“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
What’s in Bloom?
June 9, 2014
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to the North Carolina Piedmont unless otherwise noted.
Florida predatory stink bug nymphs feeding on a (still alive) sphinx moth.
Ambush bug tucked neatly between the blooms of butterfly weed.
Here’s what’s blooming this week:
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Achillea x ‘Moonshine’ Yarrow * exotic |
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Achillea x ‘Paprika’ Yarrow * exotic |
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Agastache ‘Acapulco Orange’ Hummingbird mint * Mexico |
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Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’ Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native |
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Agastache x ‘Golden Jubilee’ Anise hyssop * exotic |
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Allium cerneum Nodding onion |
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Aquilegia chrysantha Golden columbine * native to southwestern U.S. |
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Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed |
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed |
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Baptisia alba White wild indigo |
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Blephilia ciliata Downy wood mint |
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Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic |
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Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) |
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Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea |
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Conoclinium greggii Gregg’s mistflower/ * native to southwestern U.S. |
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Conradina canescens Gray-leaved conradina * native to the U.S. Gulf coast |
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Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed |
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Coreopsis pubescens Tickseed |
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Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
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Gaillardia aestivalis Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Heliopsis helianthoides Oxeye daisy |
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Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea |
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Hypericum frondosum Shrubby St. John’s wort |
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Lonicera sempervirens Honeysuckle |
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Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Honeysuckle |
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Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’ Bee balm |
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Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas |
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic |
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Oenothera berlandieri Sundrops * southwest U.S. |
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Oenothera fruticosa Southern sundrops |
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Penstemon digitalis Beard tongue |
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Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint |
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Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower |
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Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria Blue’ Mealycup sage * southwest U.S. |
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Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ Stonecrop * exotic |
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Silene virginica Fire pink |
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Stachys minima Dwarf betony |
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Stokesia laevis Stokes’ aster |
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Stokesia laevis Stokes’ aster |
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Thymus vulgaris English thyme * exotic |
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Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower |
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Tradescantia x ‘Purple Profusion’ Spiderwort |
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Valeriana officinalis Garden heliotrope (Valerian) * northern U.S. |
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Verbena canadensis Verbena |
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Verbena hastata Blue vervain |
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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root |
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Yucca filamentosa Adam’s needle |
