Fall - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Strawberry Fields’ gomphrena

    Gomphrena haageana ‘Strawberry Fields’

    An upright, bushy annual with flowers (actually bracts) that resemble bright red strawberries with tiny yellow "seeds.

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    Festival™ Burgundy corydaline

    Cordyline hybrida var. JURred 'Festival™ Burgundy'

    This basal branching cordyline combines the rugged easy-care attributes of its cordyline cousins with an unusual mix of shiny dark color, compact bushy form, short stems and cascading grass-like leaves.

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    Hardy hummingbird trumpet

    Zauschneria arizonica

    This heat-loving native Southwestern species has gray-green leaves and grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.

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    ‘Amethystina’ toad lily

    Tricyrtis formosana ‘Amethystina’

    Amethystina's upward-facing, star-like blossoms are bluish-lavender with purple spots and creamy bases.

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    Japanese yellow sage

    Salvia koyamae

    At first glance, this Japanese woodland native does not look as if it belongs in a shade garden, but I find its spreading foliage and light-colored flowers do wonderfully as…

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    Dahlia ‘Kaiser Wilhelm’

    Dahlia 'Kaiser Wilhelm'

    Of the maybe 10,000 named dahlias introduced in the 1800s—when dahlias ranked right up there with roses in popularity—only three survive.

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    Firewitch cheddar pink

    Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Feuerhexe'

    Silvery-blue mats of evergreen, linear foliage.

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    Twinspur

    Diascia barberae

    This softly textured tender perennial (or annual) produces delicate, loose spires in summer and fall.

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    Totally Tempted™ cuphea

    Cuphea llavea Totally Tempted™

    Totally Tempted™ cuphea  has nonstop, bright red summer flowers that don't need deadheading.

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    Chocolate cosmos

    Cosmos atrosanguineus

    A chocolate scented flower!