"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

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
Dense cluster of mountain mint plants with narrow green leaves and small, pale lavender-white flowers blooming at the tips.
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary 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