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What’s in Bloom?

June 12, 2023

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Parking lot island

One of the parking lot islands. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Ornamental oregano and lanceleaf blanketflower.

Ornamental oregano and lanceleaf blanketflower. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Bumble bee on New Jersey tea.

Bumble bee on New Jersey tea. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Assassin bug feeding on lady beetle on common milkweed.

Assassin bug feeding on lady beetle on common milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Luna moth on Georgia aster.

Luna moth on Georgia aster. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Oakleaf hydrangeas, New Jersey tea, and mountain mint.

Oakleaf hydrangeas, New Jersey tea, and mountain mint. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on spicebush.

Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on spicebush. 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

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Chives

* exotic

flower spikes 6-8 inches long white to lavender petals

Amorpha herbacea

Dwarf indigo bush

Swamp milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp milkweed

Purple milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple milkweed

Common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed

Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed

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

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

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’ and ‘Major Wheeler’
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

Prairie goldenrod

Oligoneuron album

Prairie goldenrod

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’

Beardtongue

Maroon foliage and light pinkish flowers

Penstemon hirsutus

Hairy beardtongue

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Downy phlox Phlox pilosa 

Downy phlox

Short-toothed mountain mint

Pycnanthemum muticum

Short-toothed mountain mint

Virginia mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Virginia mountain mint

Mexican hat

Ratibida columnifera

Mexican hat

Orange coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Orange coneflower

Brown-eyed susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Brown-eyed susan

Carolina wild petunia

Ruellia caroliniensis

Carolina wild petunia

Mealycup sage

Salvia farinacea
‘Victoria Blue’

Mealycup sage

* southwest U.S.

Nettleleaf sage

Salvia urticifolia

Nettleleaf sage

Large-flowered skullcap

Scutellaria integrifolia

Large-flowered skullcap

Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’

Stonecrop

* exotic

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

Goatsrue

Tephrosia virginiana 

Goatsrue

Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia

Foamflower

Spiderwort Tradescantia x ‘Purple Profusion’

Spiderwort

Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis

Ohio spiderwort

Society garlic

Tulbaghia violacea

Society garlic

* exotic