Texas Gardening: The bittersweet blooms of Fall..., 0 by podster

podster wrote:
DD you are "a smarty" ~ you caught it before we did! Good going... and so glad you joined us. Hope you will soon be able to post your photos. You have many I would like to see...

Bananna ~ The pretty blue flowers are Eupatorium caelestinum, Perennial Ageratum, Blue Boneset, or Foamflower, is an Ageratum look-alike. It grows to two feet tall, and blooms from late July to November. Its' blooms can make luxurious mass. It is very heat and drought tolerant. It is invasive in full sun fertile areas so be ready to keep it in a restricted area.
[ HYPERLINK@arboretum.sfasu.edu ] I found it growing wild and love it... Very pretty Bananna! The Beautyberry is another favorite which grows wild here.

This link is the Jewel of Opar or Jewel of Ophar. It seeds freely as DD said and I got my start as a hitchhiker in a potted plant. Now, where don't I have it! LOL But I do like it for its' carefree nature and beautiful foliage. http://davesgarden.com/tools/journal/showimage.php?eid=10872...

GessieGail Glad you joined us... I know you must have some flowers in bloom right now. Please post, photos are nice but not necessary...

Does anybody have a name for that purple celosia I posted earlier? Would love to know a cultivar. Have never seen it elsewhere other than getting these seeds from another DG gardener.

This is an early photo of a pink celosia that is still blooming ~ I like this type of celosia.

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