Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Really end of summer blooms- September almost here, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Karen--Love your pictures--Mt fave id the Blanket Flower---it is made up
of all these individual little blooms....

I have a dark-leafed Canna, but the blooms are red/orangy--not magenta.
I will have roots to share...Deep magenta is my favorite color in the garden.

I have that coleus too--have had it for a long time. It can change colors--
sometimes a lot of red and mixed shades of rust and such. No name...

I LOVE the Ageratum and the petunias! What a nice play on different shades of the same color.

My Acalypha cuttings are trying to root....I lost a couple. I think the very, sturdy
tip cuttings are doing the best....We can all compare notes next year.
I plan to experiment and leave mine outside. Cut back--slip a big pot over it (bottom cut out)
and will fill the pot with fried leaves...mulch the base well--and see what happens.
What do i have to lose???/ They will be gonners anyway.

Here is my dark-leafed Canna....

See Ya soon! Gita