Specialty Gardening: Looking for a new look, 0 by cindyeo

cindyeo wrote:
I'm noticing this thread pretty late, but I'll throw my 2 cents in: No one has suggested some tall summer blooming liles, like Stargazer if you want some pink, or Casa Blanca if you want to repeat the white from the daisies. This would get you something other than the rounded mounds. My other comment is my May Night salvia blooms pretty much all summer, as long as I am diligent about deadheading it and you can't cut it too short, just right at the base of each flower spike. Oh, and Russian sage can get quite tall, be careful putting it too close to the front. Lastly, I have some purple New England asters that are very tall, but bloom in late September for me, if you are looking for purple in the fall. They tend to get leggy because the bottoms get a fungus, but I just plant something else in front of them to hide it, because I love the blossoms in Sept, and so do the butterflies. Look at this photo from a couple years ago, this was a once in a lifetime phenomenon, luckily I was home to see it that day. I counted 32 butterflies at one time. This photo was taken on Oct 1