what's blooming in the Adventure Garden in late August

Yes, I know it's September already but I took these pictures a few days ago and haven't had time to post them yet.  Are you looking for ideas for perennials that are showy at this time of year in Calgary?  My Adventure Garden at this time of year is taken over by lots of late-bloomers such as sedum 'Matrona', rudbeckia 'Golden Glow',

ornamental grasses such as helitotrichon sempervirens (blue oat grass),

and prairie perennials such as purple liatris spicata and echinacea 'White Swan',

and one of my all-time favourite plants, perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage.)  All of these plants do well in a sunny spot and are drought-tolerant.  They're also all low maintenance except the rudbeckia, which is a tall plant that needs staking. 

To see what this garden looks like at other times of the year, click here and scroll down.

Comments

[Weber]

The Echinacea against the Liatris looks great! They look so tiny in the main picture, gives you some idea of scale to the size of the bed.

[Janice Miller-Young]

Thanks Weber!  Yes, the bed is ridiculously big! 
Janice