Lemon Queen helianthus is a perennial sunflower with long-lasting, bright-yellow flowers in late summer to early fall. Plant in full sun near asters for a great display. It reaches 4 to 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide.
Purple Dome aster, also known as New England aster, is a tidy, compact plant that doesn’t need staking. Violet-purple blooms appear during late September and into October. Plant it in full sun. It grows 18 to 24 inches tall and 30 inches wide.
Blue Fortune agastache,/ also known as hyssop, is a clump-forming perennial with lavender-blue flower spikes that bloom from summer into fall. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall and up to 2 feet wide and also attracts bees. Fireworks goldenrod, also known as solidago, features bright-yellow, arching sprays of flowers that begin in September and continue into October. It doesn’t cause allergies and stays tidy. It gets 4 to 6 feet tall and 2½ feet wide.
Geranium cinereum varieties such as Purple Pillow, Ballerina, Carol and Lawrence Flatman — all grayleaf geraniums — all have evergreen to semi-evergreen blue-green scalloped foliage that stays in a nice tidy mound. Flowers appear in May and bloom until frost. Plant with Moonbeam coreopsis in full sun. It grows 6 to 12 inches tall and 18 inches wide. > Give us your news tips. > Send us a letter to the editor. > More Herald contact information.Talk to us
