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Fall is approaching but you will find some crape myrtles in flower throughout the month.
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Roses will also be coming back for a fall display and the summer annuals will be very showy.
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Early in the month a few Hydrangea 'Tardiva' will still be in flower. You may find some cardinal flowers still blooming and the bush clovers will be starting.
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Fountain grass will be flowering and the chaste tree continues. Bluebeards will be flowering.
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Some butterfly bushes continue in bloom and several miscanthus will be displaying their showy panicles all fall and into the winter.
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Rose of Sharons continue and the castor aralia near the eastern entrance to the Japanese Garden flowers most of the month.
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Some jewels of fall that begin flowering this month are turtleheads and the goldenrods. Plumbago will be showy in several locations.
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In the prairie and butterfly gardens the compass plant flowers and around the garden don't miss the lovely toadlilies. Mid-month some of the early beautyberries will begin to color-up with more becoming show later in the month.
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The seven-son flower will be flowering and the large-flowering herbaceous mallows are impressive. Don't miss the late-flowering golden rain tree. It is very welcome as a lovely late-flowering tree.
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Fall is a great time for dahlias, caladiums, and maybe some fall gladiolus.
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Many garden phlox will still have flowers and liriope will produce lovely purple flowers followed by black pea-size fruits. The sweet-smelling autumn clematis vine begins early in the month.
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In the Kemper Center bird garden enjoy scarlet rose mallow and trumpet vine.
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Tropical waterlilies will still be blooming and you may also catch a flower on the impressive Amazon water lily. Some fall asters, such as 'Purple Dome', will be starting to flower.
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In shady areas you may see the hardy begonia. In sunny areas look for the showy stonecrops.
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Our summer annuals trial beds will be winding down but you will observed real differences in cultivar performance. Other summer flowering annuals you can still see are vincas and petunias throughout the Garden.
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Other annuals of note will be begonias, ageratum and pentas.
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Still others you will see are lantana, heliotrope, and caricature plant.
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Some plants you can still see in our summer baskets and containers include Chinese hibiscus, mandevilla, and scaevola.
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Other plants to look for and enjoy are the Japanese anemones and the blue salvia.
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