"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


June 26, 2023


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Dwarf indigo bush with lemon bee balm.
Dwarf indigo bush with lemon bee balm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Honey bee on dwarf indigo bush.
Honey bee on dwarf indigo bush. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Rain soaked green lynx spider on velvet leaf mallow.
Rain soaked green lynx spider on velvet leaf mallow. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Bumble bee on basil bee balm.
Bumble bee on basil bee balm. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Mating zebra longhorn beetles on yarrow.
Mating zebra longhorn beetles on yarrow. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Hoary skullcap backed by culver's root.
Hoary skullcap backed by culver's root. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Florida predatory stink bug feeding on a lady beetle on milkweed.
Florida predatory stink bug feeding on a lady beetle on milkweed. 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

'Blue Fortune' anise hyssop
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
flower spikes 6-8 inches long white to lavender petals
Amorpha herbacea Dwarf indigo bush
Tall anemone
Anemone virginiana Tall anemone
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed
Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed

Whorled milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Whorled milkweed

White wild indigo
Baptisia alba White wild indigo
Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
American beautyberry
Callicarpa americana American beautyberry
Fringed poppy mallow
Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S.
Prairie poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S.
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Curlyheads
Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads * this photo shows the seedheads, not the bloom
Lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed
Tall tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall 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.
Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake master
Roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium Roundleaf thoroughwort
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
Gayfeather
Liatris squarrosa Scaly blazing star
Cardinal flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

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
Spotted beebalm
Monarda fruticulosa
Spotted beebalm
* native to Texas
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
Yellow passion flower vine
Passiflora lutea
Yellow passion flower vine
Maroon foliage and light pinkish flowers
Penstemon hirsutus Hairy beardtongue
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Clusters of white flowers.
Phlox paniculata 'David' Garden phlox
Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Delta Snow' Garden phlox
'Jeana' phlox

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'

Garden phlox

1 inch pale purple to rose flowers borne in a showy terminal spike. The corolla is swollen at the throat, the upper lip is domed, the lower lip spreading with three lobes. Blooms from July to October.
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Obedient plant
Loomis' mountain mint
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' mountain mint
Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Virginia mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
Mexican hat
Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat
Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Carolina wild petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis Carolina wild petunia
Small dull yellow flowers in terminal, erect clusters. The 5 yellow petals surround a green superior ovary
Ruta graveolens Garden rue * exotic
Mealycup sage
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' Mealycup sage * southwest U.S.
Late figwort
Scrophularia marilandica Late figwort
Hoary skullcap
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Whitetop aster
Sericocarpus linifolius Whitetop aster
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Sweet goldenrod

Solidago odora

Sweet goldenrod

Dwarf betony

Stachys minima

Dwarf betony * exotic

Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' Stokes' aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Goatsrue

Tephrosia virginiana 

Goatsrue

Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Hoary vervain

Verbena hastata

Blue vervain

Stemless ironweed
Vernonia acaulis
Stemless ironweed
Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Culver's root