Re: late blooming perennial

Hello Claire,
    There are several monkshood that will carry one into the early winter.
Two good performs for me have been Aconitum 'arendsii' and A. 'Barker's
variety'. Barker's (aka Baker) has lasted well into mid-December for me in
the past with our mild winters.
    There is no shortage of plants for fall bloom that will carry you into
early winter and wind up the season of gardening. None that I am aware of,
however, will perform without moisture. When it get this hot and stays this
dry for this long, we get the hose out and water. There is no other way if
you want the booms and plump green foliage. Even the natives that are
supposed to take it all and come out looking fresh are having a hard time
this year.
    Well established shrubs with summer blooms are a possibility. Also we
see all the potted mum and asters that go on sale around here in the fall
along with ornamental kale, etc. We are completely without shame or
modesty... go right out and give into temptation. purchase and pot, place
some on porch, some near the parking area, others in the gardens. Almost
makes it looks as though we knew what we were doing all year around here.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
> I think I got lost on the monkshood.  I have one that blooms in very end
of
> September and resists frosts.  You can ignore this plant most of the
season
> but when it begins to form buds, you have to water it.  There are several
> late ones, Marge or Gene will know them.  Hosta plantaginea or the Hosta
> 'Royal Standard' are both late bloomers and despite what the hosta folk
say,
> will grow with no watering, mine do.
>
> Another late summer bloomer that will stay in place in the shade is
> Lysimachia clethroides.  If the soil is dry, it will not run around.  Mine
> does not and is about to bloom right now.  The tall Japanese anemones
bloom
> late and don't need much help.  I don't ever water them but they do need
help
> to become established.  I don't know which ones I have as I have tried all
> kinds and some don't make it here but a goodly bunch do.  There is a
> chrysanthemum ( I hope it is that name and not another now) called
> 'Sheffield'.  This plant is some spreader so a little dry soil or a little
> dappled shade might contain it.  It blooms in late September or early
October
> here and is frostproof.  You need to buy Sheffield and not another one or
you
> won't get the same performance. It is a McGourty plant from CT.  There
must
> be a few more suggestions out there.  Finally, you can grow a plant in a
> black nursey pot and drop it into some ground cover growing dry shade if
you
> really want some bloom there.  There are a great lot of dry shade ground
> covers.  A pretty plant is the shiny leaved ginger the proper name of
which I
> cannot remember tonight. You can grow the plants in a row somewhere and
drop
> them in the shady ground cover in the early fall.   Lilies also bloom in
> semi-shade and if you consult a lily specialist catalog, you will find
late
> blooming bulbs.  And don't forget ferns, ferns are good companions to
> everything.
>
> If you think this not exactly kosher, it was the way the famed Ms. Jekyll
> kept her also famed color coordinated borders always looking first class.
>
> Claire Peplowski

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