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In October our summer bedding plants will be replaced with mums, pansies and other fall-blooming plants. Hanging baskets of mums will also show up around the Garden.
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Chrysanthemum and mexican bush sage Chrysanthemum 'Yocecilia' CECILIA & Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara'
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Swift Vista
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In the bulb gardens the dahlias and caladiums will be attractive until the first killing frost.
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Likewise, alocasias, colocasias and xanthosomas will be showy until the first frost, which usually arrives around October 15th.
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Late flowering toad lilies will still be attractive as will the ornamental grasses.
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Crape myrtles continue in flower and add bright colors to fall.
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Roses continue with their fall display. Some summer annuals will remain until killed by frost.
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Butterfly bushes will continue to bloom and some bluebeards will still be in flower.
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Rose of Sharons continue and the red berries on the prickly ash will be striking.
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Turtleheads and goldenrods continue in flower. Plumbago should still have some late flowers and if not its fall color is still very attractive.
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The seven-son flower will be past peak but some of the beautyberries will still have attractive showy fruit.
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Fall asters continue flowering throughout the Garden. You will find short, ground hugging ones like the lovely heath aster as well as many mid-sized varieties.
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Mid to late in the month fall color will begin with cooler days and nights. Some of the first plants to watch for are sassafras and dogwood. Following, in a couple of weeks the Garden will be bright colors of yellow, orange, and red.
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Tropical waterlilies continue and don't miss the impressive Amazon water lily if frost holds off.
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In the Prairie Garden the combination of New England asters, goldenrods and willow-leaved sunflower will be striking.
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In shady areas you can still be able to enjoy the hardy begonia. In sunny areas look for the showy stonecrops.
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Several of the Japanese anemones will still be in flower and the blue salvia may still be gorgeous.
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