Color in the Late-Season

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Plants that hit their stride around mid-August and still look good when frost hits:

Late Bloomers

Rebloomers

Color-changers

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Kirengeshoma palmataCan withstand deep shade

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Actaea racemosa (formerly Cimicifuga) aka bugbane

‘Pink Spike’‘Black Negligee’

‘Hillside Black Beauty’

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Tricyrtis hirta

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Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’

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Salvia koyamae

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Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’

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Anemone japonica ‘Pretty Lady Emily’

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Anemone ‘Alice’Jean Starr - petaltalk-jean.com

Aster ‘Tiny Tot’

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Aster ‘Little Carlow’

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Aster x lateriflorus ‘Coombe Fishacre’

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Aster ‘Kickin’ Lilac Blue’Aster ‘Kickin’ Lavender’

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Colchicum

Reblooming Kniphofia

‘Orange Vanilla’ Popsicle

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Spigelia

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Veronica ‘Hocus Pocus’

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PHLOX paniculata

‘Blushing Shortwood’ ‘David’s Lavender’

‘Sandringham’Jean Starr - petaltalk-jean.com

Hydrangea paniculata

‘Pinky Winky’

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Hydrangea paniculata

‘Little Lime’

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Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’

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Plants that span the seasons:

Long-bloomers

Annuals and Tropicals

Foliage plants

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Echinacea ‘Butterfly Kisses’

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Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’Available from seedJean Starr - petaltalk-jean.com

Echinacea ‘Solar Flare’

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Echinacea ‘Virgin’

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Rudbeckia ‘Little Goldstar’

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Coreopsis ‘Redshift’

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Coreopsis ‘Mercury Rising’www.PerennialResource.com

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Agastache ‘Heat Wave’

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Plants that span the seasons:

Annuals

Tropicals

Foliage plants

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Raggedy Ann Zinnias

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Zinnia ‘Queen Red

Lime’

Zinnia ‘Aztec

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Gomphrena ‘Fireworks’

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Salvia ‘Sierra San

Antonio’

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Hedychium ‘Anne Bishop’

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Begonia ‘Beaucoup White’

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Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’Jean Starr - petaltalk-jean.com

Leonotis ’Savannah

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Pachystachys lutea

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Eschscholzia ‘Wrinkled Rose’(California poppy)

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Anything can be improved with colorful foliage

Coleus ‘Fishnet

Stockings’

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Coleus ‘Redhead’

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Colocasia ‘Mojito’

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Ipomoea ‘Sweet Caroline

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Colocasia ‘Coffee Cups’

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Acalypha ‘Bronze Pink’

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Brunnera ‘King’s

Ransom’ (perennial for

shade)

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Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’

(perennial for part shade)

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Sedum ‘Lime Zinger’(perennial for sun)

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Euphorbia ‘Ascot Rainbow’(perennial for sun)

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Begonia grandis with Iresine Brilliantissima

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Hydrangea p. ‘Pinky

Winky’ with Coleus

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Anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’ with Coleus

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Hydrangea with Rehmannia elata (Chinese foxglove)

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RESOURCES

Annie’s Annuals anniesannuals.comUNUSUAL ANNUAL SEEDS/PLANTS

Dan’s Dahlias dansdahlias.com

Digging Dog Nursery diggingdog.comASTERS AND SALVIAS

Goodwin Creek Gardens goodwincreekgardens.com

FANCY-LEAVED GERANIUM AND SALVIAS

Renee’s Garden Seeds reneesgarden.comUNUSUAL ANNUAL SEEDS

Select Seeds selectseeds.comUNUSUAL ANNUAL SEEDS/PLANTS

Sunshine Gardenswoldhuisfarms.com

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