"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


May 2, 2022


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Bluestar, golden alexander, and wild columbine.
Bluestar, golden alexander, and wild columbine. Photo by Debbie Roos.

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Golden columbine.
Golden columbine. Photo by Debbie Roos.

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Early instar monarch caterpillars on purple milkweed.
Early instar monarch caterpillars on purple milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

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Here's What's Blooming This Week


Paprika yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Chives

* exotic

Arkansas bluestar  Amsonia hubrichtii

Arkansas bluestar

Eastern bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Eastern bluestar

Eastern columbine Aquilegia canadensis

Eastern wild columbine

Golden columbine Aquilegia chrysantha

Golden columbine

* native to southwestern U.S.

Dutchman's pipe Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's pipe
Purple milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple milkweed

White wild indigo
Baptisia alba White wild indigo
Hybrid wild indigo Baptisia alba x sphaerocarpus
Hybrid wild indigo
'Carolina Moonlight' wild indigo
Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight' Wild indigo
'Purple Smoke' wild indigo
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' Wild indigo
'Twilite Prairieblues' wild indigo
Baptisia x variicolor 'Twilite Prairieblues' Wild indigo
Dwarf wild indigo
Baptisia minor Dwarf wild indigo
Downy wood mint

Blephilia ciliata

Downy wood mint

Prairie poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S.
Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed
Lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed
Pale purple coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Pale purple coneflower

Curlyheads Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads
Robin's plaintain Erigeron pulchellus

Robin's plaintain

Burgundy blanketflower
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Beeblossom
Gaura lindheimeri 'Belleza Dark Pink' Beeblossom * Texas
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Mountain Indian physic
Gillenia trifoliatus Mountain Indian physic
Oakleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica Virginia sweetspire
Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane', 'Major Wheeler', and 'John Clayton'

Honeysuckle

Piedmont Barbara's buttons
Marshallia obovata Piedmont Barbara's buttons
Wild bergamot
Monarda bradburiana Wild bergamot
Catmint

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Catmint

* exotic

Cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera berlandieri  'Siskiyou'Evening primrose*southwest U.S.
Sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa  Sundrops
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata 'Tika'

Woodland phlox

Snowdrift phlox Phlox nivalis 'Snowdrift'

White moss phlox

Downy phlox Phlox pilosa 

Downy phlox

Eastern ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diablo' Eastern ninebark
Rosemary 'Tuscan Blue' Rosmarinus officinalis 

Rosemary 'Tuscan Blue'

Mealycup sage
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' Mealycup sage * southwest U.S.
 Lyreleaf salvia Salvia lyrata

Lyreleaf salvia

Wild pink Silene caroliniana

Wild pink

Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Blue-eyed grass

Thyme Thymus vulgaris

Thyme

* exotic

Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia

Foamflower

Spiderwort Tradescantia x 'Purple Profusion'

Spiderwort

Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis

Ohio spiderwort

Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Garden heliotrope Valeriana officinalis

Garden heliotrope (Valerian)

* northern U.S.

Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium

Blackhaw

Heartleaf golden alexander Zizia aptera

Heartleaf golden alexander

Golden alexander Zizia aurea

Golden alexander