Asters, gourds, green peppers, morning glory, and (to my delight as a first season rose grower) many of my roses! Even so, I sure would like to add even more fall color.

Asters, Chrysanthemums, Eupatorium 'Gateway', Russian Sage, Clematis tangutica, Calamintha (second time), Dropmore honeysuckle, some of the late Phlox paniculata, Hydrangea 'Annabelle', Rose 'Nearly Wild', Agastache rupestris and Blue Fortune, Rudbeckia 'Golden Glow', Calamagrostis 'Avalanche' and 'Karl Foerster', Heliopsis 'Lorraine Sunshine', Toadlilies, Cimicifuga, coneflowers, Geraniums 'Rozanne' and 'Jolly Bee'. Must be more...but can't think of any at this time of the morning.

Among the self-seeder annual types -Rudbeckia hirtas and Salvia hormonium.
Jan

Forgot to mention: I divided my Primula saxatalis in July and the divisions are re-blooming! Gotta love P. saxatalis!

Oh...the hostas (of course) are still looking great with the plantagenia-types in lovely bloom (smells great too).

Jan

Everything looks great! From those still blooming to ripening seedheads. This is my favorite time of year. And the weather is perfect for getting some end-of-season chores done!

Morning glories are finally blooming like crazy, asters (September ruby) are just starting. Autumn Joy sedum hasn't reached its color peak, but my Brilliant sedum is a very pretty pink (there are tons of butterflies on both kinds of sedum). Gaillardia have been blooming for a long time and still look good. I love my Helenium Mardi Gras which I just planted this year, its been blooming for over a month now. The nasturtiums I planted would still look good, but I had to pull them all up to plant some bulbs. I had put them in a new perennial garden which needed some filler for the first season. Boy, did they fill in! They nearly took over the place. I was a little worried about my new perennials, but they managed to handle the competition.

Jan, do you baby your "Nearly Wild" rose over the winter? I bought one this year thinking, "well, if it's nearly wild it must be quite hardy," but some of the reading I've been doing has led me to think otherwise.

Scilla numidica - just ending
Scilla scilliodes - just ending
Various sedums
Leptodermis oblonga
Liatris ligulistylus
Ironweed-this year only 8ft
Aralia elata - Japanese Aralia
Willowood Viburnum - normally blooms in fall
Linaria purpurea
Gypsophila bungeana
Petrohagia saxifraga
Euonymus sieboldianus hamiltonianus - showy seed capsules
lespedeza 'Pink Fountains'
Aster 'Snow Flurries' - 8" x2.5ft
various Balloon flowers
Scabiosa japonica nana - dwarf Japanese pincusion flower
Grasses----
Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'- All Gold Japanese Forest Grass
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Miscanthus sinensis 'Huron Sunrise', 'Iwa jima', 'Klein Fontaine'
Molina c. 'Variegata'
Big Bluestem
Little Bluestem
Bamboo (just kidding, and making sure you're still awake)

Rick

Nettiesgarden...what do you have your Tardiva's planted with? I have three of these that I can't figure out where to put them (I bought these last fall for $1 each and held them over in my garden all winter). But, they get to be so large so that limits my option's...do they take to pruning very well to keep them within reasonable size?

Could you post a photo of yours in bloom right now?

I have them planted in a mixed shrub/perennial border. Mine is about 6'x6' this year and I prune hard in the spring- cutting back by a third to a half of the cane's height. I prune back to upward facing buds if I can to avoid getting too much sprawl. This has allowed some of my shade loving perennials to grow under the outer edge of the canopy. It has a nice vase shape to it. I'll try and get a photo this weekend and post.