 | Plant #1 - Aster Dragon™ |
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(=‘Yodragon’) Also known as Fall Asters, these are terrific favorites for autumn colour in the perennial border. Plants form bushy clumps, bearing loads of small daisy flowers. This is a medium-sized selection with single mauve to soft lavender-blue blossoms. Pinch plants before July to maintain a cushion effect. Excellent for cutting. Most asters will be troubled much less with powdery mildew when grown in a moist, rich soil. USP...
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| Plant #2 - Aster novi-belgii ‘White Swan’ |
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Also known as Fall Asters, these are terrific favorites for autumn colour in the perennial border. Plants form bushy clumps, bearing loads of small daisy flowers. This is a medium-sized selection with white petals surrounding a yellow eye. Pinch plants before July to maintain a cushion effect. Excellent for cutting. Most asters will be troubled much less with powdery mildew when grown in a moist, rich soil. Divide every 2 to 3 years in the sp...
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| Plant #3 - Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’ |
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Salvia is a large group of plants that includes the culinary sage as well as many that are grown as bedding annuals. This one is a perennial, forming a bushy mound of fuzzy olive-green leaves. Upright spikes of violet-purple flowers begin to appear in early summer, and will continue for weeks if the spent heads are regularly removed. It tolerates many soil conditions, and is drought tolerant, once established. A nice choice for the bor...
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| Plant #4 - Rudbeckia hirta ‘Denver Daisy’ |
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Gloriosa Daisy hybrids are short-lived perennials, sometimes treated as annuals. Often these will survive a few winters, or at least self seed. This midsized strain produces large golden-yellow daisies, the black cone surrounded by a big mahogany-red eye. Flowers for months on end, on a compact, bushy plant. An outstanding cut flower. Removing faded blossoms regularly will greatly increase the flowering time. Seed heads have good winter inter...
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| Plant #5 - Phlox paniculata Lilac Flame™ |
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(=‘Barten’) This outstanding dwarf selection is one of the shortest yet introduced. It forms a bushy mound, perfect for near the front of a sunny border or in mixed container plantings. The large clusters of fragrant flowers have magenta-mauve petals with a tiny white eye, starting in midsummer. Remove faded flowers to encourage more buds. Attractive to butterflies. Reported to have good resistance to powdery mildew. USPP#11802, C...
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| Plant #6 - Pennisetum setaceum ‘Fireworks’ |
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An extremely showy variation of the ever-popular Purple Fountain Grass. This forms a midsized mound of arching deep burgundy-purple leaves, each striped hot pink along the edges to add that extra flash of colour. Arching red bottlebrush flowers appear in late summer, gradually ageing to tan. A wonderful container plant, well worth growing even as an annual in colder regions. May be wintered in a basement window, cutting back to 6 inches in la...
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| Plant #7 - Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ |
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Lamb's-ears are one of the most popular silver-leaved perennials, used widely for edging along pathways and borders. Plants form dense clumps of soft, felty silver grey leaves. This selection rarely blooms, so plants maintain an attractive and compact appearance for the entire season. Clumps are easily divided in spring or early fall. Evergreen in mild winter regions. Drought tolerant once established.
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| Plant #8 - Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Amelia’ |
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(Formerly Chrysanthemum maximum) Shasta Daisies are the "classic" familiar garden daisy, and always a dependable choice for sunny borders in reasonably fertile soil. This is a tall strain, featuring upright clumps of sturdy, thick foliage and large single daisies with white petals surrounding a yellow button centre. Rated 5 stars in recent trials at the Chicago Botanic Garden for outstanding garden performance. Excellent for cutting. R...
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| Plant #9 - Eupatorium ‘Phantom’ |
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Joe-Pye Weeds are bold specimen plants, ideal for making a statement in the border. This relatively compact selection offers up all kinds of garden uses, including borders and even in large containers. It bears big clusters of rosy-purple flowers in late summer, over a mound of coarse green leaves. A magnet to butterflies. Excellent for cutting. Best with plenty of moisture. USPP#18354, CPBRAF: unlicensed propagation prohibited.
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| Plant #10 - Coreopsis Big Bang™ ‘Redshift’ |
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A very long-blooming perennial for sunny areas, forming a narrow, upright mound of medium-textured leaves. The exceptionally large creamy-yellow daisies have a contrasting wine-red eye surrounding the gold button centre, appearing in succession from mid summer to mid autumn. Excellent towards the middle of a sunny border, also good in containers. Plants may require some support if grown in very rich garden soil, or simply shear by half in Jul...
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