New England Asters, sedum, a yellow mum that is almost invasive-I just love it!, a very late blooming phlox, obedient plant-an invasive thing that agree is invasive, zinnias-not a perenial but looks great in the fall and you can plant seeds now, and then all my perenial grasses really add to fall beauty. I really enjoy my late blooming things

Sedum, second blooming iris, and even though the bee balm is done blooming it gets great red foliage.

Your typical cone flowers and black eyed susan. Lots of different colors and varieties available now. How about that purple cabbage stuff? Heliopsis, meadowsweet, ligularia, joe pye weed, solidago(especially crown of rays!),cardinal flower, bugbane, and anemones are some other late summer to fall blooming perennials. But you shouldn't limit yourself to just perennials!! With the seed exchange on gardenweb you can get just about every seed you can think of for a total of less than 5 or 10 bucks in postage. Try some red castor beans or purple majesty millet. Or any of a hundred other annuals that you cannot buy at Don Caan's or walmart. I lived in Sheboygan for 35 years until last year when I moved to Cascade. Still work in Sheboygan though. I know that it is hard to find any plants that aren't in everybody else's yard. Perennial grasses work great too. All depends on sun, shade etc.

Here is a thumbnail of my smaller back garden bed. Just click on it for a larger picture. The tropical larger one is posted under lasagna bed on this forum.

Lee

I went back to my garden journal from last September/October and these were still blooming: assorted roses, morning glories, nasturtiums, black eyed susans, toad lilies (love 'em!), boltonia (nasty, invasive), assorted asters, blue lobelia, hyacinth bean vine, mums, icicle pansies, and ornamental grasses look especially nice, then....and of course an assortment of annuals.

Oh, yes yes yes. Ornamental grasses are wonderful! Also frost-hardy are the sweet peas (late crop, second planting), Clara Curtis mum (I'll have seeds), and all the shrubs with great fall color, i.e., burning bush, barberry, ninebark, sumac, etc.