This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
There are comparatively few trees and shrubs which produce an interesting flowering effect during the late summer months and during the early autumn. This group is composed of those plants whose flowers are effective in the landscape.
Baccharis halimifolia
Groundsel Bush Buddleia veitchiana
Summer Lilac Clethra alnifolia
Sweet Pepper Bush
Elsholtzia stauntoni Elsholtzia
Hamamelis virginiana
Witch Hazel Hibiscus syriacus
Rose of Sharon
Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
Panicled Hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora
Large-flowered Hydrangea
Hypericum (in variety) St. John's Wort
Lespedeza japonicum
White-flowering Desmodium Lespedeza sieboldi
Siebold's Desmodium
Oxydendrum arboreum
Sourwood * Potentilla fruticosa
Shrubby Cinquefoil Sorbaria arborea glabrata
Chinese Mountain Ash Spirea
Spiraea billardi Billiard's Spirea
Spiraea bumalda anthony waterer Crimson Spirea
Spiraea callosa alba Fortune's White Spirea
Stewartia pentagyna Alleghany Stewartia
Tamarix (in variety) Tamarisk
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste Tree
 
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