September 8-14

In the Garden Hall Courtyard you will find:
Anemone x hybrida 'Robustissima' (Grapeleaf Anemone), a shorter variety with strong flowering ability late into fall.




In the Show Garden North:
Dahlia 'Granny Norman' (Medium semi-cactus Dahlia). With the change in season, dahlias at the TBG show spectacular blooms and colour.



Also in the Show Garden North:
Hydrangea paniculata 'Phantom' (Pee Gee Hydrangea), featured once before and now turning colour for late summer/ early fall display. Great for cutting.




In the Entry Garden:
Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine' (Switch Grass), a great specimen providing a stunning focal point in the garden.




Also in the Entry Garden:
Pennisetum alopecuroiudes 'Cassian' (Fountain Grass), a beautiful clump-forming grass that provides flowers through till winter

The week of September 2-7

In the Entry Garden you will find:
Calamagrostis brachytricha (Korean Feather Reed Grass), a stately ornamental grass with blooms up to 25 cm which performs long after other plants have faded.



In the Show Garden North:
From Proven Winners, a grouping of new plant introductions including a coleus, Solenostemon scutellarioidea ColorBlaze 'Dipt in Wine', left, paired with Sedum telephium 'Xenox' (Stonecrop) and below them Heuchera 'Venus' (Fancy-leaf Coral Bells).




In the Show Garden South:

Acer tataricum ssp. ginnala 'Flame' (Amur Maple), a small bushy maple that is great for Northern gardens. Its leaves turn from green to red then yellow in fall.

In the Water Garden West
Hibiscus 'Kopper King' (Swamp Rose Mallow) one of the more popular perennial hibiscus for its white flowers with pink veining and dark coppery foliage.




In the Water Garden North:
Physostegia virginiana 'variegata' (Obediant Plant). While this plant is known for its late summer flowering and is prone to run, this variety stays in place and provides lovely variegated foliage along with lavender blooms. It is shown here with Verbena bonariensis (Brazilian Verbena) with its upright branching stems and magenta purple flowers and Sedum telephium 'Black Jack' (Stonecrop), a dark foliage variety.

In the Water Garden West you will find:

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Carafe Grenache' (Rose Mallow). A popular perennial for the late summer herbaceous border and completely hardy to Northern gardens, it dies back to the ground in fall and is one of the last to show in spring. In the background is Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'.

August 26

The week of August 25-31

In the Garden Hall Courtyard a terrific late summer grouping of Anemone x hybrida 'September Charm' (Japanese Anemone) with Anemone x hybrida 'Party Dress' (the darker pink of the two anemones). In the foreground, Tricyrtis 'Tojen' (Toad Lily).

In the Water Garden North:

Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant' (Showy Stonecrop) with Sedum 'Postman's Pride.' Both are terrific selections and are hardy to our climate. They show well even through winter after their flowers have dried. Postman's Pride is a dark-stemmed variety gaining popularity.

In the Garden Hall Courtyard:

Acer palmatum var. dissectum (Dissectum Group) 'Garnet' (Japanese Maple) with an underplanting of Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' (Japanese Forest Grass)

The week of August 17

Dahlias: Join head gardener Sandra Pella for Dahlia Daze on Tuesday August 25 froom 1-3 p.m. at the TBG.

The north side of the President's Choice Show Garden has many varieties of Dahlias including Dahlia 'Pooh', an example of a Collerette flower-type. Here it is set of by Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight.' Dahlias' peak time for blooming is late August through September and they will continue into October until frost.




In the foreground and flowering now: Miscanthus sinensis 'Huron Blush' (Japanese Silver Grass) with the variegated Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland' (Maiden Grass) which will flower later in August through September.




Chelone Iyonii (Pink Turtlehead) Nature. A native plant which is also popular in white.




In the Water Garden West Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' (Perennial Sunflower). A giant sunflower known for its lemony yellow blooms on tall stalks.




Iin the Water Garden East Helenium 'Rubinzwerg' (Sneezeweed) with Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' (Black-eyed Susan). The Helenium is a good example of the hot reds, oranges and yellows that are prominent now in the garden.




In the Entry Garden Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' (Ornamental Oregano). A great plant for the perennial border which also makes a good groundcover when combined with other taller flowering plants such as Perovskia.

August 12,2009

In the Nature Garden you will find:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) with Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' (Black-eyed Susan)




In the Herb Garden:
Rhus typhina (Tiger Eyes) ='Bailtiger' (Cutleaf Sumac) with Monarda didyma (Beebalm)



In the Water Garden East:
Phlox paniculata 'Robert Poore' (Summer Phlox)



In the Entry Courtyard:
Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' (Fleeceflower)



In the Entry Garden:
Eupatorium purpureum ssp. maculatum 'Gateway' (Joe Pye Weed)

The Week of August 4- 10

The north side of the President's Choice Show Garden has different varieties of Dahlias. Join Sandra Pella for Dahlia Daze on August 11, 18 and 25 at the TBG.

Dahlia 'Dana' [Small Semi-Cactus]














In the Garden Hall Courtyard:

Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' (Switch grass)



















In the Westview Terrace:

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' (Summersweet)



















In the Entry Garden you will find:

Molinia caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Moorhexe' (Moor Grass)



















Helenium 'Rubinzwerg' (Sneezeweed)



















In the Demonstration Courtyard:

Echinops ritro (Globe Thistle)

July 27- August 3

In the Entry Garden:

Sanguisorba tenuifolium 'Album' (Chinese Burnet)



















Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me' (Daylily) with Echinacea 'Vintage Wine' (Purple Coneflower)



















In the Demonstration Garden:

Lysimachia clethroides (Gooseneck Loosestrife)



















In the Westview Terrace:

Phlox paniculata 'Starfire' (Summer Phlox) with Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' (White Snakeroot)















In the President's Choice Show Garden:

Hydrandea paniculata 'Phantom' (Pee Gee Hydrangea)