"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

What's in Bloom?


September 18, 2023


 

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.


All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted.

Black butterfly with orange and blue markings on mountain mint.
Black swallowtail on mountain mint. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Monarchs chowing leaves
Monarch caterpillars chowing down on common milkweed. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Hummingbird moths nectaring on field thistle
Hummingbird moths nectaring on field thistle under the watchful eyes of a green lynx spider. Photo by Debbie Roos.
Assassin bug feeding on leafhopper on velvet mallow. Photo by Debbie Roos.

Here's What's Blooming This Week


'Blue Fortune' anise hyssop
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' Anise hyssop * hybrid of U.S. native
Licorice hyssop
Agastache rupestris Licorice hyssop * native to southwest U.S.
Maroon or reddish-brown pea-like flowers with 5 petals in compact racemes arising from leaf axils. Blooms from June to Aug.
Apios americana
Groundnut
'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
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii Pink turtlehead
Maryland golden aster
Chrysopsis mariana Maryland golden aster
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
Roundleaf thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium Roundleaf thoroughwort
Flowering spurge

Euphorbia corollata

Flowering spurge

small white flowers
Eurybia divaricatus
White wood aster
Burgundy blanketflower
Gaillardia 'Burgundy' Lanceleaf blanketflower
Beeblossom
Gaura lindheimeri 'Belleza Dark Pink' Beeblossom * Texas
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dilys' Hardy geranium * exotic
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
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
blazing star
Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii Nieuwland's blazing star
* northeastern U.S.
Appalachian blazing star

Liatris squarrulosa

Appalachian blazing star

Great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Great blue lobelia

Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane' and 'Major Wheeler'
Spotted beebalm
Monarda fruticulosa
Spotted beebalm
* native to Texas
Spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata Spotted horsemint
Prairie goldenrod
Oligoneuron album Prairie goldenrod
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
Narrowleaf silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia Narrowleaf silkgrass
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
Late figwort
Scrophularia marilandica Late figwort
Hoary skullcap
Scutellaria incana Hoary skullcap
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant
Early goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Early goldenrod

'Fireworks' rough-leaf goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' Rough-leaf goldenrod
Solar Cascade goldenrod
Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' Goldenrod
bright yellow flowers
Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue wood aster
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
Yellow crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

Yellow crownbeard

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