Bloom Times: October

Frost Aster

Flowers with 16-35 white petals. The center is yellow to reddish.

Garden Cosmos

Pink, white or lavender cup-shaped flowers with a yellow center.

Hairy Cat’s-ear

Dandelion-like flowers with many yellow petals. Each petal is squared-off and has 5 teeth. The flowers are solitary at the end of tall, leafless stems. The lobed, hairy leaves form a basal rosette.

Hairy Leafcup

Clusters of yellow, daisy-like flowers with 8-15 petals. The plant is large, growing up to 10 feet tall. The leaves are also large, up to 14 inches long.

Hairy Sunflower

Yellow daisy-like flowers with 10-15 petals. The hairy leaves have stalks.

Heal-All

Small bluish to lavender or white flowers in a cylinder-shaped head. The flower is tubular with a hooded upper lip. The lower lip is fringed and has 3 lobes.

Heartleaf Pickerelweed

Bright lavender-blue tubular flowers in a dense spike up to 5 inches long. Flowers bloom from the bottom up.

Henbit

Tubular flowers split into 2 lips. The upper lip is hooded and hairy. The lower, drooping lip has 3 lobes and purple spots. 6-10 flowers cluster at the top of the stem.

Hollow Joe-Pye-Weed

Clusters of light purple to pink flowers on a stem with a white, waxy coating.