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Mine is bloomong now and it's gorgeous! Although it isn't reliably hardy here, mine has returned 3 years now and has grown quite large. I don't care for many summer flowering sages because they look rather ratty when they finish blooming even though you can cut them back and they rebloom. MBS looks nice from spring to frost. I also like many of the salvia greggii cultivars which I also usually have return. My favorite is 'Pink Preference'. For me, September is one of the best months for color... I have blooming now :
autumn sages late flowering rudbeckia tall phlox mums asters late flowering liatris reblooming azalias butterfly bush purple and white coneflowers blue and red lobelias dahlias verbena japanese anemone perennial mist flower rose mallow perennial sunflowers hyssop cannas caryopteris lespedeza sedums four o'clocks day lilies morning glory moon flower roses crape myrtles
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That sounds like a beautiful garden of color Alan!
I have various flowers in bloom too. Since its still so warm nobody's ready to go to sleep for the winter. I have...
dahlias (pushing everything else over ) geraniums Martha Washington's canna lillies hibiscus salvia roses petunias mums impaitens cyclamen lantana (also pushing everyone else out of the way) even my oregano is blooming too!
My hydrangeas are done as well as the calla lillies. I miss them already.
My fuchias are blooming but they look a little sad, kind of withered and dry. I think its just been too hot for them. Anyone have any ideas? They seem to come back alive in the late fall then again in the early spring. nutty plants...
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Ahh! I love mexiacn sage with it's furry purple flowers, but it's not hardy here.
Things are winding down in my garden. Now blooming: Rudbeckia Zinnia Phlox Creeping Sedum Stella D'oro Daylily Cardinal Flower Morning Glory Autumn Crocus Rugosa Roses (Autumn Flush) Late Hostas Stray Jackmanii Clematis Liriope Rose of Sharon Daisy Mums
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Alan, I have never seen that varity!! At first I thought you were talking about the Mexican Heather, that's a pretty little plant.
But I did go take a look at it, only found one picture on my short jaunt looking. The one I saw it sort of looked like lavendar, (from far away) Sounds pretty.
What's in Bloom now???? Black Eyed Susan's Morning glories Begonias Verbena bonariensis Cleome Argerateums Malva's Zebrina's Dahlia's Snapdragon's Beebalms' just finishing Geranium Purslane Statis's (2 kinds German and the more common kind) Borage Portulaca's Goldenrod Asters (about 7 varieties) Coreoptrisis Caryoptrisis Coneflowers Late hosta (the one that smells so pretty) Sweet peas Rose of Sharon Sedum's Roses (Assorted) Phlox Japanese Anemones
I'm sure there's more, just can't think that far back into the garden. But that was fun!!! Thanks Alan!! Weezie
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