Cockscomb
Cockscomb

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*This is an excerpt from Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283.

AKA: Daucus carota

This flower is a biennial herbaceous plant that grows 3 to 4 feet tall. Consists of one or several hairy, hollow stems, growing from one central stem, each with an umbrella-shaped flower cluster at the top. Blooms in the summer.


Mike McQueenRegional Extension Agent, Home Grounds, Gardens and Home Pests; Charles Ray, Research Fellow, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University; and Kerry SmithState Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Auburn University

Reviewed November 2021, Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283

*This is an excerpt from Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283.

AKA: Solidago sp.

Long, wood-like stems with spiky, tooth-like parts that are widely spaced. Yellow flowers that grow in thick clusters. Blooms in the fall. Plant heights vary from 1 to 6 feet tall.


Mike McQueenRegional Extension Agent, Home Grounds, Gardens and Home Pests; Charles Ray, Research Fellow, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University; and Kerry SmithState Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Auburn University

Reviewed November 2021, Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283

*This is an excerpt from Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283.

AKA: Coreopsis sp.

In this flower the yellow center or disc flowers stand out distinctly from the ray flowers, which appear to be attached just below them. Ray flowers are four-lobed. The yellow, daisy-like flowers occur singly atop long stems. Blooms in the summer.


Mike McQueenRegional Extension Agent, Home Grounds, Gardens and Home Pests; Charles Ray, Research Fellow, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University; and Kerry SmithState Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Auburn University

Reviewed November 2021, Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283