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Wed, Jul 11, 12 at 15:42
| I need to add some fall color to my full-sun perennials garden. I have a New England Aster, and Purple Coneflower- but everything else is done blooming by mid-late summer. I can't seem to get Mums to survive the winters, so looking for something else. Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Oh, mostly yellows, purples, and reds in this garden.
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| Montauk Daisy, but it's white. Eupatoriums including Joe Pye Weed and the various bonesets Goldenrods Maximillian's Sunflower -- gets enormous, though, to 10 feet Heleniums Sedum Japanese Anemone Turtlehead Obedient Plant Monkshood Autumn flowering bulbs - crocus, colchicums |
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| Montauk Daisy, but it's white. Eupatoriums including Joe Pye Weed and the various bonesets Goldenrods Maximillian's Sunflower -- gets enormous, though, to 10 feet Heleniums Sedum Japanese Anemone Turtlehead Obedient Plant Monkshood Autumn flowering bulbs - crocus, colchicums |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Wed, Jul 11, 12 at 16:33
| Does Caryopteris grow in your zone? Love them here for late fall color. |
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- Posted by linlily z5/6PA (westmay2@verizon.net) on Wed, Jul 11, 12 at 16:53
| I'm going to second the suggestion for caryopteris. It should be able to be grown in zone 6A. I received a rooted cutting from C. Longwood Blue three years ago and I now have a large, healthy shrub. I love the blue color and the fact that it is a late bloomer, blooming when many of my flowers are finished for the year. We've had mild winters the last couple of years so I have not had much die-back on my caryopteris and it has gotten quite large - at least 4 feet wide and tall. I've read that there are smaller varieties of this shrub as well. Linda |
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| When are you planting your mums? Are you planting mums bought in the fall (or should I say July, these days, lol) or are you planting them in spring? I have had very good luck with spring-planted mums from Bluestone. How about fothergilla or viburnum? I guess I'm thinking shrub more than bloom though here... For blooms, I second monkshood and Montauk daisies, and sedum. I love goldenrod (have lots of the native stuff in my yard) but it seems to bloom earlier and earlier for me every year and is done before fall even starts. Dee |
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| After cutting back my "Yarrow" after its first flush of flowers in July I get an impressive 2nd round which last well into fall. I highly recommend the "Persicaria" Golden Arrow. It flowers throughout September and October for me in Zone 5. (And it looks so good next to "Monkshood".) |
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| Helianthus Lemon Queen Aconitum carmichaelli Leucanthemella serotina Rudbeckia Herbstsonne(+ rebloom if cut down) Late Heleniums (+ rebloom on some if deadheaded) Rebloom on Phloxes Rebloom on Delphiniums(not guaranteed though) Boltonia asteroides Vernonia Late cultivars of Aster amellus Aster Pink Star Aster ericoides Rebloom on some Weigelia bushes Trycirtys Aconitum seoulense Late Cimicifugas Red foliage on some azaleas |
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- Posted by kimka z6B (jkkaplan@erols.com) on Thu, Jul 12, 12 at 11:07
| Mildew resistant tall phlox A dwarf crape myrtle Dwarf or full size butterfly bush Monarda Some of the hardy geraniums Fall blooming anemone And I'll third Caryopteris and Aconitum KimKa |
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| This may seem counter-intuitive, but if you'd like some reds and yellows in your Fall garden, you might turn to a couple of the Zone 5 hardy "Knockout" roses. . .here in my Zone 6 garden, they were still blooming at the END of October last year, and one of the reds even made into the first week of November! Carl |
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| Yes, good call on the roses, I agree. Our 'Flower Girl' roses bloom strongly right though October and many roses enjoy a resurgence in the fall. Also sedum Autumn Joy and the like. |
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| I am really enjoying this thread, but I need deer tolerant plants. I have heard that deer don't like the red KO roses, but I that sounds too good to be true. Can anyone tell me which of the fall bloomers to plant that deer will hate? I have Russian Sage, yarrow, and a newly planted dwarf butterfly bush. |
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| Deer will browse just about anything, so there really aren't many safe options. Aconitums are highly poisonous, so those should be ok. They avoid Asters in my yard, too, and also Coreopsis tripteris, Eupatorium, and Salvias. Don't even try Japanese anemones-- deer chow down on them big time. |
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