"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


October 7, 2024


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Indian blanket and lanceleaf blanket flower are at peak bloom in the fall.
Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) and lanceleaf blanket flower (Gaillardia aestivalis 'Grape Sensation') are at peak bloom in the fall. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Appalachian blazing star with Maryland golden aster
Appalachian blazing star (Liatris squarrulosa) with Maryland golden aster (Chrysopsis mariana). Photo by Debbie Roos.
Variegated fritillary caterpillar on purple passionflower vine.
Variegated fritillary caterpillar on purple passionflower vine. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week

Small-leaf white snakeroot
Ageratina aromatica Small-leaf white snakeroot
Climbing aster
Ampelaster carolinianus Climbing aster
'Jin Dai' aster
Aster tataricus 'Jin Dai' Dwarf tatarian aster * exotic
Tiny tubular 5-petaled flowers in clusters in the upper leaf axils and stem tips from May to September. Flowers are white to greenish-white

Boltonia asteroides

White doll's daisy

Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
Prairie poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S.
Maryland golden aster
Chrysopsis mariana Maryland golden aster
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
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
Tall tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
Tall tickseed
Whorled tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed
American dittany
Cunila origanoides American dittany/wild oregano
Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset
Flowering spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge

small white flowers
Eurybia divaricatus
White wood aster
Light Pink sparse petals around a dark red center.
Gaillardia aestivalis 'Grape Sensation' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Pink petals with yellow tips around a yellow and burgundy center.
Gaillardia pulchella Indian blanket
Beeblossom
Gaura lindheimeri 'Belleza Dark Pink' Beeblossom * Texas
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica Seashore mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica 'Immaculate' Seashore mallow
The inflorescence is made up of rose-purple fluffy disc flowers in small groups on terminal spikes. Blooms late summer into fall.
Liatris microcephala Dwarf gayfeather
Blazing star
Liatris scariosa Devil's bite
Pink purple flowers
Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii Nieuwland's blazing star
* northeastern U.S.
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
Prairie goldenrod
Oligoneuron album Prairie goldenrod
Wild quinine
Parthenium integrifolium  Wild quinine
Purple passionflower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower vine
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

1 inch pale purple to rose flowers borne in a showy terminal spike. The corolla is swollen at the throat, the upper lip is domed, the lower lip spreading with three lobes. Blooms from July to October.
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Obedient plant
Narrowleaf silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia Narrowleaf silkgrass
Appalachian mountain mint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint
Loomis' mountain mint
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' mountain mint
Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Virginia mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Hoary skullcap
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant

Solidago bicolor

White goldenrod

Bluestem goldenrod
Solidago caesia Bluestem goldenrod
'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Rough-leaf goldenrod
Solar Cascade goldenrod
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod
Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' Stokes' aster
Eastern silvery aster
Symphyotrichum concolor Eastern silvery aster
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
Heath aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snowflurry' Heath aster
Clasping American aster
Symphyotrichum patens Clasping American aster
Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost aster
Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard

Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii
Threadleaf ironweed