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Tag Archives: New England Aster
Taking a Closer Look at Roadside Wildflowers
Many of the wildflowers seen along local roadways or on day-trips to the beach or mountains (those yellow, orange, purple or pink blurs) can be viewed close-up in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden in Arlington, VA. Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Tagged Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias tuberosa, black-eyed Susans, blazing star, brown-eyed Susans, Butterfly Weed, common milkweed, dandelion, Eutrochium dubium, Heath aster, Hemerocallis fulva, ironweed, Joe-Pye Weed, liatris, liatris spicata, mullein, New England Aster, Orange Coneflower, orange daylily, rudbeckia fulgida, Rudbeckia triloba, Solidago altissima, Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’, Swamp Milkweed, Symphyotrichum ericoides, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Tall goldenrod, Taraxacum officinale, Verbascum thapsus, Vernonia noveboracensis
Flowers That Attract Pollinators and Robbers to a Garden
The shape, color, structure and odor of a flower usually determine the type of pollinators it attracts. A flower requires a pollinator that will visit it regularly and successfully transfer pollen in and/or between it and other flowers of its species to ensure fruit and seed production. For the service of pollination, the flower provides a reward: usually food such as nectar and/or pollen. Thus plants and their pollinators enjoy a mutualistic relationship. Continue reading
Posted in Pollinators
Tagged Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm', Aquilegia canadensis, Asclepias, blue wood aster, Buddleia, butterfly bush, cardinal flower, common boneset, common milkweed, coneflowers, Creating Inviting Habitats, dahlia, Echinacea, goldenrod, Hyssop-leaf Thoroughwort, Iris versicolor, jewelweed, Joe-Pye Weed, Lonicera sempervirens, milkweed, Monarda, mutualistic, nectar robbers, New England Aster, Onethera speciosa, pollinator syndromes, Red Buckeye, Rudbeckia, salvia, Solidago, wild columbine
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PERENNIAL: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
Learn more about these lovely asters and watch a video with monarchs and other pollinators. Continue reading
