“Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
What’s in Bloom?
May 27, 2019
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.
Coneflower, Carolina lupine, common milkweed, mountain mint, and whorled tickseed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Clasping milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Florida predatory stink bug nymphs feeding on a weevil on the cup plant. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Pink spotted lady beetle on dwarf indigo bush. Photo by Debbie Roos.
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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Agastache x ‘Blue Fortune’ Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native |
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Allium cernuum Nodding onion |
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Amorpha herbacea Dwarf indigo bush |
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Asclepias amplexicaulis Clasping milkweed |
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Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed |
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Asclepias purpurascens Purple milkweed |
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed |
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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 bushii Bush’s poppy mallow * central U.S. |
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Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S. |
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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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Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed |
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Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf tickseed |
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Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed |
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Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover * central U.S. |
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Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower |
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Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
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Euphorbia corollata Flowering spurge |
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Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaura lindheimeri Beeblossom * Texas |
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Gaura lindheimeri Beeblossom * Texas |
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Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Heliopsis helianthoides Oxeye daisy |
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Houstonia canadensis Canadian summer bluet |
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Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea |
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Hypericum frondosum Shrubby St. John’s wort |
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Lavendula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ Grosso lavender |
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Lonicera sempervirens Honeysuckle |
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Marshallia obovata Piedmont Barbara’s buttons |
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Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm |
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Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas |
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic |
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Oenothera berlandieri Evening primrose * southwest U.S. |
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Oenothera fruticosa Sundrops |
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Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ Ornamental oregano * exotic |
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Passiflora incarnata Purple passion flower vine |
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Penstemon digitalis Beardtongue |
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Penstemon smallii Small’s beardtongue |
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Phlox carolina ssp. angusta Narrowleaf Carolina phlox |
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Phlox pilosa Downy phlox |
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Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint |
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Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat |
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Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower |
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Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed susan |
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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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Scutellaria integrifolia Large-flowered skullcap |
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Sericocarpus linifolius Whitetop aster |
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Silene virginica Fire pink |
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Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant |
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Spigelia marilandica Indian pink
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Stachys minima Dwarf betony |
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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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Tradescantia x ‘Purple Profusion’ Spiderwort |
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Valeriana officinalis Garden heliotrope (Valerian) * northern U.S. |
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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root |
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Viburnum nudum Possumhaw |
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Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw viburnum |
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Yucca filamentosa Adam’s needle |
