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Mid-Late Summer Blooms

Posted on July 12, 2013 by SDG

Summer is in full swing and while we are enjoying the blooms that have already arrived in our gardens and landscapes there are still plenty of flowering trees, shrubs, and perennials that have yet to show off.

 

Flowering trees change the look and feel of the landscape, drawing the eye upwards, and throwing bursts of color and scent into the air.

Oxydendron

Sourwood (Oxydendron arboretum)
Blooms in July with “Lily of the Valley” like flowers.  Foliage turns red, orange, and purple in Fall.

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Sweet Bay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)

Blooms in late June with fragrant cup-shaped flowers.

Flowering shrubs will add a variety of shape and color with their blossoms.

Cotinus

Smoke Bush (Cotinus coggygaria ‘Royal Purple’)
Big cotton-like flowers are unique, foliage is burgundy, warming to deep purple in summer, ending with blazing orange in Fall.

Bluebeard

Bluebeard Shrub (Caryopteris varieties)
Blue late summer blooms attract birds and butterflies.

RoseOfSharon

Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Produces a variety of colorful blooms mid to late summer.

Butterfly-Bush

Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Excellent for attracting butterflies.  Flowers July to September and dies back in winter.

These unique perennials will soon blossom with vivid colors and textures.

Cimicifuga

Hillside Black Beauty (Cimicifuga simplex)
A striking specimen; very late blooms that last into the Fall.

AsterBlue

Aster (Aster ‘Blue Autumn’)
Blooms in August with deep blue and gold flowers.

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