"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


October 19, 2020


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.


See a slideshow of September blooms in the pollinator garden.

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
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
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
Purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Purple coneflower

Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset
Roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium Roundleaf thoroughwort
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
Geranium 'Rozanne'
Geranium 'Rozanne' Hardy geranium * exotic
Swamp sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius 'Mellow Yellow' Swamp sunflower
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 beebalm
Monarda fruticulosa Spotted beebalm * native to Texas
Purple passion flower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passion flower vine
Obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' Obedient plant
Narrowleaf silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia Narrowleaf silkgrass
Whorled mountain mint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled mountain mint
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed coneflower
Blue sage
Salvia azurea Azure blue sage
Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha 'All Purple' Mexican bush sage

* Mexico

'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 '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

Stemless ironweed
Vernonia acaulis Stemless ironweed
Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii Threadleaf ironweed