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What to Anticipate
In South Carolina we enjoy a long and sunny autumn. Many of our perennials will continue to bloom well into November, even into December if the weather is mild. One showy plant is Lantana. It comes in a variety of colors, from a pale yellow to school-bus yellow to a Mexican mix of pink and yellow petals on the same blossom. It gets enormously bushy by late summer. It is slow to green up in the spring, and I am always concerned that we have lost them, but eventually they return. Patience is one of a gardener's best tools!
Our raised beds are home to a few garden mums and other autumn perennials, such as the sedum "Autumn Joy". They are close to blooming now but are somewhat overwhelmed by the last of the cosmos and zinnias. I like to grow these bright annuals for cut arrangements in the house all summer, but may have to be ruthless in my cutting if we are to enjoy the perennials! Zinnias, like the phlox, are doing well in the dry weather.
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