Tips for Late Summer Colour

Although the summer is reaching its conclusion, there are still some plants you can choose to provide you with some September flowers. Herbaceous perennials are easy to grow, have very few pest and disease problems, and attractive to butterflies and bees. As well as this, they will provide you with some much needed colour and foliage before autumn, as well as flowering again next year.

Plants that flower late in the season include Windflowers or Japanese Anemones, the Sedums, Penstemons, Crocosmia, Rudbeckia, Echinacea, Sidalcea, Verbena and Lythrum. There are many different varieties and colours available and given time they will often grow into sizeable clumps that can provide some striking hot and cool colours that will not look out of place in any border or position. With herbaceous perennials, it is often best to position plants in sunny positions for best results, although some (eg. Anemones) can grow very successfully in the shade.