Specialty Gardening: Fall flower fillers?, 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
wrightie,
The "Cherry Rose Jewel" nasturtium is a very pretty color, quite different from the usual yellow, orange, and red blooms you usually see on this plant. I'll have to look for the seeds in the spring. I direct seed my nasturtiums a little on the late side, sometime in June because I find with a latter seeding I have less loss from insects. That means they don't really start blooming well until the fall. This has them filling in for me just when I have big gaps in the garden.

wonderearth,
The torenia's common name is wishbone plant because if you look in it's throat ,at the very back, is a small white "wishbone". There are at least 2 different varieties, the 1st is a spreading, trailing type which preforms like the little million bells, callibrochoa. The second is more of a clumping plant which has pretty inflated pods that add to the display. I usually buy 1 flat in the spring as it is native to So. Africa and is a tender annual for me.
I have only the nasturtiums that self seeded this year because I wanted the native columbine to have more room to self seed. If i find any seeds I would be happy to send them to you. That's a very pretty garden in your photo, what is the short purple flower in the front? I looked up painted tongue (Salpiglossis sinuata) and it looks very nice and it likes it cooler. I didn't think of begonias, they could be pretty and tuck in nicely in the front of the border, especially the red leaved variety. I'll have to remember then next spring. I stopped using them because they can be so over done when used in mass along with the impatiens (personal opinion, tastes change). A few tucked here and there could be charming.
When I picked up a couple flats of pansies the nursery was featuring stock and snapdragons. Does anyone add these to their fall garden?
The photo shows the trailing torenia.