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Re: September blooms in my garden Z4/5

There's always something new to buy, new to acquire!  

I'm so glad to hear someone else thinks this season has been a little late.
 We had a really hot, relatively sunny summer here in Central NY, so I was
surprised at the lateness of things - must of had a colder spring than usual.

At 08:43 AM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Here in Ottawa, Canada, campanula carpatica "blue clips" and Coreopsis (sp.
>unknown) are still blooming merrily away after 2 months.  Heliopsis,
>delphiniums, dahlias and sedum "dragon's blood" are lovely.  My clematis
>jacmanii and another reddish one are re-blooming beautifully after a break. 
>Sedum "autumn joy" and another similar variety are just beginning to show
>colour (one red, the other pink).  The leaves of Oenethera Tetragona are
>starting to turn red.  Columbine and geraniums (var unknown) have only just
>finished reblooming.  Still a few blossoms on my foxgloves. Oh, and my shrub
>rose is reblooming a bit.  I'm really going to have to prune it back this
>autumn - it's over 7 feet tall now - a bit overwhelming for the rest of the
>border.  
>
>It's been a strange summer with everything coming into its prime 2-3 weeks
>later than usual.  
>
>I've just purchased Veronica, Yarrow and Purple Coneflower to give some
>additional late summer colour for next year.  Joe Pye Weed sounds
interesting.
> I think I may have to acquire some. 
>
>There's a little perennials vendor at the local open-air market (a scant 1 km
>from my house).  The plants are a very good size and, being autumn, the
prices
>are irresistable.  I am incapable of passing without picking something
>up!  Is anyone else here as weak-willed as I am?
>
>Happy gardening,
>-Sheila
>
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