late summer flowers

Late Summer Flowers

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Despite my best efforts, my garden has too few late summer flowers.  For years I have been shy about putting in enough dahlias, which will bloom their hearts out given a bit of sunny space and water.  They come in so many sizes, shapes and colors that even those, like me, who disdain the flashy … Read more

Perennial Sweet Pea

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Central New York– The wildflowers in Central New York this year are more sparse than in most summers and often stunted.  Drought in late June and early July put a damper on normal development.  Even the stalwart Queen Anne’s lace is shorter and the frilly parasol-like flowerheads are smaller.  In the roadside drainage ditches there … Read more