“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:

	Achillea x ‘Moonshine’ Yarrow * exotic
	Achillea x ‘Paprika’ Yarrow * exotic
	Agastache ‘Acapulco Orange’ Hummingbird mint * Mexico
	Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’ Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
	Agastache x ‘Golden Jubilee’ Anise hyssop * exotic
	Allium cerneum Nodding onion
	Aquilegia chrysantha Golden columbine * native to southwestern U.S.
	Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
	Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed
	Baptisia alba White wild indigo
	Blephilia ciliata Downy wood mint
	Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
	Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup)
	Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea
	Conoclinium greggii Gregg’s mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort * native to southwestern U.S.
	Conradina canescens Gray-leaved conradina * native to the U.S. Gulf coast
	Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed
	Coreopsis pubescens ‘Sunshine Superman’ Tickseed
	Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower
	Gaillardia aestivalis ‘Grape Sensation’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic
	Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hardy geranium * exotic
	Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Summer Nights’ Oxeye daisy
	Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea
	Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’ Shrubby St. John’s wort
	Lonicera sempervirens ‘Cedar Lane’ and ‘Major Wheeler’ Honeysuckle
	Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Honeysuckle
	Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’ Bee balm
	Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas
	Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic
	Oenothera berlandieri ‘Siskiyou’ Sundrops * southwest U.S.
	Oenothera fruticosa Southern sundrops
	Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker’s Red’ Beard tongue
	Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
	Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
	Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria Blue’ Mealycup sage * southwest U.S.
	Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ Stonecrop * exotic
	Silene virginica Fire pink
	Stachys minima Dwarf betony * exotic
	Stokesia laevis ‘Mary Gregory’ Stokes’ aster
	Stokesia laevis ‘Peachie’s Pick’ Stokes’ aster
	Thymus vulgaris English thyme * exotic
	Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower
	Tradescantia x ‘Purple Profusion’ Spiderwort
	Valeriana officinalis Garden heliotrope (Valerian) * northern U.S.
	Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Purple’ Verbena
	Verbena hastata Blue vervain
	Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root
	Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’ Adam’s needle