"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


May 17, 2021


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Flowers in the garden
Mid-May in the pollinator garden. Photo by Debbie Roos.

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Lanceleaf coreopsis, yarrow, and purple milkweed
Lanceleaf coreopsis, yarrow, and purple milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.

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Lady beetle on bluestar
Lady beetle on bluestar. Photo by Debbie Roos.

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Here's What's Blooming This Week


Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Chives

* exotic

Paprika yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic

Arkansas bluestar 

Amsonia hubrichtii

Arkansas bluestar

Eastern bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

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.
New Jersey tea
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea
Lobed tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed
Lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed
Pale purple coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Pale purple coneflower

Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Burgundy blanketflower
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
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
Wild quinine
Parthenium integrifolium  Wild quinine
Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red' Beardtongue
Small's beardtongue
Penstemon smallii Small's beard tongue
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Downy phlox

Phlox pilosa 

Downy phlox

Mexican hat
Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat
 'Victoria Blue' mealycup sage
Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' Mealycup sage * southwest U.S.
Blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Blue-eyed grass

Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

Thyme

* exotic

Skunk meadowrue

Thalictrum revolutum 

Skunk meadowrue

Carolina lupine

Thermopsis villosa 

Carolina lupine

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.

Golden alexander

Zizia aurea

Golden alexander