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Perennials
Perennials get a second wind in the cool days of October.  Days are shorter, spurring bloom in some species.
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Autumn Joy Sedum

Swamp Sunflower

Willow Leaf Sunflower
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Esperanza
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Ginger Lily

Hidden Ginger

Spider Lily
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Mexican Bush Sage
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Mums
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Firebush
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Firespike
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Pinecone Ginger
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Blue Daze
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Blue Glory
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Dwarf Ruellia
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Bush Daisy
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Scarlet Milkweed
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Wild Liatris

Liatris (cultivar)
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Duranta

Bat-faced Cuphea

Butterfly Flower
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Goldenrod (wild)
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Forsythia Sage
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Goldenrod (cultivar)
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Angelonia

Agastache

Caryopteris
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Plumbago

Turk's Cap
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Lantana

Skullcap

Flowering Maple

Russian Sage

Dog Fennel
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Mexican Tarragon
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Pentas 
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Belize Sage)
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Aromatic Aster 
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Obedient Plant

Salvia coccinea

Salvia Greggi
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Salvia Guaranitica
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Salvia Indigo Spires
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Salvia Vanhoutti
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Mealy Cup Sage
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Justicia (Jacobina)
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Red Shrimp Plant
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Mexican Heather

Fuchsia

Polka Dot Plant

Helenium

Caladium
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Summer Phlox

Persian Shield
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Walking Iris

Veronica

Clerodendrum nutans

Pagoda Flower

Yellow Ginger
Annuals - warm weather annuals keep blooming until frost
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New Guinea Impatiens
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Purslane
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Zinnia
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Torenia
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Vinca
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Impatiens
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Melampodium

Sulphur Cosmos
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Coleus

Moonflower

Black Eyed Susan Vine




Shrubs & Vines
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Confederate Rose
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Thyrallis

Sweet Autumn
Clematis
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Butterfly Bush
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Night Jasmine
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King's Mantle

Beautyberry

Orange Jacobina

Willow Jessamine
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Cassia

Sweet Almond
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Tibouchina
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Encore Azalea
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Japanese Maple
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Butterfly Pea Vine

Sweet Autumn
Clematis
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Phillippine Violet
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Texas Sage

Roses - fall rebirth
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Abelia


Fruit and Vegetables (thumbnails to be added soon)
  • Bush & Pole Beans
  • Cucumber
  • Okra
  • Eggplant
  • Tomato
  • Peppers
  • Muscadine Grapes
  • Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)