catmint

* exotic

Cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera berlandieri 
‘Siskiyou’

Evening primrose

* southwest U.S.

Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa 

Sundrops

Ornamental oregano

Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’

Ornamental oregano

* exotic

Wild quinine

Parthenium integrifolium 

Wild quinine

Purple passionflower vine

Passiflora incarnata

Purple passionflower vine

Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis
‘Husker’s Red’

Foxglove beardtongue

Small's beardtongue

Penstemon smallii

Small’s beard tongue

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Appalachian mountain mint

Pycnanthemum flexuosum

Appalachian mountain mint

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

Orange coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Orange coneflower

Black-eyed susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Black-eyed susan

Carolina wild petunia

Ruellia caroliniensis

Carolina wild petunia

Small dull yellow flowers in terminal, erect clusters. The 5 yellow petals surround a green superior ovary

Ruta graveolens

Garden rue

* exotic

Mealycup sage

Salvia farinacea
‘Victoria Blue’

Mealycup sage

* southwest U.S.

Late figwort

Scrophularia marilandica

Late figwort

Large-flowered skullcap

Scutellaria integrifolia

Large-flowered skullcap

Fire pink

Silene virginica

Fire pink

Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Spigelia marilandica Spigelia marilandica

Indian pink

Dwarf betony

Stachys minima

Dwarf betony

* exotic

Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'

Stokesia laevis
‘Peachie’s Pick’

Stokes’ aster

Skunk meadowrue

Thalictrum revolutum 

Skunk meadowrue

Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia

Foamflower

Spiderwort Tradescantia x ‘Purple Profusion’

Spiderwort

Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis

Ohio spiderwort

Society garlic

Tulbaghia violacea

Society garlic

* exotic

Adam's needle

Yucca filamentosa
‘Golden Sword’

Adam’s needle

Written By

Debbie Roos, N.C. Cooperative ExtensionDebbie RoosExtension Agent, Agriculture - Sustainable / Organic Production Call Debbie Email Debbie N.C. Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center
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