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Re: August is a hard month

Fairy roses... full bloom, tons of them :)
Day lillies.. lookin good!
Hydrangae.. starting to fade but still hanging in there..
Hostas.. nice flowers although with hostas who needs flowers!
Verbena Holmstead purple.... delicious
Campanula glomerata... wonderous!

At 11:55 AM 8/20/97 -0700, you wrote:
>It is always hard to find a good color border in the month of August. .
>I see splashes of yellow(Black-eyed Susan's) and a light purple of Joe
>Pye Weed.  I need something more dynamic. The Joe Pye weed is a very
>tall background in my border, but I need something else.    I think I
>will move a section Rudbeckia ritida 'Herbstsonne' next to the Joe Pye
>Weed.  I have tried to incorporate Dahlia's for summer color, but the
>slugs and plants seem to get them first.
>
>
>
>What plant in your border are you proud of in the month of August? 
> Is it a shrub or perennial? sun or shade?
>Duncan McAlpine
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Shelley
USDA Zone 6A 
Sunset Zone 39
Detroit

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