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 Guide‘Tangerine Beauty’ cross vine
Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’A better-behaved cousin to the less-than-polite trumpet vine, cross vine is a colorful solution for a fence or arbor with afternoon shade.
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Plant GuideTatarian aster
Aster tataricusTatarian aster is an impressive, stately perennial with a flowering height of 3 to 6 feet.
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Plant GuideFalse sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoidesThis clump-forming perennial bears striking, sunflower-like yellow blooms on long stalks from midsummer to early autumn.
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Plant GuideMeadow clary
Salvia pratensisThis woody-stemmed perennial produces sticky spikes of deep violet or, rarely, white to pink flowers.
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Plant Guide‘Shenandoah’ red switchgrass
Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’'Shenandoah' is truly a plant for all seasons.
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Plant GuideRed coreopsis
Coreopsis roseaThis plant bears a profusion of lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers from mid-summer to early autumn.
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Plant GuideIndigofera, Pinkflower, Chinese indigo
Indigofera amblyanthaThis deciduous shrub growing to 6 feet tall and 8 feet wide bears erect racemes of pea-like, pink flowers from summer to early fall above leaves composed of several leaflets.
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Plant GuideVolcano® Phlox Purple
Phlox paniculata 'Barthirtythree'The Volcano® series of fragrant, abundantly-flowering, compact Phlox has been bred for high levels of natural disease-tolerance.
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Plant GuideGray goldenrod
Solidago nemoralisThis is one of the smallest species of goldenrod, topping out at only 4 to 6 inches high in poor soils, and 2 feet high in fertile soils.
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