"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


October 3, 2022


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Brown silken cocoon attached to dried plant stems amid spiderweb strands
Egg sac of garden writing spider on stemless ironweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Bee covered in yellow pollen feeding on a purple-and-white passionflower
Carpenter bee coated in pollen from purple passionflower. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Pink flower bud wrapped by green sepals against a black background
Unfurled bloom of swamp rose mallow. Photo by Debbie Roos.
White wildflowers and dried brown seedheads in meadow with yellow goldenrod
Fall layers. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Clusters of yellow wildflowers growing among tall dry reddish-brown grasses
Maryland golden aster with splitbeard bluestem grass. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week

'Paprika' yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic
'Jin Dai' aster
Aster tataricus 'Jin Dai' Dwarf tatarian aster * exotic
Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii Pink turtlehead
Georgia savory
Clinopodium georgianum Georgia savory
Maryland golden aster
Chrysopsis mariana Maryland golden aster
Wild ageratum
Conoclinium coelestinum Wild ageratum/mistflower
Palmleaf thoroughwort
Conoclinium greggii
Gregg's mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort
* native to southwestern U.S.
Tall tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall tickseed
Whorled tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed
American dittany
Cunila origanoides American dittany/wild oregano
Flowering spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge
White wood aster
Eurybia divaricatus
White wood aster
Burgundy blanketflower
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica 'Immaculate' Seashore mallow
'Grosso' lavender
Lavendula x intermedia 'Grosso' Grosso lavender * exotic
Appalachian blazing star

Liatris squarrulosa

Appalachian blazing star
Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane', 'Major Wheeler', and 'John Clayton'

Honeysuckle
Spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata Spotted horsemint
Purple passionflower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower vine
Yellow passion flower vine
Passiflora lutea
Yellow passion flower vine
Obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Obedient plant
Narrowleaf silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia Narrowleaf silkgrass
Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Bluestem goldenrod
Solidago caesia Bluestem goldenrod
Early goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Early goldenrod
Eastern gray goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis Eastern gray goldenrod
'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Rough-leaf goldenrod
Eastern silvery aster
Symphyotrichum concolor Eastern silvery aster
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
Heath aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snowflurry' Heath aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies' Aromatic aster
Clasping American aster
Symphyotrichum patens Clasping American aster
Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost aster
Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard
Stemless ironweed
Vernonia acaulis
Stemless ironweed
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