Traditionally Labor Day signals the return to school, football season. Here are ten plants that have or will start blooming shortly:
>Sedum “Autumn Joy’, ‘Matrona’, ‘Autumn Fire’
>Goldenrod (Solidago)
>Toadlily (Tricyrtis)
>Fall anemone
>Fall mums, especially old fashioned types like ‘Ryan’s Pink’ and ‘Sheffield Pink’
>Fall Sunflower (Helianthus spp.)
>Asters ‘October Skies’, ‘Raydon’s Favorite’, ‘Purple Dome’
>Encore azaleas: ‘Autumn Ruby’, ‘Autumn Amethyst’, ‘Autumn Coronation’, ‘Autumn Royalty’, and ‘Autumn Bravo’ are hardy in zone 6b
>Pansies and violas
>Fall crocus and colchicum