Late Summer - Page 33 of 42 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
Red banana
Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’This banana-like perennial has large paddle-shaped leaves, which range in color from deep claret brown to red-purple to pale green, produced from the center of the plant, with thick, bright…
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Blue throatwort
Trachelium caeruleumThis species bears dome-shaped flower heads several inches across that are crowded with tiny, tubular amethyst or white flowers that look somewhat like the blooms of an allium.
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‘Purple Rain’ sage
Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'Throughout the summer, this cultivar produces multiple flower spikes in irresistible shades of smoky purple.
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‘Walker’s Low’ catmint
Nepeta × faassenii 'Walker's Low'This mound of lavender-blue flowers and aromatic, grayish green leaves up to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide is great as edging or in a border, herb, or rock garden.
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Big bluestem, turkeyfoot
Andropogon gerardii 'Pawnee''Pawnee' has an upright habit and warm fall colors that persist into winter.
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‘Mango Lassi’ geum
Geum 'Mango Lassi'
This evergreen perenial grows to 4 to 16 inches tall and 12 to 24 inches wide and blooms from late spring to fall (with deadheading) with double flowers in shades…
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‘Lime Green’ flowering tobacco
Nicotiana alata 'Lime Green'The yellow-green trumpet-shaped flowers of 'Lime Green' flowering tobacco mix well with many other colors in the garden.
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Mexican petunia
Ruellia brittoniana ‘Purple Showers’This 3-foot-tall evergreen shrub bears many tubular, blue or purple, petunia-like flowers on dark stems over a long period.
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‘Morning Light’ miscanthus
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’This beautiful grass has an "inner light" that emanates from the white midribs of its fine-textured leaf blades and the threads of white around their edges.