Early Fall
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Plant Guide‘Strawberry Fields’ gomphrena
Gomphrena haageana ‘Strawberry Fields’An upright, bushy annual with flowers (actually bracts) that resemble bright red strawberries with tiny yellow "seeds.
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Plant GuideAngel’s trumpet
Brugmansia suaveolensFew plants evoke tropicalia quite like the Brugmansias , with their voluminous tubular flowers that drip from imposing shrubs or small trees.
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Plant Guide‘Arizona Sun’ Blanket flower
Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun'This 2005 All-America Selections® winner is a cultivar of our native blanket flower.
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Plant GuideCanary Island sage
Salvia canariensisThis short-lived, tender perennial shrub native to the Canary Islands off the African coast sends up 6-foot white-furred stems cloaked with long, felted, arrow-shaped leaves and topped, summer to frost,…
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Plant GuideMeadow saffron
Colchicum autumnaleMeadow saffron is a cormous perennial with erect, lance-shaped leaves 5 to 14 inches long.
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Plant GuideBlack-eyed Susan vine
Thunbergia alata
This tender perennial climber is evergreen in Zones 10 and warmer.
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Plant Guide
‘Walker’s Low’ catmint
Nepeta × faassenii 'Walker's Low'This mound of lavender-blue flowers and aromatic, grayish green leaves up to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide is great as edging or in a border, herb, or rock garden.
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Plant GuideAnise hyssop
Agastache foeniculumA classic plant for both herb gardens and borders, anise hyssop is composed of erect branches of mint-and-licorice-scented, medium green leaves ending in fuzzy spikes of small lavender flowers.
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Plant Guide
Copperleaf
Acalypha wilkesianaThis spreading shrub is grown for its multi-colored, toothed, oval leaves.
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