Exotic-looking, award-winning Amaranthus cruentus 'Velvet Curtains' is a vigorous annual or biennial plant with erect, dark crimson plumes and stunning, ovate, red colored foliage. It features an upright, bushy habit and helps create dramatic mixed borders. Great for the back of the border or as a filler, its long-lasting flower spikes make excellent cut flowers that are prized by florists for their beauty. 

Dahlia 'Bishop of Oxford' is a beautiful addition in the garden thanks to the stunning contrast of its brilliant, coppery orange flowers atop its eggplant-colored foliage. The single flowers, up to 4 in. wide (10 cm) blend in nicely with other plants and add welcomed color and form to the late summer and fall borders. They are not top-heavy because they contain little water. They stand up nice and straight even when it rains.

Try tearing your eyes away from Dahlia Karma Irene's profusion of spectacular, glowing orange-red flowers with a golden heart! Especially suited for cutting, this Dahlia has an outstanding vase life (7-12 days). The fully double flowers, up to 4-6 in. wide (10-15 cm), rise atop sturdy stems and are not top-heavy. They remain standing up nice and straight even when it rains. Blooming massively from midsummer until frost, this dahlia grows up to 36 in. tall (90 cm) and pops in the sunny border or in flower arrangements.

Noted for its elegant, rosy-red feathery flowers, Pennisetum thunbergii 'Red Buttons' (Fountain Grass) is a graceful, deciduous grass that forms a compact, upright clump of narrow grassy leaves. In late summer, showy, elongated, red flower plumes are produced at the tips of long graceful stems. They rise high above the foliage, arching upward or outward, and gradually fade to buff as they mature. Long-lived, they can be admired over a long season and can be used in fresh or dry arrangements. The handsome, bright green foliage turns to a warm golden-tan color in fall and generally remains attractive well into the winter. Excellent addition to mixed borders.