“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden

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:

	Allium schoenoprasum Chives * exotic
	Achillea x ‘Moonshine’ Yarrow * exotic
	Achillea x ‘Paprika’ Yarrow * exotic
	Amsonia hubrichtii Arkansas bluestar
	Amsonia tabernaemontana Bluestar
	Aquilegia canadensis Eastern wild columbine
	Aquilegia chrysantha Golden columbine * native to southwestern U.S.
	Baptisia minor Dwarf wild indigo
	Blephilia ciliata Downy wood mint
	Conradina canescens Gray-leaved conradina * native to the U.S. Gulf coast
	Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed
	Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower
	Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ Lanceleaf blanketflower
	Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic
	Houstonia caerulea Quaker ladies
	Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea
	Ilex glabra Inkberry
	Itea virginica Virginia sweetspire
	Lavandula stoechas ‘Anouk’ Spanish lavender * exotic
	Lonicera sempervirens ‘Cedar Lane’ and ‘Major Wheeler’ Honeysuckle
	Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Honeysuckle
	Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic
	Oenothera berlandieri ‘Siskiyou’ Sundrops * southwest U.S.
	Oenothera fruticosa Southern sundrops
	Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker’s Red’ Beard tongue
	Penstemon smallii Small’s beard tongue
	Phlox pilosa Downy phlox
	Silene virginica Fire pink
	Sisyrinchium angustifolium Blue-eyed grass
	Thymus vulgaris Thyme * exotic
	Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower
	Tradescantia x ‘Purple Profusion’ Spiderwort
	Valeriana officinalis Garden heliotrope (Valerian) * northern U.S.
	Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Purple’ Verbena
	Viburnum nudum Possumhaw
	Zizia aurea Golden alexander