Late Summer - Page 8 of 42 - Fine Gardening
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Plant GuideSedum ‘Postman’s Pride’
Sedum 'Postman's Pride'
'Postman's Pride' sedum is a wonderful dark-foliaged plant for sunny, dry locations.
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Plant GuideLavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’
Lavandula angustifolia 'Violet Intrigue'
'Violet Intrigue' exhibits the typical handsome gray foliage of good lavenders, but its form and flowers are particularly noteworthy.
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Plant GuideLesser calamint
Calamintha nepetaLesser calamint produces fine, upright stems which are covered with small, shiny, dark green leaves, forming a little bush from 12 to 18 inches tall, and twice as wide.
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Plant Guide‘Terracotta’ yarrow
Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta'Flat-topped corymbs of small, daisy-like flowers in colors of salmon-peach to yellow-orange are borne simultaneously on one plant up to 2 feet tall and wide.
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Plant GuideGermander sage
Salvia chamaedryoidesThis choice species boasts narrow, downy sage-green leaves and true sky-blue blossoms from summer to fall.
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Plant Guide
Ground morning glory
Convolvulus mauritanicusGround morning glory is a trailing low grower with a profusion of funnel-shaped lavender flowers from summer to early autumn.
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Plant GuideGrass lily
Anthericum saundersiaeThis plant's foot-tall clumps produce white lily-like flowers on thin, arching stems.
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Plant Guide
Canary creeper
Tropaeolum peregrinumThis annual or perennial climber grows vigorously, yet does not strangle its host.
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Plant Guide‘Chocolate’ White snakeroot
Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'The deliciously colored maroon-brown leaves contrast nicely with neighboring plants through the season.
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Plant GuideDalmatian bellflower
Campanula portenschlagianaThis low, mat-forming plant has blue-purple flowers in summer.
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