Two Good Late Summer Native Perennials

[friedgreen51]

These are two good late summer blooming perennials for your flower garden. They are both natives and start blooming in August until the frost takes them out.

Native Pink Turtle Head

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Native Cut Leaf Coneflower

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[Growing Coastal]

Interesting to see a coneflower like that. Similar to what we see in nurseries but not the same at all. One of the joys of Tomato Junction is seeing what grows in other parts of the world.

[MissS]

Those are very nice fall bloomers. I have had the pink Chelone. The deer pruned it last year. It's just coming into full bud now. This year I have the white Chelone as well. The white one is the host for the for the Baltimore Checker-spotted butterfly. I have never seen one of these butterflies and I'm hoping to attract them here.

[friedgreen51]

Interesting to see a coneflower like that. Similar to what we see in nurseries but not the same at all. One of the joys of Tomato Junction is seeing what grows in other parts of the world.

Yes, it is so interesting to see what other people are growing. The cut leaf coneflower is also called green head coneflower. It is a nice pollinator plant and attracts many kinds of bees and butterflies.,

[bower]

We have a white turtlehead here, I've seen it growing down by the river. Very pretty, and your pink is even nicer.
I have two mints that I brought home from that area - one is a delicious peppermint that grows at the head of the pond, the other is a round-leaved spearmint flavor that grows in big patches in the river. Don't know if they are native or if settlers settled them there. They are a little tricky to keep going in the garden as they do love water a bit more than other things.