Chatham Mills “Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
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What’s in Bloom?
May 1, 2010
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to the North Carolina Piedmont unless otherwise noted.
Coreopsis, catmint, yarrow, phlox, and lavender.
Bumble bee enjoying a Baptisia bloom – note the pollen baskets on her hind legs, filled with orange Baptisia pollen!
Front bed by the sidewalk with Baptisia ‘Carolina Moonlight’, yarrow, yuccas, and pansies.
Here’s What’s Blooming This Week
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Achillea x ‘Moonshine’ Yarrow * exotic |
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Achillea x ‘Paprika’ Yarrow * exotic |
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Ajuga reptans ‘Caitlin’s Giant’ Giant bugleweed * exotic |
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Amsonia hubrichtii Arkansas bluestar |
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Aquilegia canadensis Eastern wild columbine |
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Aquilegia chrysantha Golden columbine * native to southwestern U.S. |
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Baptisia ‘Carolina Moonlight’ Wild indigo |
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Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ Wild indigo |
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Conradina canescens Gray-leaved conradina |
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Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed |
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Coreopsis pubescens ‘Sunshine Superman’ Tickseed |
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Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Torchlight’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Ilex decidua Possumhaw |
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Ilex glabra Inkberry |
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Lavandula stoechas ‘Purple Ribbons’ Spanish lavender * exotic |
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Lonicera sempervirens ‘Cedar Lane’ Honeysuckle |
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic |
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Penstemon smallii Small’s beard tongue |
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Phlox nivalis ‘Snowdrift’ White moss phlox
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Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diablo’ Eastern ninebark |
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Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’ Rosemary * exotic |
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Salvia lyrata Lyreleaf salvia |
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Thymus vulgaris English thyme |
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Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower |
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Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry |
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Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Purple’ Verbena |