"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


June 13, 2016


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to the North Carolina Piedmont unless otherwise noted.


 
bumble bees on poppymallow
The bumble bees love love love the poppymallow (Callirhoe bushii)! Photo by Debbie Roos.
honey bees on red milkweed
The honey bees were all over the red milkweed (Asclepias rubra) in the pollinator garden. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Two-spotted bumble bee on anise hyssop
Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus) on anise hyssop. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Eastern tiger swallowtail on buttonbush
Eastern tiger swallowtail on buttonbush. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


Achillea x 'Moonshine'

Achillea x 'Moonshine'

Yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

Agastache x 'Blue Fortune'
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
Allium cerneum
Allium cerneum Nodding onion
Allium schoenoprasum

Allium schoenoprasum

Chives

* exotic

Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
Asclepias rubra
Asclepias rubra Red milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed

Baptisia alba
Baptisia alba White wild indigo
Calamintha nepeta
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
Callicarpa americana
Callicarpa americana American beautyberry
Callirhoe bushii
Callirhoe bushii Bush's poppy mallow * central U.S.
Callirhoe digitata
Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S.
Callirhoe involucrata
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S.
Ceanothus americanus
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Conradina canescens
Conradina canescens Gray-leaved conradina * native to the U.S. Gulf coast
Coreopsis auriculata
Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata
Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High'

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Foeniculum rubrum
Foeniculum rubrum Bronze fennel *exotic
Gaillardia 'Burgundy'
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis 'Grape Sensation'
Gaillardia aestivalis 'Grape Sensation' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Geranium 'Rozanne'
Geranium 'Rozanne' Hardy geranium * exotic
Helenium flexuosum
Helenium flexuosum Purple-head sneezeweed
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights'
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights' Oxeye daisy
Hydrangea quercifolia
Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea
Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'
Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' Shrubby St. John's wort
Lavandula stoechas 'Anouk'

Lavandula stoechas 'Anouk'

Spanish lavender

* exotic

Liatris spicata
Liatris spicata Gayfeather
Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane'

Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane' and 'Major Wheeler'

Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens 'John Clayton'

Lonicera sempervirens 'John Clayton'

Honeysuckle

Marshallia obovata
Marshallia obovata Piedmont Barbara's buttons
Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace'
Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace' Bee balm
Monarda fruticulosa
Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas
Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Catmint

* exotic

Oenothera berlandieri 'Siskiyou'
Oenothera berlandieri  'Siskiyou' Evening primrose * southwest U.S.
Oenothera fruticosa
Oenothera fruticosa  Sundrops
Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora incarnata Purple passion flower vine
Passiflora lutea
Passiflora lutea Yellow passion flower vine
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red'
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red' Beard tongue
Penstemon smallii
Penstemon smallii Small's beard tongue
Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox pilosa

Phlox pilosa 

Downy phlox

Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint
Pycnanthemum incanum
Pycnanthemum incanum Mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
Rudbeckia fulgida
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Ruellia caroliniensis
Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina wild petunia
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue'
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' Mealycup sage * southwest U.S.
Scutellaria integrifolia
Scutellaria integrifolia Large-flowered skullcap
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Sericocarpus linifolius
Sericocarpus linifolius Whitetop aster
Silene virginica
Silene virginica Fire pink
Silphium asteriscus
Silphium asteriscus Starry rosinweed
Silphium perfoliatum
Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant
Stachys minima

Stachys minima

Dwarf betony * exotic

Stokesia laevis 'Mary Gregory'

Stokesia laevis 'Mary Gregory'

Stokes' aster

Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick'
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' Stokes' aster
Thymus vulgaris

Thymus vulgaris

Thyme

* exotic

Tiarella cordifolia

Tiarella cordifolia

Foamflower

Tradescantia x 'Purple Profusion'

Tradescantia x 'Purple Profusion'

Spiderwort

Valeriana officinalis

Valeriana officinalis

Garden heliotrope (Valerian)

* northern U.S.

Verbena hastata

Verbena hastata

Blue vervain

Veronicastrum virginicum

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's root

Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword'

Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword'

Adam's needle