August Garden Tour | Late Summer Cottage Garden | Perennial Garden

We're located on the east coast of Denmark 🇩🇰 -- similar to zone 8a.

Join us for our August Cottage Garden Tour as we explore the colors and textures of late summer perennials and annuals, offering tips and tricks along the way. From deadheading Stork's-bill for a longer bloom to keeping Pincushion flowers flourishing, this tour is packed with insights for every garden enthusiast. We’ll discuss the vibrant Agastache ‘Blue Fortune,’ the ever-popular Echinacea, and showcase a mix of other garden favorites like Rudbeckia, Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna,' and the striking 'Diabolo' Ninebark.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
0:00 Intro & our first-ever public open garden
0:56 Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)
1:42 How to deadhead Erodium (Stork's bill)
2:24 How to keep Scabiosa columbaria (Pincushion Flower) blooming longer
3:00 Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ (Giant Hyssop)
3:46 Echinacea (Coneflower)
3:59 Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo' (Ninebark)
5:01 Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
5:36 Verbena hastata (Swamp Verbena)
6:09 Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors' & 'Cappuccino' (Black-eyed Susan)
6:23 Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' (Woodland Sage)
8:11 Salvia viridis (Annual Clary)
9:14 Our August Garden with music
11:16 Pink Lupines
12:36 Calendula (Pot Marigold)
12:59 Verbena ‘Bampton’ (Verbena)
13:32 Cosmos atrosanguineus (Chocolate Cosmos)
14:30 Help us identify our Eucalyptus tree
16:21 Sedum ‘Touchdown Teak’ (Stonecrop)
16:37 Geum ‘Mai Tai’ (Avens)
17:54 Tricyrtis hirta (Toad Lily)
18:53 How to collect seeds of Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna Pink' (Woodland Sage)
20:20 Geranium (Cranesbill) & Persicaria affinis (Knotweed)
21:03 Centranthus ruber 'Albus' (Jupiter’s Beard)
21:22 Rudbeckia fulgida (Orange Coneflower)
21:41 Anaphalis (Pearly Everlasting)
22:16 Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
24:46 Helenium (Sneezeweed)
25:30 Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Butterfly Candy Little Pink
26:23 Anemone hupehensis (Japanese Anemone)
27:08 Daucus carota 'Dara' (Wild Carrot)
27:30 Gaillardia 'Mesa Peach' (Blanket Flower)
28:18 Sanguisorba 'Pink Brushes' (Burnet)
28:32 Dahlias
31:41 Bergenia cordifolia (Heartleaf Bergenia)
32:11 What’s in the greenhouse now
35:39 When to transplant seedlings

Whether it's learning how to collect seeds from Salvia or discovering what’s thriving in the greenhouse, this tour offers a deep dive into how we garden here in Denmark.

A lot of these perennials are covered more closely in this video:    • Best Perennials for Late Summer Color...  
Here's more information on how we deadhead:    • Deadheading for Beginners: Keep Your ...  
And if you'd like to know more about how to take lupine cuttings, here's how we do it:    • Lupin Propagation with Cuttings: Quic...  

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