{"id":67520,"date":"2023-09-04T01:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T01:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=67520"},"modified":"2023-09-04T01:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T01:10:30","slug":"swathes-of-late-perennials-will-give-gardens-a-natural-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/lifestyle\/swathes-of-late-perennials-will-give-gardens-a-natural-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Swathes of late perennials will give gardens a natural look"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>DRIFT INTO AUTUMN:\u00a0Swathes of late perennials will give gardens a natural look<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Early\u00a0 autumn is when &#8216;new perennials&#8217; come into their own<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0\u00a0Our long wet summer means it&#8217;s party time for hydrangeas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>September is a lovely month in the garden, bringing a painter\u2019s palette of late-\u00adseason perennials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a great opportunity to get planting, with bargains to be had as nurseries come to the end of their summer stock.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Early autumn is when \u2018new perennials\u2019 come into their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This style of planting, pioneered in the 1980s and 1990s by Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf, continues to influence the way we garden today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the concept of using low-maintenance herbaceous plants in naturalistic drifts, emulating the way flowers might grow in the wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/17\/75013541-12476005-image-a-1_1693758968160.jpg\" height=\"377\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Come into their own: Echinacea pallida has slender, delicate petals in softest pink<\/p>\n<p>Plants are selected for how they suit the environment. This doesn\u2019t mean they have to be native, but they adapt well to their growing conditions without taking over.<\/p>\n<p><span>SHAPE UP\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When choosing late-season perennials, think about shape as well as colour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Using a variety of forms and textures provides contrast and helps to draw the eye through the garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, you have the daisy shapes. Echinacea, or coneflowers, look like a child\u2019s drawing of a flower, with long curved petals coming off a plump centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They bloom from mid-\u00adsummer until early autumn in pink, white, red, and orange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>E. pallida is wild-looking and tall, growing up to 1.2m, with a brown cone and slender pale pink petals, while E. purpurea \u2018White Swan\u2019 has pure white florets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rudbeckia, or Black-eyed Susans, range from yellow and orange to dark red, providing a blaze of colour.\u00a0They prefer full sun and moist but well-drained soil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>R. fulgida \u2018Goldsturm\u2019 is one of the best, growing to 1m tall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asters, or Michaelmas daisies, also known as Symphyotrichum, don\u2019t mind partial shade and are great for a last blast of colour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A.frikartii \u2018M\u00f6nch\u2019 has bright lavender-blue flowers, while the New England aster \u2018Violetta\u2019 is a lovely darker purple.<\/p>\n<p><span>DREAMY SPIRES<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next, you have the spires: Salvias have been going strong since early summer with a long flowering season that should see them into mid-autumn.\u00a0They combine well with grasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Salvia \u2018Nachtvlinder\u2019 is a deep maroon, while S. \u2018Amistad\u2019 is a rich violet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bugbane, or Actaea simplex, has luminous candle -like fragrant white flowers and a wonderful winter silhouette.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Brunette\u2019 is an attractive cultivar.\u00a0And Persicaria amplexicaulis is good for a damp, shady spot.\u00a0Try magenta pink \u2018September Spires\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then, come the buttons, with their bobbing panicles. Scabious, or Knautia macedonica, has small crimson flowers on thin stems giving it a light airy appear-\u00ad ance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The blooms of Sanguisorba look like little pink bottle brushes, with leaves that turn an attractive rust colour in autumn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the flatheads including sedums, with large, fleshy leaves and reddish stems, which go well with swishy grasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also known as stonecrop, the official name for this group is now Hylotelephium.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Autumn Joy\u2019 is a good variety with flowers that start out white and fade to pink.<\/p>\n<p>When deciding what to buy, consider your soil type. Is it shady? In which case the white Japanese anemone \u2018Honorine Jobert\u2019 could be a good choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunny with good drainage? The perfect site for the giant hyssop Agastache \u2018Blue Fortune\u2019. Dig a hole the right size to bury just the roots.\u00a0 Once your plant is in, firm around the base and water it well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Planted now, perennials have time to estab-lish, dying back over winter, before returning with renewed vigour next year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/gardening\/article-12476005\/DRIFT-AUTUMN-Swathes-late-perennials-gardens-natural-look.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DRIFT INTO AUTUMN:\u00a0Swathes of late perennials will give gardens a natural look Early\u00a0 autumn is when &#8216;new perennials&#8217; come into their own READ MORE:\u00a0\u00a0Our long wet summer means it&#8217;s party time for hydrangeas September is a lovely month in the garden, bringing a painter\u2019s palette of late-\u00adseason perennials.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a great opportunity to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swathes of late perennials will give gardens a natural look - Like celeb WN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/lifestyle\/swathes-of-late-perennials-will-give-gardens-a-natural-look\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swathes of late perennials will give gardens a natural look - Like celeb WN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DRIFT INTO AUTUMN:\u00a0Swathes of late perennials will give gardens a natural look Early\u00a0 autumn is when &#8216;new perennials&#8217; 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