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

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

WHAT'S IN BLOOM

The gardens at the Arboretum needed a good rain (which we got last night) and some cooler temperatures (which we have this morning). Here are some plants of interest this week:

CONTAINERS BY AUDITORIUM

1. Calibrachoe hybrid Evening Star (Superbells)

PERENNIAL BORDER

2. Buddleia lindleyama (Lindley Butterfly Bush)

3. Baptisia australis (False Blue Indigo)

4. Miscanthus sinensis 'Striticus' (Japanese Silver Grass)

5. Eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe' (Dwarf Joe Pye Weed)

WILDFLOWER GARDEN

6. Coreopsis tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis)

7. Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' (Switch Grass)

MIXED BORDER

8. Nandina domestica 'Seika' OBSESSION

9. Abelia grandiflora "Kaleidoscope'

10. Vitex agnus-castus (Chaste Tree)

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.