"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


September 30, 2019


Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Late September naturalized bed with spotted horsemint, common milkweed, little bluestem, narrow-leaf silkgrass, aromatic aster, and lanceleaf blanketflower.
Late September naturalized bed with spotted horsemint, common milkweed, little bluestem, narrow-leaf silkgrass, aromatic aster, and lanceleaf blanketflower. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Late September: I love this time of year when the native grasses bloom: muhly grass, splitbeard bluestem, wild ageratum, and green-headed coneflower.
Late September: I love this time of year when the native grasses bloom: muhly grass, splitbeard bluestem, wild ageratum, and green-headed coneflower. Photo by Debbie Roos.
variegated fritillary chrysalis on blue vervain in the pollinator garden.
Exquisite variegated fritillary chrysalis on the seedheads of blue vervain in the pollinator garden. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week



'Paprika' yarrow

Achillea x 'Paprika'

Yarrow

* exotic

Mexican giant hyssop
Agastache mexicana 'Acapulco Orange' Mexican giant hyssop * native to Mexico
Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
Climbing aster
Ampelaster carolinianus Climbing aster
'Jin Dai' aster
Aster tataricus 'Jin Dai' Dwarf tatarian aster * exotic
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.
Swamp tickseed
Coreopsis palustris Swamp 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
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
'Dilys' geranium
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
'Rozanne' geranium
Geranium 'Rozanne' Hardy geranium * exotic
Swamp sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius 'Gold Lace' Swamp sunflower
Red rose mallow
Hibiscus coccineus Red rose mallow
Stiff-leaf aster
Ionactus linarifolius Stiff-leaf aster
Seashore mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica Seashore mallow
'Grosso' lavender
Lavendula x intermedia 'Grosso' Grosso lavender * exotic
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.
Purple passionflower vine
Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower vine
Yellow passionflower vine
Passiflora lutea Yellow passionflower vine
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
Blue sage
Salvia azurea Azure blue sage

* Mexico

Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha 'All Purple' Mexican bush sage

* Mexico

'Autumn Joy' stonecrop
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop * exotic
Bluestem goldenrod
Solidago caesia Bluestem goldenrod
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
Showy goldenrod
Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod
'Peachie's Pick' stokes' aster
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick' Stokes' aster
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
'Purple Dome' aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' New England aster
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Ruby' New England aster
Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies' Aromatic aster
Skyblue aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense Skyblue aster
Clasping American aster
Symphyotrichum patens Clasping American 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

Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard