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5 Perennial Plants for late colour in the garden – Part 3
And so to my final five perennial plants for late colour in the garden. When we get to September it’s easy to start thinking the garden season is coming to an end as many plants begin to die back, but with the right perennial plants mixed into your borders, you can go on having colour right into winter. I have all five of these plants in various forms and although some are only just about holding on to a few flowers, others are still flowering profusely here in November. As our climate warms up and we have less severe frosts, the late flowering plants go on and on which is…
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5 Perennial Plants for late colour in the garden – Part 2
As I talked about in part 1 of, five perennial plants for late colour in the garden, after finding myself with pretty much no colour in my late summer border years ago, I was determined to seek out plants that carried on flowering until the first frosts. This certainly keeps my spirits up as we descend into winter as much of the garden is dying back, but also (more importantly) gives an invaluable source of nectar to the insects before they settle down and hibernate through the coldest months. Of course like all gardeners, I am still learning about, and discovering new plants to grow to expand the flowering season,…