Late Summer - Page 5 of 42 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Lochinch’ Butterfly bush

    Buddleia 'Lochinch'

    Butterfly bushes are carefree deciduous shrubs that are reliably fragrant and easy to grow.

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    Boltonia asteroides

    Boltonia asteroides

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

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    Angel’s trumpet

    Brugmansia suaveolens

    Few plants evoke tropicalia quite like the Brugmansias , with their voluminous tubular flowers that drip from imposing shrubs or small trees.

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    Tickseed sunflower

    Bidens aristosa

    This fast-growing annual of the Midwestern wet meadows grows to 4 or 5 feet tall.

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    English daisy

    Bellis perennis

    English daisy bears stems topped with a single white, daisy-like flower.

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    Bugbane, Autumn snakeroot, black cohosh

    Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’

    Unlike other bugbanes, 'Hillside Black Beauty' offers deep purple-black foliage.

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    Wrinkled giant hyssop, Korean hyssop, purple giant hyssop

    Agastache rugosa

    This 4-foot-tall and 18-ich-wide, bushy perennial, very similar to the more common anise hyssop ( Agastache foeniculum ) has strongly mint-and-licorice-scented leaves and short spikes of lavender-blue flowers from midsummer to…

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    ‘Rosenschale’ Japanese nemone

    Anemone × hybrida 'Rosenschale'

    This large, single-flowered, pinkish-purple anemone blooms from August to October on stems 24 to 34 inches tall.

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    ‘September Charm’ Japanese anemone

    Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm'

    Anemones thrive in light to partial shade but will tolerate full sun, as long as there is sufficient moisture.

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    ‘Wonder of Staffa’ aster

    Aster  × frikartii 'Wonder of Staffa'

    This repeat-blooming aster produces bright, 2-inch-wide, violet-blue flowers from mid-summer into fall.