Early Fall - Page 18 of 24 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Blanket flower
Gaillardia pulchellaBlanket flower is a bushy annual that produces red or yellow (or red and yellow) flowers over a long season.
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‘Carefree Beauty’ rose
Rosa 'Carefree Beauty'This vigorous, upright shrub rose sports smooth, olive-green leaves and clusters of cup-shaped, semi-double, fragrant, bubble-gum-pink flowers from spring to fall.
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‘New Look Red’ Egyptian star cluster
Pentas lanceolata ‘New Look Red’Red star-shaped flowers with small white centers bloom atop erect stems from spring to autumn.
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Lesser calamint
Calamintha nepetaLesser calamint produces fine, upright stems which are covered with small, shiny, dark green leaves, forming a little bush from 12 to 18 inches tall, and twice as wide.
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Plant Guide
South African foxglove
Ceratotheca triloba
A rare and graceful beauty, this plant is not a true foxglove, but its flowers are similarly shaped and hang in clusters.
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Flower-of-an-hour
Hibiscus trionumA seldom-seen annual or short-lived perennial, this easy-to-grow plant performs as the perfect filler in beds and containers.
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Ageratum houstonianum
Ageratum houstonianumThere are many cultivars available of this fast-growing annual.
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Johnny-jump-up
Viola tricolorThis annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial is grown for its long season of pansy flowers in shades of purple, blue, yellow, and white.
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‘Tricolor’ copperleaf
Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Tricolor’This spreading shrub from tropical and subtropical regions can reach 6 feet tall.
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Plant Guide
Cosmos bipinnatus cvs.
Cosmos bipinnatus cvs.
Cosmos are branching annuals with ferny foliage and pink, crimson, or white flowers that work well in the back of a border.