Fall garden favorites flaunt color and movement
As summer blooms begin to fade, I anticipate the arrival of fall with great hope. At the top of my wish list are cooler days and rain. Being the optimist that I am, I plan to add more plants to my garden, and there are many ornamentals for fall that bring color and movement to the landscape. A combination that I admired recently at the Atlanta Botanical Garden featured Rudbeckia tomentosa ‘Henry Eilers,’ also called sweet coneflower, with unusual quill-like golden yellow petals; Salvia guaranitica ‘Argentine Skies,’ with pale blue flowers; a goldenrod called Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks,’ with masses of bright yellow flowers; and, in the background waiting to bloom later in fall, Aster tartaricus, with pale lavender daisies with yellow centers. A selection of loropetalum provided the perfect evergreen anchor for this grouping.
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