Late Summer - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide‘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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Plant GuideLacey Blue Russian sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Lisslitt’Hardy and heat tolerant with a sturdy, compact form that does not flop over. Lavender-blue floral sprays enhance the scented foliage.
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Sponsored Content‘Peach Drift’ Rose
Rosa 'Meiggili'The Peach Drift® Rose is one of the most floriferous dwarf shrubs available. Soft peach blooms cover the plant from mid-spring to the first hard freeze of late Fall. Peach…
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Plant Guide‘Gold Band’ pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Gold Band'This clumping, drought-tolerant grass is one of the best pampas grasses you could grow.
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Sponsored Content‘Autumn Delight’ sedum
Sedum 'Autumn Delight'Large, bright-pink clusters of flowers are accentuated by lime-green leaves with a dark-green serrated edge.
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Plant GuideProfusion Series zinnia
Zinnia Profusion SeriesThe needlelike leaves of these Profusion Series zinnas lend a soft textural feel that contrasts nicely with the glowing hot colors of the flowers.
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Plant Guide
Hardy hummingbird trumpet
Zauschneria arizonicaThis heat-loving native Southwestern species has gray-green leaves and grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
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Plant GuideVerbascum ‘Sugar Plum’
Verbascum 'Sugar Plum'This dwarf mullein is just 15 inches tall but it packs a big floral punch.
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Plant Guide
Dense-flowered mullein
Verbascum densiflorumThis biennial or short-lived, semi-evergreen perennial forms rosettes of leaves densely covered with grayish-yellow hairs.
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Plant GuideCulver’s root
Veronicastrum virginicum
This species has multiple tapering, soft spikes of white to pale pink or bluish purple flowers that look like elegant, living candelabras.
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