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This evergreen fern adds beautiful color and texture to the garden year round. It’s called autumn fern because of the beautiful copper and chartreuse autumny colors on the new growth. This easy care fern works well in a lot of different situations in the garden, including the understory of trees, along the front of a border, as a low foundation plant and in containers. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/ Track 1242474 – Monetization ID ZMPGIH1Z72VUZTYI

This is a time of year I love spending time in the garden - it's also the time that things are dry, overgrown, and crispy. Here are 5 of my favorite plants that keep your garden vibrant and full of life all the way through the end of summer and into fall! Check our our plant profiles on all these plants! Crepe Myrtle: https://youtu.be/YLoDNc674Qw Panicle Hydrangea: https://youtu.be/OvsgwZTWwrU Dwarf Plumbago: https://youtu.be/7kMORFq0leI Gaura https: //youtu.be/qgUsAu6Pp6w Mutabilis Rose: https://youtu.be/3BgZoIYx8eY Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/ Track 1242474 – Monetization ID ZMPGIH1Z72VUZTYI

The key to keeping herbs in the mint family (including basil and sage) bushy and herbaceous through the summer is to pinch them back regularly! You want to avoid letting them flower so that their energy focusses on creating yummy foliage for you rather than flowers for pollinators, so pinch the stem tips back to a set of buds to promote leafy growth. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/ Track 1242474 – Monetization ID ZMPGIH1Z72VUZTYI

This hebe has great silvery gray foliage neatly arranged on dark stems. It forms a tidy mounded plant that matures to about 3’x3’ and grows great in hot sun. It’s reliable, tough and easy to grow. Our pruning tips will help keep it looking fantastic in your garden. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/ Track 1242474 – Monetization ID ZMPGIH1Z72VUZTYI

This beautiful evergreen shrub has fragrant flowers blooming on it from spring to fall. It also has a lovely dense rounded shape with soft evergreen foliage. So in addition to smelling good for a long time, it looks good all the time. It’s a great plant to use in mass or as a stand alone specimen. It grows well in dappled shade and really lives up to the variety name, providing a surprisingly long season of flowers and fragrance. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/ Track 1242474 – Monetization ID ZMPGIH1Z72VUZTYI

Wooly thyme is a sun loving groundcover that grows to create a wide soft carpet of grey foliage. The tiny leaves are fuzzy and grow very low to the ground on fine stems. The plant gets very dense and lush in summer and dies back partially in the winter. The foliage smells great when you walk on it or brush against it. This groundcover works great in teh foreground of beds, bridging the space between a path and other plants in the bed, lining a driveway or walkway, or draped over a rockery or wall. Connect with us! https://www.Instagram.com/gardengrowseattle http://howdoesyourgardengrowseattle.com/ Track 1242474 – Monetization ID ZMPGIH1Z72VUZTYI