"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


October 4, 2021


Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.


Bee
Carpenter bees
Carpenter bees on eastern horsemint. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Monarch caterpillar
Monarch caterpillar on common milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Argiope spider
Argiope spider on Maryland golden aster. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


'Paprika' yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic

Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris
Licorice hyssop
* native to southwest U.S.
'Jin Dai' aster
Aster tataricus 'Jin Dai' Dwarf tatarian aster * exotic
Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepeta
Lesser calamint
* exotic
Pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii Pink turtlehead
Maryland golden aster
Chrysopis mariana Maryland golden aster
Georgia savory
Clinopodium georgianum Georgia savory
Wild ageratum
Conoclinium coelestinum Wild ageratum/mistflower
Palmleaf thoroughwort
Conoclinium greggii
Gregg's mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort
* native to southwestern U.S.
Lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata
Lanceleaf tickseed
Swamp tickseed
Coreopsis palustris Swamp tickseed
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
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus
Red rose mallow
Stiff-leaf aster
Ionactus linarifolius Stiff-leaf aster
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica Seashore mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica 'Immaculate' Seashore mallow
'Grosso' lavender
Lavendula x intermedia 'Grosso' Grosso lavender * exotic
Appalachian blazing star

Liatris squarrulosa

Appalachian blazing star

Great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Great blue lobelia

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
Obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Obedient plant
Narrowleaf silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia Narrowleaf silkgrass
Appalachian mountain mint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Appalachian mountain mint
Mexican hat
Ratibida columnifera
Mexican hat
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Orange coneflower
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Brown-eyed susan
Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha 'All Purple' Mexican bush sage

* Mexico

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
Solar Cascade goldenrod
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' Goldenrod
Eastern silvery aster
Symphyotrichum concolor Eastern silvery aster
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
Heath aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snowflurry' Heath aster
Georgia aster
Symphyotrichum georgianum Georgia 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
Spiderwort

Tradescantia x 'Purple Profusion'

Spiderwort

Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea
Society garlic
* exotic
Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard