"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


October 18, 2021


Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Yellow wildflowers interspersed with wispy seedhead grasses in a meadow
Splitbeard bluestem, Maryland golden aster, and aromatic aster. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Bumblebee clinging to pink tubular flowers with head inside a blossom
Bumble bee snoozing on obedient plant. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Purple daisy-like wildflowers clustered over a background of yellow dried flowers
American clasping aster and gray goldenrod. 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.
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
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
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 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

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
Mexican hat
Ratibida columnifera
Mexican hat
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Orange coneflower
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha 'All Purple' Mexican bush sage

* Mexico

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
'Bluebird' smooth aster
Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve 'Bluebird' Smooth 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
Spiderwort

Tradescantia x 'Purple Profusion'

Spiderwort

Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea
Society garlic
* exotic
Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard

Stemless ironweed
Vernonia acaulis Stemless ironweed