There are many water-wise plants that bloom in the fall in addition to some summer bloomers that continue into the fall.
For the extremely dry garden in late summer and fall:
香蕉视频直播� native rabbitbrush shrub has outstanding golden-yellow bloom atop silver foliage
香蕉视频直播� Russian sage (Perovskia) has silver foliage and blue flowers
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香蕉视频直播� tasty garlic chives (white flowers).
Plants in the dry garden that bloom from June to frost without deadheading are:
香蕉视频直播� Missouri evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) 香蕉视频直播� large yellow blooms
香蕉视频直播� hardy ice plant (Delospermum cooperi) 香蕉视频直播� a ground cover with fuchsia pink flowers
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Blanket flower (Gaillardia), a good cut flower, will repeat bloom if deadheaded.
Long blooming annuals include marigolds, sunflowers, verbena, gazania and portulaca.
Okanagan native flowers that bloom from June to frost are golden asters (Heterotheca villosa) and showy aster (Aster conspicuus).
The later is a vigorous spreader by seeds and roots so only use it in a wild garden or for erosion control.
Native Aster ericoides has starry white flowers in fall.
Fall blooming plants that need some supplemental water in the dry heat are:
香蕉视频直播� blue leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbagnoides)
香蕉视频直播� Japanese anemone (Anemone 香蕉视频直播楻obustissima香蕉视频直播�) 香蕉视频直播損ink blooms, will grow in full sun or part shade. It grows vigorously, especially in rich soil or too
香蕉视频直播� Blue mist spirea or bluebeard (Caryopteris 香蕉视频直播楧ark Knight香蕉视频直播�) is a five by five foot silvered leaved shrub. Its deep blue flowers are a pollinator magnet香蕉视频直播攁s are most blue flowers.
Blue flowered Aster frikartii blooms continuously from July to frost without deadheading.
Three well-behaved yarrows that bloom in June and, if cut back, bloom again in fall are: Achillea 香蕉视频直播楳oonshine香蕉视频直播� (soft yellow), A. 香蕉视频直播楾erra Cotta香蕉视频直播� (salmon/terra cotta), and A. 香蕉视频直播楶aprika香蕉视频直播� (scarlet with yellow eye).
Rudbeckia 香蕉视频直播楪oldsturm香蕉视频直播� and Echinacea 香蕉视频直播楳agnus香蕉视频直播� bloom from June to September. The latter benefits from deadheading in summer.
Both have excellent winter structure and attractive seed heads that provide bird food.
Yellow 香蕉视频直播楽tella d香蕉视频直播橭ro香蕉视频直播� daylily blooms from June into September.
Rugosa roses 香蕉视频直播楬ansa香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播楴early Wild香蕉视频直播� are profuse bloomers in late spring and fall as well as having some bloom through summer.
Long blooming annuals that have similar water needs are: osteospermum, petunias, cosmos, and calendula.
My favourite fall annuals are zinnias. They begin blooming in a multitude of vibrant colours in August and continue to frost. They香蕉视频直播檙e an excellent cut flower.
Check the plant database at okanaganxeriscape.org for more information and pictures of these and other fall blooming plants as well as plants that have attractive fall foliage colours.
