"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


September 5, 2022


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Young Carolina anole on native velvet mallow.
Young Carolina anole on native velvet mallow. Photo by Debbie Roos.
variegated fritillary chrysalis
Variegated fritillary butterfly chrysalis. Photo by Debbie Roos.
variegated fritillary butterfly
Variegated fritillary butterfly moments after eclosing from the chrysalis pictured above. Photo by Debbie Roos.
wasp on horsemint
Katydid wasp on spotted horsemint. Photo by Debbie Roos.
spring peeper on cup plant
Spring peeper on cup plant. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
Prairie poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata Prairie poppy mallow * central U.S.
Spurred butterfly-pea
Centrosema virginianum Spurred butterfly-pea
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii Pink turtlehead
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
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
Oxeye daisy
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Summer Nights' Oxeye daisy
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Velvet mallow
Hibiscus grandiflorus Velvet mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica Seashore mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica 'Immaculate' Seashore mallow
Cardinal flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal flower

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
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
Loomis' mountain mint
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' mountain mint
Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed 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
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Sweet goldenrod

Solidago odora

Sweet goldenrod

Early goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Early goldenrod

Small’s goldenrod
Solidago pinetorum Small's goldenrod
'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Rough-leaf goldenrod
Solar Cascade goldenrod
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' Goldenrod
Heath aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snowflurry' Heath aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost aster
Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Stemless ironweed
Vernonia acaulis
Stemless ironweed
Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii
Threadleaf ironweed
New York ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed