“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
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Collapse ▲What’s in Bloom?
June 16, 2025
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Wheel bug nymph, our largest species of assassin bug, hunting on common milkweed flower buds. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Bumble bee on stoke’s aster. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Gray hairstreak caterpillar on dwarf indigo bush. This caterpillar often takes on the colors of the flower it is feeding on. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Monarch nectaring on common milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Purple coneflower, orange coneflower, and mountain mint. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Here’s What’s Blooming This Week
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Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’ Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native |
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Amorpha herbacea Dwarf indigo bush |
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Anemone virginiana Tall anemone |
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Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman’s pipe |
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Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed |
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Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed |
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed |
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Boltonia asteroides White doll’s daisy |
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Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic |
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Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S. |
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Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S. |
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Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea |
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Centrosema virginianum Spurred butterfly-pea |
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Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush |
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Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads * this photo shows the |
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Conoclinium greggii
Gregg’s mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort
* native to southwestern U.S.
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Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed |
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Coreopsis tripteris
Tall tickseed
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Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed |
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Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover * central U.S. |
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Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
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Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake master |
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Eupatorium rotundifolium Roundleaf thoroughwort |
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Euphorbia corollata Flowering spurge |
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Foeniculum rubrum Bronze fennel *exotic |
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Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaura lindheimeri ‘Belleza Dark Pink’ Beeblossom * Texas |
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Heliopsis helianthoides Oxeye daisy |
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Hypericum frondosum Shrubby St. John’s wort |
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Liatris microcephala Dwarf gayfeather |
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Liatris spicata Gayfeather |
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Liatris squarrosa Scaly blazing star |
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Lonicera sempervirens ‘Cedar Lane’, ‘Major Wheeler’, and ‘John Clayton’ Honeysuckle |
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Monarda citriodora Lemon bee balm |
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Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’ Bee balm |
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic |
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Oenothera berlandieri ‘Siskiyou’ Evening primrose * southwest U.S. |
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Oligoneuron album Prairie goldenrod |
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Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ Ornamental oregano * exotic |
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Parthenium integrifolium Wild quinine |
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Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower vine |
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Phlox carolina ssp. angusta Narrowleaf Carolina phlox |
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Phlox paniculata ‘Delta Snow’ Garden phlox |
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Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis’ mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint |
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Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower |
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Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan |
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Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan |
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Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina wild petunia |
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Salvia farinacea Mealycup sage * southwest U.S. |
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Scrophularia marilandica Late figwort |
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Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap |
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Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ Stonecrop * exotic |
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Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
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Stachys minima Dwarf betony |
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Stokesia laevis Stokes’ aster |
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster |
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Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic |
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Verbena hastata Blue vervain |
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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root |