"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


September 16, 2019


Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Spotted horsemint with spurred butterfly pea vine.
Spotted horsemint with spurred butterfly pea vine. Photo by Debbie Roos.
The beautyberry is purpling up!
The beautyberry is purpling up! Photo by Debbie Roos.
Charming, diminutive yellow passionflower
Charming, diminutive yellow passionflower. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week



Mexican giant hyssop
Agastache mexicana 'Acapulco Orange' Mexican giant hyssop * native to Mexico
Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
Dwarf indigo bush
Amorpha herbacea Dwarf indigo bush
Carolina doll's daisy
Boltonia caroliniana Carolina doll's daisy
Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepeta Lesser calamint * exotic
Fringed poppy mallow
Callirhoe digitata Fringed poppy mallow (winecup) * central U.S.
Spurred butterfly-pea
Centrosema virginianum Spurred butterfly-pea
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
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.
Tall tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris Tall tickseed
Whorled tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata Whorled tickseed
American dittany
Cunila origanoides American dittany/wild oregano
Purple prairie clover
Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover * central U.S.
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
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Velvet mallow
Hibiscus grandiflora Velvet mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica Seashore mallow
Grosso lavender
Lavendula x intermedia 'Grosso' Grosso lavender * exotic
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
Catmint

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'

Catmint

* exotic

Cutleaf evening primrose
Oenothera berlandieri  'Siskiyou' Evening primrose * southwest U.S.
Ornamental oregano
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' Ornamental oregano * exotic
Purple passion flower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower vine
Yellow passion flower vine
Passiflora lutea Yellow passionflower vine
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

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
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-eyed susan
Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha 'All Purple' Mexican bush sage

* Mexico

Hoary skullcap
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Starry rosinweed
Silphium asteriscus Starry rosinweed
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant
Early goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Early goldenrod

Eastern gray goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis Eastern gray goldenrod
Sweet goldenrod

Solidago odora

Sweet goldenrod

Prairie goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides Prairie goldenrod
'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Rough-leaf goldenrod
'Solar Cascade' goldenrod
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' Goldenrod
Showy goldenrod
Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
'Bluebird' 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
Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost aster
Spiderwort

Tradescantia x 'Purple Profusion'

Spiderwort

Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea Society garlic * exotic
Hoary vervain

Verbena stricta

Hoary vervain

Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii Threadleaf ironweed
New York ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed