We’re heading towards fall, which means it’s time for our third wave of blooming plants. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk about some of our favorite late summer and fall looming plants. We also discuss some of our favorite grasses, which can also provide some color to our landscapes in the fall and more!

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2:08 – Black-eyed Susan

3:38 – Disease-resistant black-eyed Susan cultivar

4:35 – Purple coneflower

5:02 – Aster yellows

7:00 – Coneflower cultivars?

9:02 – Ironweed

11:31 – Rattlesnake master

13:25 – Dry weather we’re having

14:52 – False sunflower

17:01 – Annual sunflowers

18:05 – Mexican sunflower/Tithonia

20:40 – More on sunflowers

22:51 – Goldenrods

23:15 – Do goldenrods cause hay fever?

24:08 – Goldenrod qualms

26:04 – Types of goldenrod

26:30 – Wrinkled leaf goldenrod

27:09 – Zigzag goldenrod

29:18 – Showy goldenrod

31:00 – Obedient plant

32:56 – Asters

34:58 – Grasses

35:16 – Little bluestem

37:17 – Northern sea oats

38:45 – Sideoats grama

39:44 – Switchgrass

40:42 – Prairie dropseed

41:47 – Big blue stem

42:38 – Insect overwintering

43:46 – Wrap-up, thank you, what’s up next week, and good-bye!

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