Adding Color to the Late Summer Garden

It's August, the time to plan for late summer and early fall color in your garden.

Agastache x rupestris 'Orange Flare'
Item # 11827 		Agastache 'Orange Flare'
Hybrid Licorice Mint Hyssop

each $8.99
3 to 6 plants $8.79
7 or more $8.59
Agastache cana ‘Rosita’ (Rosita Hummingbird Mint)
Item # 11819 		Agastache cana 'Rosita'
Rosita Hummingbird Mint

each $7.99
3 to 6 plants $7.79
7 or more $7.59
Agastache cana
Item # 11820 		Agastache cana
Texas Hummingbird Mint

each $7.99
3 to 6 plants $7.79
7 or more $7.59
Solidago sp. Wichita Mts
Item # 91926 		Solidago sp. 'Wichita Mountains'
Golden Torch

each $7.99
3 to 6 plants $7.79
7 or more $7.59
August Afternoons Perennial Garden
Item # 99526 		August Afternoons Perennial Garden

Garden $130.63
Solidago 'Little Lemon'
Item # 91924 		Solidago 'Little Lemon' PP#17297
Little Lemon Goldenrod

each $7.99
3 to 6 plants $7.79
7 or more $7.59
Iris 'Autumn Circus'
Item # 61023 		Iris 'Autumn Circus'
Tall Bearded Iris

each $12.99
3 to 6 plants $12.79
7 or more $12.59
  • Topics: Fall Gardening, Perennials
  • Author: Kerry Kirkpatrick
  • Keywords: fall blooming, perennials, bulbs, ornamental grasses, agastache, salvia, gaillardia, solidago, helianthus, aster, iris
  • Date: August 2008

© All articles are copyrighted by High Country Gardens. Republication is prohibited without Permission.

If you want a garden that has something blooming from the moment it wakes in the spring and continues into fall, now is the time to plan. High Country Gardens offers an abundance of spectacular fall blooming perennials, bulbs and ornamental grasses.

Agastache

Among the plants that High Country Gardens has introduced to the public, our exclusive Agastache are top on our list of vigorous growers that bloom non-stop from mid-summer through fall. Hummingbirds love fall blooming agastache as they move south on their migrations.

Salvia

Come late summer, the numerous cobalt blue flowers of Salvia reptans remind you that it is a very special flowering sage. The foliage is pungently scented and resists browsing animals. Another outstanding Salvia, the stunning ever-blooming ‘Raspberry Delight’® has a profusion of deeply-colored, raspberry-red flowers held well above its long, arching branches. Salvia greggii ‘Furman’s Red’, valued for its tightly branched, upright growth habit has a profusion of dark red flowers beginning in early summer and continuing through the fall.

View fall blooming Salvia

New to Gardening?

The trick to designing your garden with perennial flowers is making sure you have something wonderful in bloom all the time. If you are new to gardening, try these dependable, low maintenance late summer/early fall bloomers:

Fall Blooming Tall Bearded Iris

Two of our xeric Tall Bearded Iris provide exotic color in your garden from spring to fall. Heavenly white flowered ‘Immortality’ has a strong, sweet fragrance and once established is nearly ever blooming from late spring through fall. Iris ‘Autumn Circus’ is a re-blooming variety that flowers in late spring and again in fall.

Color for all Seasons

Each season has its stars and fall blooming perennials have some of the best. So dig into fall! Nurture the soil and your inner self as you grow a garden that can be your place of peace.

To better help you plan your garden, you may browse plants by bloom time in our online catalog.

4 Winning Combinations for the Late Summer Garden

View Pre-Planned Gardens