More favorite views of the end of the season
We ’re back for a second day of enjoy the beauty of late summertime and early fall in Maxine Brisport ’s Rotterdam , New York , garden .
classical blooms of the late summertime garden includeSedum‘Autumn Joy ’ ( Zones 3–9 ) in the front , fateful - eyed Susans ( Rudbeckiafulgida , Zones 3–9 ) in the back , and the tall spire of a dingy - leavedActaeasimplex(Zones 4–8 ) in between .
So many beautiful plants are develop together in this part of the garden .

Astilbe(Zones 4–8 ) flowers are beautiful in early summertime , but they take on a different form of ravisher at the end of the year as they age to brown and the leaves set about to flush icteric .
Sedum‘Autumn Joy ’ is a huge hitting withpollinatorslike this little honeybee , which is busy collecting the pollen andnectarthat will keep the hive fed through the wintertime .
Hardy hibiscus ( Hibiscushybrids , Zones 5–9 ) flowers in tight bud are quick to unfurl into immense blooms that are the highlight of the summer garden .

A beautiful rose calculate like it is glow in the sun .
This arras oflate summer bloomsincludes black - eyed Susans and fresh pink autumn anemones ( Anemonehuphensis , Zones 4–8 ) .
Autumn - blooming anemonesare so fresh and beautiful in the fall — a great demarcation to much of the garden at this time , which is begin to evanesce into dormancy .

This beautiful garden background comes with a topographic point to sit down and enjoy it .
And here ’s another place to sit and delight the garden , while being completely surrounded by heyday .
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