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Butterfly Garden

Drought Tolerant Garden

Native Garden

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Winter Garden

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Small Space

Walkways

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Foundation Planting

Small groups

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Butterflies

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Drought

Entryway Garden, Cabarrus County Extension Office

Planting to right of doorway

Summer

Planting to right of doorway Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush Summer Lilac Buddleia davidii
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Ilex glabra Appalachian Tea Gallberry Inkberry Leaves
Rudbeckia hirta Black Eyed Susan Black-Eyed Susan Gloriosa Daisy Composite head detail
Description

This garden is at the entrance to the Cabarrus County Extension Office door entryway. It actually extends around the building and has a walkway for one to enjoy the plants. It features several native plants. Note the peeling bark of the nine-bark tree-form hybrid. It is beautiful all year long. 

Planting to right of doorway

Summer

Planting to right of doorway Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush Summer Lilac Buddleia davidii
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Ilex glabra Appalachian Tea Gallberry Inkberry Leaves
Rudbeckia hirta Black Eyed Susan Black-Eyed Susan Gloriosa Daisy Composite head detail
Left of doorway (after a storm)

Summer

Left of doorway (after a storm) Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine' Ninebark Nine Bark Summer Wine Ninebark Form
Late winter-Early March

Winter

Late winter- Early March Garden age: 4 years K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Gaillardia x grandiflora Blanket Flower Form of 'Goblin'
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine' Ninebark Nine Bark Summer Wine Ninebark Form
Late winter- early March

Winter

Late winter- early March Garden age: 4 years K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Gaillardia x grandiflora Blanket Flower Form of 'Goblin'
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Ilex verticillata Black Alder Common Winterberry Winterberry ilex verticillata fruit and leaves
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine' Ninebark Nine Bark Summer Wine Ninebark Form
Planting to right of doorway

Summer

Planting to right of doorway Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush Summer Lilac Buddleia davidii
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Ilex glabra Appalachian Tea Gallberry Inkberry Leaves
Rudbeckia hirta Black Eyed Susan Black-Eyed Susan Gloriosa Daisy Composite head detail
Left of doorway (after a storm)

Summer

Left of doorway (after a storm) Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine' Ninebark Nine Bark Summer Wine Ninebark Form
Late winter-Early March

Winter

Late winter- Early March Garden age: 4 years K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Echinacea purpurea Coneflower Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower Flowers (Wake County, NC)
Gaillardia x grandiflora Blanket Flower Form of 'Goblin'
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine' Ninebark Nine Bark Summer Wine Ninebark Form
Late winter- early March

Winter

Late winter- early March Garden age: 4 years K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Carex pensylvanica Oak Sedge Pennsylvania Sedge Plantainleaf Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Gaillardia x grandiflora Blanket Flower Form of 'Goblin'
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John's-Wort Goatweed Klamath Weed Form
Ilex verticillata Black Alder Common Winterberry Winterberry ilex verticillata fruit and leaves
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Summer Wine' Ninebark Nine Bark Summer Wine Ninebark Form