"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


October 21, 2024


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Monarch and painted lady on buttonbush
Monarch and painted lady on buttonbush. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Black swallowtail caterpillar that has just molted. Its shed exoskeleton is to the left.
Black swallowtail caterpillar that has just molted. Its shed exoskeleton is to the left. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Beautiful egg sac of an Argiope spider.
Beautiful egg sac of an Argiope spider. 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
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
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
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
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica Seashore mallow
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
Narrowleaf silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia Narrowleaf silkgrass
Appalachian mountain mint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint
Green-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
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
Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard
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