Chatham Mills “Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden
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What’s in Bloom?
May 30, 2011
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to the North Carolina Piedmont unless otherwise noted.
Yucca with Agastache and Salvia.
Painted lady butterfly on coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ‘Tiki Torch’).
Monarch on black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida).
Here’s What’s Blooming This Week
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Abelia x grandiflora Abelia * exotic |
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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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Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S. |
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Aquilegia chrysantha Golden columbine * native to southwestern U.S. |
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed |
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Baptisia alba White wild indigo |
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Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) |
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Coreopsis pubescens Tickseed |
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Echinacea purpurea ‘Kim’s Knee High’ Purple coneflower |
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Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ Purple coneflower |
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Echinacea purpurea ‘Sundown’ Purple coneflower |
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Echinacea purpurea ‘Tiki Torch’ Purple coneflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Burgundy’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Gaillardia ‘Torchlight’ Lanceleaf blanketflower |
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Geranium ‘Dilys’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Hardy geranium * exotic |
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Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Summer Nights’ Oxeye daisy |
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Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea |
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Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’ Shrubby St. John’s wort |
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Lavandula stoechas ‘Purple Ribbons’ Spanish lavender * exotic |
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Liatris spicata Gayfeather |
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Lonicera sempervirens ‘Cedar Lane’ Honeysuckle |
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Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Honeysuckle |
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Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’ Bee balm |
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Catmint * exotic |
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Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ Ornamental oregano * exotic |
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Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker’s Red’ Beard tongue |
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Penstemon smallii Small’s beard tongue |
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Pycnanthemum incanum Mountain mint |
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Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint |
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Ratibida columnifera Prairie coneflower / Mexican hat |
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Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower |
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Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan |
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Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria Blue’ Mealycup sage * native to southwestern U.S. |
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Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’ Sedum *exotic |
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Stokesia laevis ‘Mary Gregory’ Stokes’ aster |
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Stokesia laevis ‘Peachie’s Pick’ Stokes’ aster |
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Thymus vulgaris English thyme * exotic |
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Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Purple’ Verbena |
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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root |
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Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’ Adam’s needle |