Late summer photos #1 Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden


Sweet Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum L.). Family: Compositae (Composite). Located in the Upland Garden in numerous clumps, the flowers are very attractive to butterflies. This variety has a solid stem, greenish with purple usually only at the leaf nodes. Close-up photo under.

	Culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.). Family: Figwort. Found in many places in the Upland Garden, this plant will grow well in the home garden also. Second image on roll-over.


Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa L.). Family: Mint. Varieties of this plant are marketed in the nursery trade as "Monardas". The plant is very attractive to bees. Flower close-up image on roll-over.

	Green-headed Coneflower (Goldenglow) (Rudbeckia laciniata L.). Family: Aster. The early center disk is greenish-yellow, turning to brown as the flower develops. The leaves differ from the Gray-headed Coneflower. Upland and Woodland Gardens. Found around Minnesota in scattered places. Close-up image under.

	Field thistle (Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.). Family: Composite. Upland Garden. A common plant of fields and roadsides with deeply cut leaves. A favorite of bees and butterflies. Close-up image under.

	A Swallowtail butterfly on a Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.) Flower in the Upland Garden.


Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.). Family:Aster. Upland Garden along the edges of the paths. The flowers will only open in the sun and may close by early afternoon. A native of Eurasia, now naturalized in parts of Minnesota. Spreads easily by seeds so beware in the home garden.

	Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata L.). Family: Spurge. Upland Garden. Small flowers in open clusters branching out above a distinctive whorl of leaves, which are otherwise alternate below the whorl. Occurs most in Southeastern Minnesota. Close-up image under.

	Zig-zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis L.). Family: Composite. This plant from the Woodland Garden. Flowers in the leaf axils. Leaves tend to be more oval at lower parts of the stem, which develops a characteristic zig-zag. Found widely in Minnesota except the original dry prairie areas. Close-up image under.

	Big Blue Stem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman). Seed head developing on this prominent prairie grass in mid-August. Upland Garden.

Gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart). Family: Composite. Found in Minnesota south of the Twin Cities. A different Genus than the other coneflowers. Close-up on roll-over..


Partridge-pea (Cassia fasciculata (Michx.). Family: Pea. Close-up image under.

Prairie Rosinweed (Prairie Dock) (Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq.). Family: Aster. As the tallest flower in the Upland Garden you cannot miss this giant. This is the last of the four Silphiums in the Upland Garden to bloom. Close-up image under.


Jewelweed. (Spotted Jewelweed) (Impatiens capensis Meerb.). Family: Touch-me-not. Late summer color in the Woodland Garden. Also commonly called- "Touch-me-not." Close-up image on roll-over.

New England Blazing Star (Northern Blazing Star) (Liatris scariosa (L.) Willd. var. novae-angliae Lunell) Family: Aster. Upland Garden. Close up image under.


Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta L.). Family: Composite. Found throughout the Upland Garden. Close-up image under.


Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.). The same plant as the blue flowered one shown at the left. While the majority of the plants in the Upland Garden have blue flowers, they occasionally can be white. This plant grows near several blue flowered ones at the east end of the Upland Garden.

Obedient Plant (False Dragonhead.) (Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.). Family: Mint. Woodland Garden on the bog path. Bloom begins in mid August. The common name is from the tendency of the flower to remain in a position it is placed in. Common to most of Minnesota in moist areas. Close-up image under.

American Bellflower (Tall Bellflower). (Campanula americana L.). Family: Bluebell. Woodland Garden. The star-shaped flowers a light blue with a prominent curved style in the center. Found most in the southern woody third of Minnesota.

Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash). Seed head developing on this common prairie grass in mid-August. Upland Garden.

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Seasonal Photos - Late Summer - #1

	Friends of the Wild Flower Garden Seasonal Photos - Late Summer - #1

In late summer, mid July to early September, the Upland Garden becomes a riot of color with plants of all sizes blooming in a multitude of colors. All the plants pictured on this page are usually blooming around mid-August. Click on the Fringed Gentian image when it appears and see more information on the plant in the photo. Some photos on this page where noted will show a second image upon a mouse roll-over. More photos and plant information can be found by looking up individual plants in the "Archive/Site Plan"