“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
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What’s in Bloom?
May 18, 2015
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to the North Carolina Piedmont unless otherwise noted.
American bumble bee on wild indigo
Lovely complex bloom of wild bergamot (Monarda bradburiana)
Here’s what’s blooming this week:
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Allium schoenoprasum Chives * exotic |
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Achillea x ‘Moonshine’ Yarrow * exotic |
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Achillea x ‘Paprika’ Yarrow * exotic |
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Amsonia hubrichtii Arkansas bluestar |
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Amsonia tabernaemontana 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 minor Dwarf wild indigo |
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Blephilia ciliata Downy wood mint |
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Conradina canescens Gray-leaved conradina * native to the U.S. Gulf coast |
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Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed |
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Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Houstonia caerulea Quaker ladies |
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Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea |
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Ilex glabra Inkberry |
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Itea virginica Virginia sweetspire |
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Lavandula stoechas ‘Anouk’ Spanish lavender * exotic |
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Lonicera sempervirens Honeysuckle |
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Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Honeysuckle |
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic |
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Oenothera berlandieri Sundrops * southwest U.S. |
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Oenothera fruticosa Southern sundrops |
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Penstemon digitalis Beard tongue |
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Penstemon smallii Small’s beard tongue |
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Phlox pilosa Downy phlox |
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Silene virginica Fire pink |
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium Blue-eyed grass
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Thymus vulgaris Thyme * exotic |
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Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower |
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Tradescantia x ‘Purple Profusion’ Spiderwort |
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Valeriana officinalis Garden heliotrope (Valerian) * northern U.S. |
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Verbena canadensis Verbena |
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Viburnum nudum Possumhaw |
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Zizia aurea Golden alexander |
