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Looking for plants that
will add late summer color to your garden or containers? Here are a few
plants to help fill that bill!
This is Caryopteris, or
Bluebeard…I consider this one a woody perennial. Blue green foliage with
silvery undertones…but it’s this late summer flush of bright blue flowers
that makes this one a real show for September.
Anemones…again nice
foliage through the season, but this semi shade lover begin to flower now
and will go right into late fall with these 2-3 inch white or pink flowers
that are borne on stems reaching up above the foliage.
This is Chelone (kee-low-nee),
or commonly known as Turtlehead…shiny dark green foliage during the season,
followed by these wonderful pink hooded flowers, that yes, resemble the head
of a turtle with its mouth open! A late summer favorite…Turtlehead.
Eupatorium or Joe-Pye
Weed…now this is a bold perennial that needs to be in the back of the
garden…nice maroon green foliage that actually smells like vanilla when
crushed, but again it’s these large clusters of purple flowers that makes
this bold perennial even bolder in the garden…late summer and fall.
And how about at the
different types of sedum? Variegated foliage, maroon foliage, green
foliage, pink flowers, maroon flowers, white flowers…so many to choose, and
again, great seasonal foliage followed by outstanding late summer and fall
flowers, which will last well into the winter season.
And one of my
favorites…and old shrub making its way back into the landscape. It’s
Callicarpa, or commonly known as Beautyberry. Just your usual looking leafy
shrub during the summer, with its arching branching habit. But once late
August and early September rolls around, things start to change. Very small
lavender pink flowers appear all along the branches for a nice subtle show.
But it’s the results of these flowers that are the real show. Take a look
inside this Calliacarpa. See those berries? In a couple more weeks, this
shrub will be filled along the branches with the most electrifying luminous
violet purple berries that you have ever seen! And they will last right
into late fall and early winter.
Trust me, the color of
these berries is something you rarely see…it is simply spectacular.
Callicarpa, or commonly known as Beautyberry. And that’s an understatement. |
