September may be half over, but my ornamental garden is still going strong, thanks to late-blooming shrubs and perennials like summersweet, hydrangeas, ...
| Posted: 30 minutes ago | Updated: Sept. 13, 2023, 11:17 a.m. | 5 Min Read
For Alice d’Entremont, the owner of Ouest-Ville Perennials in West Pubnico, hydrangeas light up the late-season garden. “There are so many options for hydrangeas, each having different qualities,” she says, adding that there are new cultivars and series released each year. “You can’t have just one of course, but if I had to pick I’d choose ‘Limelight’, as it’s perfect in every aspect - colour, height, bloom durability, ease of cultivation, and it’s also the name of a Rush song.
As for perennials, there are also plenty of options. Jamie Ellison, Horticulture Instructor and co-author of Gardening for Acidic Soils recommends heath aster ‘Snowflurry’. “This is a very hardy, very low-growing, ground-covering aster,” he says. “It produces a profusion of small white flowers with bright yellow centers from the end of September and into October.”
Todd Boland, Research Horticulturist at Memorial University of Newfoundland and author of 10 books including Shrubs and Vines for Atlantic Canada relies on Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldstrum’, which he calls ‘an oldie but a goodie’ and a plant currently in full bloom in my backyard. Summersweet is a compact shrub that lives up to its name as the sweet fragrance perfumes the entire backyard. The bumblebees and butterflies love it and it flowers for 4 to 6 weeks. - Niki Jabbour
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