Plants that bloom or come on strong in August, September and October gardens. Perennial, annual and tropical plants make for a colorful garden in late summer through fall.

1. Color in the
Late-Season
Garden
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2. Plants that hit their stride around
mid-August and still look good when
frost hits:
Late Bloomers
Rebloomers
Color-changers
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3. Kirengeshoma palmata
Can withstand deep shade
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4. Actaea racemosa (formerly
Cimicifuga) aka bugbane
‘Pink Spike’
‘Black Negligee’
‘Hillside Black Beauty’
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5. Tricyrtis hirta
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6. Heuchera villosa
‘Autumn Bride’
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7. Salvia koyamae
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Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’
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9. Anemone japonica
‘Pretty Lady Emily’
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10. Anemone ‘Alice’
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11. Aster ‘Tiny Tot’
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12. Aster ‘Little Carlow’
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13. Aster x lateriflorus
‘Coombe Fishacre’
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14. Aster ‘Kickin’ Lilac Blue’Aster ‘Kickin’ Lavender’
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15. Colchicum

16. Reblooming Kniphofia
‘Orange Vanilla’
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17. Spigelia
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18. Veronica ‘Hocus Pocus’
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19. PHLOX paniculata
‘Blushing Shortwood’ ‘David’s Lavender’
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20. Hydrangea
paniculata
‘Pinky Winky’
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21. Hydrangea
paniculata
‘Little Lime’
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22. Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’
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23. Plants that span the seasons:
Long-bloomers
Annuals and Tropicals
Foliage plants
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24. Echinacea ‘Butterfly Kisses’
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25. Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’
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26. Echinacea
‘Solar Flare’
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27. Echinacea ‘Virgin’
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28. Rudbeckia ‘Little Goldstar’
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30. Coreopsis ‘Mercury Rising’
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31. Agastache ‘Heat Wave’
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32. Plants that span the seasons:
Annuals
Tropicals
Foliage plants
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33. Raggedy Ann
Zinnias
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34. Zinnia ‘Queen
Red Lime’
Zinnia ‘Aztec
Sunset’
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35. Gomphrena ‘Fireworks’
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36. Gomphrena ‘Forest Pink’
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37. Salvia
‘Sierra San Antonio’
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38. Lobularia ‘Bicolor Lilac Stream’
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39. Murraya paniculata
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41. Begonia ‘Beaucoup White’
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42. Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’
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43. Leonotis
’Savannah Sunset’
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44. Pachystachys
lutea
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45. Eschscholzia ‘Wrinkled Rose’
(California poppy)
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46. Anything can be
improved with
colorful foliage
Coleus
‘Fishnet
Stockings’
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47. Coleus ‘Redhead’
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48. Colocasia ‘Mojito’
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49. Ipomoea
‘Sweet Caroline Bewitched’
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50. Colocasia
‘Coffee Cups’
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51. Acalypha ‘Bronze Pink’
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52. Brunnera
‘King’s Ransom’
(perennial for shade)
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53. Aralia cordata
‘Sun King’
(perennial for part shade)
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54. Sedum ‘Lime Zinger’
(perennial for sun)
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55. Euphorbia ‘Ascot Rainbow’
(perennial for sun)
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57. Begonia grandis with
Iresine Brilliantissima
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58. Hydrangea p.
‘Pinky Winky’
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59. Bougainvillea with sweet autumn clematis
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60. Anemone ‘Honorine
Jobert’ with Coleus
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61. Hydrangea with Rehmannia elata
(Chinese foxglove)
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62. RESOURCES
Annie’s Annuals anniesannuals.com
UNUSUAL ANNUAL SEEDS/PLANTS
Dan’s Dahlias dansdahlias.com
Digging Dog Nursery diggingdog.com
ASTERS AND SALVIAS
Goodwin Creek Gardens goodwincreekgardens.com
FANCY-LEAVED GERANIUM AND SALVIAS
Renee’s Garden Seeds reneesgarden.com
UNUSUAL ANNUAL SEEDS
Select Seeds selectseeds.com
UNUSUAL ANNUAL SEEDS/PLANTS
Sunshine Gardens woldhuisfarms.com
HUGE SELECTION – GRANT PARK, IL
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