Early Fall - Page 18 of 24 - Fine Gardening

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    Blanket flower

    Gaillardia pulchella

    Blanket 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 nepeta

    Lesser 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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    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 trionum

    A 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 houstonianum

    There are many cultivars available of this fast-growing annual.

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    Johnny-jump-up

    Viola tricolor

    This 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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    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.