“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden

What’s in Bloom?

June 29, 2015

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

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

Sweat bee on gayfeather (Liatris spicata). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Cuckoo-leaf-cutter bee (Coelioxys sp.) on the oxeye daisy (Heliopsis helianthoides). They are cleptoparasites of leaf-cutter bees. Photo by Debbie Roos.

American snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) on rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium). Photo by Debbie Roos.

Variegated fritillary caterpillar on passion flower vine. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here’s what’s blooming this week:

	Agastache ‘Acapulco Orange’ Hummingbird mint * Mexico
	Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’ Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
	Agastache x ‘Golden Jubilee’ Anise hyssop * exotic
	Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
	Allium cerneum Nodding onion
	Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
	Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed
	Boltonia decurrens Decurrent false aster
	Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
	Callicarpa americana American beautyberry
	Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup)
	Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
	Conoclinium greggii Gregg’s mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort * native to southwestern U.S.
	Conradina canescens Gray-leaved conradina * native to the U.S. Gulf coast
	Coreopsis tripteris Tall tickseed
	Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower
	Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake master
	Eupatorium dubium Joe-pye weed
	Foeniculum rubrum Bronze fennel *exotic
	Gaillardia aestivalis ‘Grape Sensation’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic
	Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hardy geranium * exotic
	Helenium ‘Ruby Tuesday’ Sneezeweed
	Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Summer Nights’ Oxeye daisy
	Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
	Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’ Shrubby St. John’s wort
	Hypericum lloydii Sandhill St. John’s wort
	Liatris microcephala Small head blazing star
	Liatris spicata Gayfeather
	Liatris spicata ‘Alba’ White gayfeather
	Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower
	Lonicera sempervirens ‘Cedar Lane’ and ‘Major Wheeler’ Honeysuckle
	Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Honeysuckle
	Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’ Bee balm
	Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas
	Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic
	Oenothera fruticosa Southern sundrops
	Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ Ornamental oregano * exotic
	Origanum laevigatum ‘Pilgrim’ Ornamental oregano * exotic
	Passiflora incarnata Purple passion flower vine
	Passiflora lutea Yellow passion flower vine
	Phlox paniculata ‘Delta Snow’ Garden phlox
	Phlox paniculata ‘Lord Clayton’ Garden phlox
	Pycnanthemum incanum Mountain mint
	Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
	Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint
	Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
	Ratibida columnifera Prairie coneflower / Mexican hat
	Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
	Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
	Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria Blue’ Mealycup sage * southwest U.S.
	Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ Stonecrop * exotic
	Sericocarpus linifolius Whitetop aster
	Stachys minima Dwarf betony * exotic
	Stokesia laevis ‘Peachie’s Pick’ Stokes’ aster
	Thymus vulgaris Thyme * exotic
	Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Purple’ Verbena
	Verbena hastata Blue vervain
	Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed
	Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root