Comments on: 5 Favorite Late Summer Flowers

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:10:49 +0000

Are any of these deer resistant? We have so many deer, rabbits and chipmunks. It seems that they eat almost everything I plant.

By: Karen Morden

Karen Morden — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 00:41:52 +0000

In Ontario Canada I also have phlox (David is whit and many pink varieties) and obedient plant this time of year.

By: Lea

Lea — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 03:41:36 +0000

What region is this for? I love me some pretty flowers

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:18:42 +0000

In reply to Tess. I buy them as plants, I have terrible luck with starting plants as seeds. They make it through the seed stage, but can't handle the dog laying on them in the flower bed stage :) You should be able to find these all at your local garden center this time of year and I have seen them all at both Lowes and Home Depot right now. You can go ahead and plant them, just make sure to keep them watered well for the first few weeks until they get established. As a matter of fact, I just bought another coneflower yesterday and am putting it in the ground this morning.

By: Tess

Tess — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 03:00:02 +0000

Thanks Pam for the great reminder of some awesome colors to add to the garden. My garden is really suffering this hot, dry summer. All my wave petunias are very leggy with few blooms. Even after deadheading they just aren't dealing with the heat very well. Do you start the plants you highlighted from seed and if so when do you sow them? Are these plants ok to plant this late in the summer?

By: Sondra @ Sondra Lyn at Home

Sondra @ Sondra Lyn at Home — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:09:04 +0000

Such pretty late-summer blooms! And I think your spider might be a granddaddy long legs!! Never stopped to think about whether insects are affected by poison ivy... but I avoid them both too!

Thanks for sharing these heat-hardy plants!

By: Fonda Rush

Fonda Rush — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 06:02:54 +0000

We brought many plants to NC from Ohio over 10 years ago. I wish I brought my whole collection of (5 or 6) Coreopsis. I had tick seed (tiny thin but plentiful leaves), mouse ear (small plant that sends out tall flowers), and a couple of others. Here in NC, we have seen them grow wild along the side of the road...not that we have stopped our car to get any or anything... {whistling while looking toward the sky}. I'm not especially fond of the ones with the red center, so I collected the all-yellow ones. I'll continue to build my collection here if I can. We also brought our purple cone flowers. Ours have been fully opened for some time, and they are doing quite well. We just purchased some Rudbeckia, so hopefully it will show its blooms for awhile. Thank you for showing off your flowers! I love the Yarrow!

By: Chris K in Wisconsin

Chris K in Wisconsin — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 01:44:39 +0000

In reply to Pamalin Jarosz. We use the live traps for those little dickens also. When we catch them, we put the trap in the van and drive it over the river from our house and let it go. We have contributed MANY to that end of town. We often wonder if they come marching back over the bridge, with little knapsacks and laugh at us. There never seems to be a shortage of them. ugh!!

By: Naomi S.

Naomi S. — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 22:25:22 +0000

I don't have a lot of perennials yet, Pam so I enjoyed your post. I'm always wanting to learn about more of them so I can increase their number in my flower beds. Thanks for sharing you knowledge and their beauty.

By: chris aka monkey

chris aka monkey — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 16:48:34 +0000

pam never hold back on a lovely post like this we do need some beauty in this nasty world xx