It’s important to have flowers blooming from April to October.  This late summer bloomer is one of the last flower restaurants open for bees and butterflies to feast on.  This blue flowering beauty is Caryopteris, Blue Mist Spirea. It can get 3-4 feet tall and as wide, has low water requirements, full sun, blooms from late August to a hard frost and is easy to grow.

It’s important to have flowers blooming from April to October.  This late summer bloomer is one of the last flower restaurants open for bees and butterflies to feast on.  This one is Sedum Autumn Joy or Stonecrop, easy to grow, likes full fun, has low water requirements, gets 18” tall and wide has flowers that fade to pink and is hardy to 8,000 feet.