There are many water-wise plants that bloom in the fall in addition to some summer bloomers that continue into the fall.
For the extremely dry garden in late summer and fall:
91裸聊视频� native rabbitbrush shrub has outstanding golden-yellow bloom atop silver foliage
91裸聊视频� Russian sage (Perovskia) has silver foliage and blue flowers
91裸聊视频� tall sedum91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频楳atrona,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频楢utumn Joy91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频楤rilliant91裸聊视频� have pink to reddish flowers loved by bees. They have great foliage the rest of the growing season and add interest to the garden in winter
91裸聊视频� tasty garlic chives (white flowers).
Plants in the dry garden that bloom from June to frost without deadheading are:
91裸聊视频� Missouri evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) 91裸聊视频� large yellow blooms
91裸聊视频� hardy ice plant (Delospermum cooperi) 91裸聊视频� a ground cover with fuchsia pink flowers
91裸聊视频� Walker91裸聊视频檚 Low catnip (Nepeta 91裸聊视频榃alker91裸聊视频檚 Low91裸聊视频�) 91裸聊视频� silver foliage and blue flowers.
Blanket flower (Gaillardia), a good cut flower, will repeat bloom if deadheaded.
Long blooming annuals include marigolds, sunflowers, verbena, gazania and portulaca.
Okanagan native flowers that bloom from June to frost are golden asters (Heterotheca villosa) and showy aster (Aster conspicuus).
The later is a vigorous spreader by seeds and roots so only use it in a wild garden or for erosion control.
Native Aster ericoides has starry white flowers in fall.
Fall blooming plants that need some supplemental water in the dry heat are:
91裸聊视频� blue leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbagnoides)
91裸聊视频� Japanese anemone (Anemone 91裸聊视频楻obustissima91裸聊视频�) 91裸聊视频損ink blooms, will grow in full sun or part shade. It grows vigorously, especially in rich soil or too
91裸聊视频� Blue mist spirea or bluebeard (Caryopteris 91裸聊视频楧ark Knight91裸聊视频�) is a five by five foot silvered leaved shrub. Its deep blue flowers are a pollinator magnet91裸聊视频攁s are most blue flowers.
Blue flowered Aster frikartii blooms continuously from July to frost without deadheading.
Three well-behaved yarrows that bloom in June and, if cut back, bloom again in fall are: Achillea 91裸聊视频楳oonshine91裸聊视频� (soft yellow), A. 91裸聊视频楾erra Cotta91裸聊视频� (salmon/terra cotta), and A. 91裸聊视频楶aprika91裸聊视频� (scarlet with yellow eye).
Rudbeckia 91裸聊视频楪oldsturm91裸聊视频� and Echinacea 91裸聊视频楳agnus91裸聊视频� bloom from June to September. The latter benefits from deadheading in summer.
Both have excellent winter structure and attractive seed heads that provide bird food.
Yellow 91裸聊视频楽tella d91裸聊视频橭ro91裸聊视频� daylily blooms from June into September.
Rugosa roses 91裸聊视频楬ansa91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频楴early Wild91裸聊视频� are profuse bloomers in late spring and fall as well as having some bloom through summer.
Long blooming annuals that have similar water needs are: osteospermum, petunias, cosmos, and calendula.
My favourite fall annuals are zinnias. They begin blooming in a multitude of vibrant colours in August and continue to frost. They91裸聊视频檙e an excellent cut flower.
Check the plant database at okanaganxeriscape.org for more information and pictures of these and other fall blooming plants as well as plants that have attractive fall foliage colours.
