What's in Bloom?
May 20, 2024
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.
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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Allium cernuum
Nodding onion
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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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Aristolochia tomentosa Dutchman's pipe |
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Asclepias purpurascens Purple milkweed |
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed |
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Asclepias variegata Redring milkweed |
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Baptisia alba
White wild indigo
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Blephilia ciliata Downy wood mint |
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Calamintha nepeta
Lesser calamint
* exotic
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Callirhoe involucrata
Prairie poppy mallow
* central U.S.
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Ceanothus americanus
New Jersey tea
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Clematis ochroleuca
Curlyheads
* this photo shows the
seedheads, not the bloom
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Coreopsis lanceolata
Lanceleaf tickseed
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Coreopsis verticillata
Whorled tickseed
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Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower |
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Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
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Gaillardia 'Burgundy'
Lanceleaf blanketflower
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Gaura lindheimeri 'Belleza Dark Pink'
Beeblossom
* Texas
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Gillenia trifoliatus
Mountain Indian physic
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Hydrangea quercifolia
Oakleaf hydrangea
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Itea virginica
Virginia sweetspire
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Lonicera sempervirens
'Cedar Lane', 'Major Wheeler',
and 'John Clayton'
Honeysuckle |
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Marshallia obovata
Piedmont Barbara's buttons
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Nepeta 'Walker's Low' Catmint * exotic |
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Oenothera berlandieri
'Siskiyou'
Evening primrose * southwest U.S. |
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Oenothera fruticosa
Sundrops
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Parthenium integrifolium
Wild quinine
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Passiflora incarnata
Purple passionflower vine
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Penstemon digitalis
'Husker's Red'
Foxglove beardtongue
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Penstemon hirsutus
Hairy beardtongue
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Penstemon smallii
Small's beard tongue
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Phlox carolina ssp. angusta Narrowleaf Carolina phlox |
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Pycnanthemum muticum
Short-toothed mountain mint
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Rudbeckia fulgida
Orange coneflower
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Ruellia caroliniensis
Carolina wild petunia
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Salvia farinacea
'Victoria Blue'
Mealycup sage
* southwest U.S.
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Silene virginica
Fire pink
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Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant |
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Stokesia laevis
'Peachie's Pick'
Stokes' aster
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Tephrosia virginiana Goatsrue |
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Thalictrum revolutum Skunk meadowrue |
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Thermopsis villosa Carolina lupine |
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Thymus vulgaris
Thyme * exotic |
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Tiarella cordifolia
Foamflower |
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Tulbaghia violacea
Society garlic
* exotic
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Valeriana officinalis
Garden heliotrope (Valerian) * northern U.S. |
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Viburnum nudum Possumhaw |
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Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword' Adam's needle |
