Welcome to the Pitt County Arboretum: PLANTS OF INTEREST

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

PLANTS OF INTEREST

A good place to start your self-guided tour at the Arboretum is under the Greenroof Shelter in front of the Ag Center. Here you can pick up a Visitor's Guide and see our 'What's In Bloom' display. This is a sampling of plants we are highlighting this week. Of course, there is much more for you to discover on your own.

(l. to r.): Sedum, Vaccinium ashei (Rabbiteye Blueberry), Monarda sp (Bee Balm), Solenostemon scuttelarioides 'Colesauraus', Picea pungens (Colorado Blue Spruce)

(l. to r.): Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan), Salvia uliginosa (Bog Sage), Echinacea purpurea 'Leuchtstein' Bright Star (Coneflower), Hemerocallis 'Bloodspot' (Daylily), Tinantia pringlei (Speckled Wandering Jew)

Photos by M. Endres

ARBORETUM MISSION

FRIENDS OF THE PITT COUNTY ARBORETUM

To help support and expand our beautiful Arboretum and to strengthen our teaching, demonstration, and outreach programs, become a Friend of the Arboretum. Started in 2002, the nonprofit Friends organization plays a critical role in preserving and perpetuating an important local cultural resource. The Arboretum depends on memberships and gifts for our operating expenses. Friends enjoy many benefits including early admittance to our annual plant sale, discount ticket price for our January Speaker Event, access to our horticultural library, and discounts at local gardening shops. Call 252-902-1709 for an application.