What to do when Summer Sizzlers Fizzle! Part 1 of 2
This document provides a list of plant species that thrive in the summer heat and can replace plants that struggle or die in hot weather. It includes perennials, annuals, herbs, grasses and vines that flourish when temperatures rise and humidity increases, such as Joe-Pye weed, butterfly weed, sunflowers, snapdragons, sedum, asters, lobelia, ornamental peppers, grasses and hyacinth bean vine. The list offers gardening options for areas where summer plants commonly "fizzle" due to hot, humid conditions.
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- 1. What to doWhen Summer Sizzlers Fizzle!! Created by Sue Hamilton Presented by Beth Babbit University of Tennessee
- 2. Eupatorium purpureum Joe-Pye Weed
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- 6. Helianthus simulans Perennial Sunflower
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- 8. Eupatorium coelestinum Hardy Ageratum
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- 10. Dianthus ‘FloralLace Lilac’
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- 14. Heuchera ‘CrèmeBrulle’
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- 21. Viola ‘PennyDeep Blue’
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- 23. ‘ Explosive Embers’Ornamental Pepper
- 24. ‘ Black Pearl’Ornamental Pepper
- 25. ‘ Bull’s Blood’Beets
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- 31. Sedum, Aster,Boltonia, and Anemone
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- 33. Aster novi-belgii New York Aster
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- 47. Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris
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Editor's Notes
- #25 Purple majesty millet and black pearl pepper
- #26 Bull’s Blood Beet and a fusicia.
- #28 This is Bishop of Liandaff, there are other dark foliage varieties: Roxy, Arabian Knight, Classic Giselle…
- #29 Classic Giselle. Cut an come again! 2-3’ tall, little or no staking.
- #37 Twinspur- may overwinter but will only last a couple of years.