Bloom Time: Late Summer

  • Virginia Meadow Beauty

    Virginia Meadow Beauty is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 1–2 ft and blooms in late summer and fall with bright pink/rose flowers. It offers valuable nectar and pollen and important larval-host relationships.

  • Pasture Thistle

    Pasture Thistle

    Pasture Thistle is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 4–6 ft and blooms in early summer, mid summer, late summer, and fall with lilac/purple flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.

  • Purpletop Grass

    Purpletop Grass

    Purpletop Grass is a Virginia native local-ecotype grass/sedge that typically reaches 3–7 ft and blooms in late summer and fall with purple panicles flowers. It offers valuable nectar and pollen, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.

  • Maryland Senna

    Maryland Senna

    Maryland Senna is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 3–4 ft and blooms in early summer, mid summer, late summer, and fall with yellow flowers. It offers valuable nectar and pollen, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.

  • New England Aster

    New England Aster

    New England Aster is a Virginia native wildflower that typically reaches 3–6 ft and blooms in late summer and fall with pink/purple/blue flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.

  • New York Ironweed

    New York Ironweed

    New York Ironweed is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 4–6 ft and blooms in late summer and fall with purple flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.

  • Panicled Aster

    Panicled Aster

    Panicled Aster is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 3–5 ft and blooms in late summer and fall with white flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.

  • Great Blue Lobelia

    Great Blue Lobelia

    Great Blue Lobelia is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 1–3 ft and blooms in early summer, mid summer, late summer, and fall with lavender-blue flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value and important larval-host relationships.

  • Heath Aster

    Heath Aster

    Heath Aster is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 1–3 ft and blooms in late summer and fall with white flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.

  • Hoary Mountain Mint

    Hoary Mountain Mint

    Hoary Mountain Mint is a Virginia native wildflower that typically reaches 2–4 ft and blooms in early summer, mid summer, late summer, and fall with white to pale lavender flowers. It offers exceptional pollinator value and important larval-host relationships.