Early Fall - Page 7 of 24 - Fine Gardening

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    Littleleaf cordia

    Cordia parvifolia

    Though its leaves are small, this semi-deciduous shrub stands out in the landscape.

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    Serbian bellflower

    Campanula poscharskyana ‘Blue Waterfall’

    Serbian bellflowers have an easy, undemanding habit.

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    Iceplant

    Carpobrotus edulis

    This ground-hugging succulent perennial roots at the nodes, has a creeping habit, and often forms deep mats covering large areas.

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    Red coreopsis

    Coreopsis rosea

    This plant bears a profusion of lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers from mid-summer to early autumn.

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    Meadow saffron

    Colchicum autumnale

    Meadow saffron is a cormous perennial with erect, lance-shaped leaves 5 to 14 inches long.

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    ‘Worcester Gold’ Blue beard

    Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold'

    'Worcester Gold' is an attractive, mounding, woody shrub with warm yellow to chartreuse foliage and lavender-blue flowers in late summer and early autumn.

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    False chamomile

    Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank'

    Boltonias are vigorous perennials grown for their sprays of aster-like flowers, which appear above clean, gray-green foliage.

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    ‘Just Peachy’ hummingbird mint, ‘Just Peachy’ hyssop

    Agastache aurantiaca 'Just Peachy'

    A cultivar discovered at High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this aromatic, water-wise perennial grows to 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide and features fine, mint-scented, gray-green…

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    ‘Hadspen Abundance’ Japanese anemone

    Anemone hupehensis 'Hadspen Abundance'

    This plant has dark pink, two-toned flowers that occur in abundance and rise above the foliage on branched stems from August to Octover.

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    ‘Bressingham Glow’ Japanese anemone

    Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Bressingham Glow'

    Japanese anemones are slightly taller than the species, sometimes growing to 4 feet.