What's in Bloom?
Allium 'Gladiator' - Flowering Onion
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| Meetinghouse entrance sign beds |
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| with Salvia 'Blue Hill' |
Salvia 'Blue Hill' - Meadow sage
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Meetinghouse entrance sign. This adorable bumble bee has full pollen baskets! These are the part of the legs that collect pollen.
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Geum triflorum - Prairie smoke, native
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| Community Center Large Containers |
Coreopsis lanceolata - lanceleaf tickseed, native
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| Community Center large containers, various other places |
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| Abington West Pond |
Chionanthus virginicus - Fringe tree, native
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| Community Center - fading now |
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| Fringe tree up close. This small native tree is in the Oleaceae family (Olive) |
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexander, native
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| In the meadow. Also planted at Community Center. Host plant for Black Swallowtails! |
Bletilla striata - urn orchid
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| Greenhouse garden beds - isn't this gorgeous?! |
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| Next to a rose - beautiful colors! Lots of roses in bloom over here too! |
Gaillardia sp. - Blanket flower, native
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| Greenhouse garden beds |
Lonicera sempervirens - Coral honeysuckle, native
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| Pollinator Garden by Greenhouse |
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| An excellent native vine. The flowers attract hummingbirds and pollinators. Fruit feeds birds. |
Baptisia australis - Blue false indigo, natvie
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| Big ones around the Herb Garden. I love this plant! A true workhorse in the garden. |
Nymphaea spp. - water lily
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| Gwynedd pond garden by Rehab. Gorgeous! |
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| Gwynedd Pond |
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| Abington West garden. You can see them while walking by the windows - check them out! Andy cares for these aquatic plants. |
Irises are blooming, but check out the new turtle water feature in Gwynedd pond - too cute!
Gillenia trifoliata - Bowman's root, native
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| Gwynedd pond. An underused native. |
Oenothera speciosa and Achillea 'Moonshine' - Pinkladies and yarrow, native
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| Gwynedd pond. A pretty combination that I think we need more of! |
Amsonia tabernaemontana - Bluestar, native
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| Gwynedd pond. New plants are starting to bloom at community center. Another garden workhorse! |
Chrysogonum 'Superstar' - Green and gold, native
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| Abington West Pond. Check these out while walking by the windows! An easy native groundcover. |
The best for last....
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw, native
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| Across from the meadow heading to the dog park. The flowers are now fading. |
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| The flowers are a maroon color that attract flies and beetles! |
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| A pawpaw patch forming - five trees planted so far |
Thanks!!
-Julie
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