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What’s in Bloom?

June 3, 2024

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Eastern tiger swallowtail on redring milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Native New Jersey tea and oakleaf hydrangeas in bloom. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Leafcutter bee activity on spicebush leaves. The female leafcutter bees cut sections of leaves and use them to line their nest cavities. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here’s What’s Blooming This Week

 Moonshine yarrow

Achillea x ‘Moonshine’

Yarrow

* exotic

Paprika yarrow

Achillea x ‘Paprika’

Yarrow

* exotic

Nodding onion

Allium cernuum

Nodding onion

flower spikes 6-8 inches long white to lavender petals

Amorpha herbacea

Dwarf indigo bush

Eastern columbine Aquilegia canadensis

Eastern wild columbine

Golden columbine Aquilegia chrysantha

Golden columbine

* native to southwestern U.S.

Dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia tomentosa

Dutchman’s pipe

Common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed

Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed

Redring milkweed

Asclepias variegata

Redring milkweed

White wild indigo

Baptisia alba

White wild indigo

Downy wood mint

Blephilia ciliata

Downy wood mint

Lesser calamint

Calamintha nepeta

Lesser calamint

* exotic

Prairie poppy mallow

Callirhoe involucrata

Prairie poppy mallow

* central U.S.

New Jersey tea

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey tea

Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush
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

Geranium 'Dilys'

Geranium ‘Dilys’

Hardy geranium

* exotic

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

'Grosso' lavender

Lavendula x intermedia ‘Grosso’

‘Grosso’ lavender

Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Gayfeather

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

Honeysuckle

Lemon bee balm

Monarda citriodora

Lemon bee balm

White bee balm

Monarda clinopodia

White 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

Maroon foliage and light pinkish flowers

Penstemon hirsutus

Hairy 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

Short-toothed mountain mint

Pycnanthemum muticum

Short-toothed mountain mint

Virginia mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Virginia mountain mint

Orange coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Orange coneflower

Carolina wild petunia

Ruellia caroliniensis

Carolina wild petunia

Mealycup sage

Salvia farinacea
‘Victoria Blue’

Mealycup sage

* southwest U.S.

Whitetop aster

Sericocarpus linifolius

Whitetop aster

Fire pink

Silene virginica

Fire pink

Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Dwarf betony

Stachys minima

Dwarf betony

* exotic

Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'

Stokesia laevis
‘Peachie’s Pick’

Stokes’ aster

Society garlic

Tulbaghia violacea

Society garlic

* exotic

Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver’s root

Adam's needle

Yucca filamentosa
‘Golden Sword’

Adam’s needle