What's in Bloom?
September 8, 2025
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.
Here's What's Blooming This Week
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Agastache x 'Blue Fortune'
Anise hyssop
* hybrid of U.S. native
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Apios americana
Groundnut |
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Boltonia asteroides White doll's daisy |
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Calamintha nepeta
Lesser calamint
* exotic
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Callirhoe involucrata
Prairie poppy mallow
* central U.S.
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Centrosema virginianum
Spurred butterfly-pea
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Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush |
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Chelone glabra
White turtlehead |
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Chelone obliqua
Pink turtlehead |
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Cirsium discolor
Field thistle
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Clinopodium georgianum
Georgia savory
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Conoclinium coelestinum
Wild ageratum/mistflower
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Conoclinium greggii
Gregg's mistflower/ palmleaf thoroughwort
* native to southwestern U.S. |
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Coreopsis tripteris
Tall tickseed |
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Coreopsis verticillata
Whorled tickseed
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Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
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Eupatorium perfoliatum
Boneset
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Euphorbia corollata Flowering spurge |
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Eurybia divaricatus
White wood aster |
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Foeniculum rubrum
Bronze fennel
*exotic
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Gaillardia 'Burgundy'
Lanceleaf blanketflower
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Gaillardia pulchella
Indian blanket
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Gaura lindheimeri 'Belleza Dark Pink'
Beeblossom
* Texas
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Hibiscus coccineus
Red rose mallow
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Hibiscus grandiflorus
Velvet mallow
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Kosteletzkya virginica
Seashore mallow
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Liatris scariosa
Devil's bite
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Liatris squarrulosa Appalachian blazing star |
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Lobelia siphilitica Great blue lobelia |
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Lonicera sempervirens
'Cedar Lane', 'Major Wheeler',
and 'John Clayton'
Honeysuckle |
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Monarda punctata
Spotted horsemint
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Oligoneuron album
Prairie goldenrod
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Parthenium integrifolium
Wild quinine
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Passiflora incarnata
Purple passionflower vine
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Passiflora lutea
Yellow passion flower vine |
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Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' Garden phlox |
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Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Obedient plant |
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Pityopsis graminifolia
Narrowleaf silkgrass
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Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Appalachian mountain mint
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Pycnanthemum incanum
Hoary mountain mint
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Pycnanthemum loomisii
Loomis' mountain mint
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Pycnanthemum muticum
Short-toothed mountain mint
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Rudbeckia fulgida
Orange coneflower
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Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-headed coneflower |
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Scrophularia marilandica
Late figwort
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Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Stonecrop
* exotic
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Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant |
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Solidago bicolor White goldenrod |
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Solidago caesia
Bluestem goldenrod
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Solidago juncea Early goldenrod |
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Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
Rough-leaf goldenrod
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Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade'
Goldenrod
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Solidago speciosa
Showy goldenrod
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Stokesia laevis
'Peachie's Pick'
Stokes' aster
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Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Blue wood aster
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Symphyotrichum ericoides
'Snowflurry'
Heath aster
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
'September Ruby'
New England aster
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Symphyotrichum pilosum
Frost aster
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Tulbaghia violacea
Society garlic
* exotic
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Verbena hastata Blue vervain |
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Verbena stricta Hoary vervain |
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Vernonia lettermanii
Threadleaf ironweed |
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Vernonia noveboracensis
New York ironweed
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