Welcome to the Pitt County Arboretum: APRIL'S LAST WHAT'S IN BLOOM

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

APRIL'S LAST WHAT'S IN BLOOM

This week's picks by Mary E. represent her last WIB as an active MGV. We will miss her and Denis' dedicated work for the Master Garden Program.

HERB GARDEN:

1. Mahonia bealei (Leather Leaf Mahonia)

5. Allium schoenoprosum (Onion Chives)

CHILDREN'S GARDEN:

2. Wisteria frutescans (American Wisteria)

MEMORIAL GARDEN:

3. Rosa meiswetdom (Sweet Drift Rose)

PERENNIAL BORDER:

4. Baptisia alba (White Wild Indigo)

BUTTERFLY GARDEN:

6. Baptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow' (Wild Indigo)

7. Achillea sp (Yarrow) Also found in Perennial Border

10. Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise' (Large Flowered Tickseed)

WILDFLOWER GARDEN:

8. Amsonia hubrechtii (Arkansas Amsonia)

9. Phlox pilosa (Native Downy Phlox)

Photos by M. Endres🌻

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