"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


September 23, 2024


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Spurred butterfly pea vine and narrow-leaf Carolina phlox.
Spurred butterfly pea vine and narrow-leaf Carolina phlox. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Gravid green lynx spider on velvet mallow.
Gravid green lynx spider on velvet mallow. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Ambush bug on devil's bite
Ambush bug on devil's bite. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


'Jin Dai' aster
Aster tataricus 'Jin Dai' Dwarf tatarian aster * exotic
Tiny tubular 5-petaled flowers in clusters in the upper leaf axils and stem tips from May to September. Flowers are white to greenish-white

Boltonia asteroides

White doll's daisy

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
Maryland golden aster
Chrysopsis mariana Maryland golden aster
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
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
American dittany
Cunila origanoides American dittany/wild oregano
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
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica Seashore mallow
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica 'Immaculate' Seashore mallow
The inflorescence is made up of rose-purple fluffy disc flowers in small groups on terminal spikes. Blooms late summer into fall.
Liatris microcephala Dwarf gayfeather
Blazing star
Liatris scariosa Devil's bite
Pink purple flowers
Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii Nieuwland's blazing star
* northeastern U.S.
Appalachian blazing star

Liatris squarrulosa

Appalachian blazing star

Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane', 'Major Wheeler', and 'John Clayton'

Honeysuckle

Spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata Spotted horsemint
Prairie goldenrod
Oligoneuron album Prairie goldenrod
Wild quinine
Parthenium integrifolium  Wild quinine
Purple passionflower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower vine
Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

Phlox carolina ssp. angusta

Narrowleaf Carolina phlox

1 inch pale purple to rose flowers borne in a showy terminal spike. The corolla is swollen at the throat, the upper lip is domed, the lower lip spreading with three lobes. Blooms from July to October.
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Obedient plant
Appalachian mountain mint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian mountain mint
Loomis' mountain mint
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' mountain mint
Short-toothed mountain mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed mountain mint
Narrow-leaf mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaf 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
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Flowers with yellow cents and white petals.

Solidago bicolor

White goldenrod

'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Rough-leaf goldenrod
Solar Cascade goldenrod
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' Goldenrod
Green stems with lots of small yellow flowers.
Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod
Stokes' aster 'Peachie's Pick'
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' Stokes' aster
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost aster
Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard

Threadleaf ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii
Threadleaf ironweed