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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Common Name: plumbago, leadwort
Brilliant blue flowers with striking red calyces cover bright green foliage from mid-summer to fall, when the leaves turn deep red. A wonderful groundcover, it is a great choice for beds of spring bulbs because it emerges late, as the bulb foliage declines.
Height: 9-12 Inches
Spread: 18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Rudbeckia laciniata 'Autumn Sun'
Rudbeckia laciniata 'Autumn Sun'
Common Name: cutleaf coneflower

This long-blooming butterfly (especially monarch) magnet has large, glossy, deep green, deeply cut leaves along the stems and loose clusters of clear yellow ray flowers with large green cones that darken with age. Blooms for 8+ weeks in mid to late summer. Very cold hardy.

Height: 5-6 Feet
Spread: 3-4 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9