"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


October 17, 2022


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

American bumble bee foraging on Appalachian blazing star.
American bumble bee foraging on Appalachian blazing star. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Variegated fritillary on aromatic aster
Variegated fritillary on aromatic aster. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Monarch chrysalis on common milkweed
Monarch chrysalis on common milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Maryland golden aster and New England aster.
Maryland golden aster and New England aster. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Black swallowtail caterpillar on bronze fennel.
Black swallowtail caterpillar on bronze fennel. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


'Paprika' yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic

Climbing aster
Ampelaster carolinianus Climbing aster
'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
Stiff-leaf aster
Ionactus linarifolius Stiff-leaf aster
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
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
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
'Raydon's Favorite' aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Raydon's Favorite' 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