Herbaceous perennials are one of many categories of plants that follow us through our seasons. Although they start in spring they are typically at their best in summer. It is hard to know how to describe the changing landscape as one group finishes their show and another begins. Since all of the garden beds are a blend of bulbs, shrubs and perennials, no one type will predominate.
As bulbs fade from the scene their places are filled in by many early summer perennials... Oriental Poppies, Old Fashioned Bleeding Hearts, Cushion Spurge, flowering Salvias, 'Husker's Red' Penstemon, Creeping Phlox, hardy Geraniums and more. We try for a variety of foliage forms and color, so that interest exists regardless of bloom. Gray- leafed Lamb's Ears, the needle-like Dracocephalum ,the burgundy leaves of various Heucheras and the bold green and white Lamium 'White Nancy' are a few of the contributors. Hostas, of course are the ultimate foliage plant.

Oriental  Poppies	Oriental  Poppies	Bleeding Heart	Bleeding Heart	Heuchera	Blue Panda	Burgundy Corydalis
Dragon's Head	Penstemon	Spurge	Meadow Sage	Birch's Geranium	Geranium	Lamb'sEar
Lady's Mantle	Hosta Francee	Hosta	Hosta 'June'	Hosta marginata	Hosta Sieboldiana	Hosta

Perennials of Late Summer

Click here for a sunny afternoon visit to some of our perennial garden

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