Taking Liberties with Wildflower Wednesday

It's October, so some foliage and spent blooms made it into the post for this month's wildflower Wednesday, hosted by Gail, blogger at Clay and Limestone the fourth Wednesday of the month.

A few of the plants, such as this Black-eyed susan, have some new blooms joining the seedheads.

The New England asters are almost finished blooming, but I'm glad there is still some color.

Mexican hats have a nice long bloom time.  The Little bluestem plants, such as the one on the right, are looking pretty for fall.

The Riddell's goldenrod still has color.

Someone online told me that deadheading Gray-head coneflowers does not cause them to bloom more.  I did not deadhead the ones in the front here, but can you see the yellow in the background?  I did deadhead those, I think, in late August or early September, and they are still blooming.

The birds have been enjoying the coneflower seeds.  I think the blooms here are a kind of Boltonia.

I know I show Short toothed mountain mint a lot, but please bear with me, because it is one of my favorites.

I am glad I planted several more Amsonia hubrichtii plants around the yard, and am enjoying them as they begin to put on their fall colors.

Poppy mallows are fun ground cover plants that spread around, but do not root where the stems land.

I love Rattlesnake master!  (The buds in the background on the right are Illinois bundleflower.)

Joe-pye weed is looking quite fluffy.

Illinois bundleflower seed heads and leaves look very pretty to me.  I've mentioned this is the first season I've grown them.

You can see the seeds now.

The Wild quinine are looking kind of lacy to me.  This is another favorite plant of mine and the bees.

I'm not sure what kind of pollinator this is on the Grayhead coneflower bloom.

The Sweet black-eyed susans are pretty much finished blooming, but there are a few left.  That's a spent Liatris pycnostachya 'Eureka' lying down behind the susan.  The 'Eureka' was written by hand on the tag when I got it, and I hadn't noticed that, so I thought it was the native kind.  That's happened before with other kinds of plants, too.

The Beautyberries are showing off their color.

This Wild senna plant is showing off some pretty foliage and beautiful brown seed pods.  The Grayhead coneflowers are the blooms on the left.

I may have harvested these seeds from the Cup plant after taking this photo.  I didn't let it go to seed last year, but decided to be brave and hope they don't seed too far and wide next year.  Birds, you better be eating them!

I hope you are able to be outdoors some this fall, wherever you live.  I know some of you are in one of your favorite times of year, when the temperatures aren't so hot.  I also hope you have a number of plants that are native to your area, along with pollinators to enjoy as they enjoy the blooms.