How about marigolds, asters, goldenrod for fall color?

G* L*

Greetings from Greg Lecker in Minneapolis,

How about marigolds, asters, and goldenrod for fall color?  There 
are so many varieties of these underrated flowers.  I like the smell 
of marigolds and they are usually quite full by the fall!  Marigolds 
have excellent frost tolerance compared with some annuals.  And, 
if they re-seed, you can almost treat them as perennials.  
Marigolds also require so little water to keep them happy!  Plus a 
neighbor once stopped by to harvest the spent blooms to use in a 
organic dye project.  Mums in Minnesota sometimes don't start 
flowering early enough in the fall for me; not to mention that they 
don't always come back in our cold climate.  Amaranthus, not Love-
lies-bleeding or Jacob's Coat tri-color, but a crimson blooming 
variety that re-seeds very readily is great for the back or center of a 
planting.  It reaches 4 to 5 feet tall and the foliage itself displays 
interesting fall color - pink, crimson, muted greens. 

Greg Lecker
LightSpaces,
A Vision of Michaud Cooley Erickson
Suite 1200
333 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN  55402
612.673.6871
Fax: 612.339.8354
glecker@michaudcooley.com

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