We are just starting to see fall colour, mostly in the ashes and the stressed trees. Still, there is plenty of colour:
Certain annuals are still going:
Nasturiums
Morning Glories: ‘Grandfather Ott” a starred purple
Petunias
Sunflowers
Jewel weed (short orange and tall yellow)
Perennials
Black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta and triloba)
Lobelias (Red and Blue)
White wood aster
Blue wood aster
Calico aster
Helenium
Helianthus
Lingularia
Toad lilies
Sedums (mostly Autumn Joy)
Anenome Robutissima
New England/New York asters (a tall pink, blue ‘October skies’, ‘Alma Potschke’, a wild tall blue)
White boltonia
Goldenrods (at least five types)
Garden Phlox
A second flower stalk of several Easter lilies
Vines/shrubs
Pee-Gee Hydrangea
Caryopteris (fluffy true blue flowers)
Autumn clematis
other…. a mix of pastel or dusky pinks, blues, whites with really good yellows, reds, and blues.
*pardon any misspellings, typing this on the way out the door…