What's in Bloom?
June 16, 2025
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.
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
seedheads, not the bloom
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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
'Summer Nights'
Oxeye daisy
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Hypericum frondosum
'Sunburst'
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 incanum
Hoary 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
'Victoria Blue'
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 * exotic |
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Stokesia laevis
'Peachie's Pick'
Stokes' aster
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
'September Ruby'
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 |
