Totally gorgeous, Dahlia 'Apricot Desire' produces fully double soft apricot flowers, blending to pale yellow at the base of their broad petals. The delicate flowers, up to 4-6 in. wide (10-15 cm), rise atop sturdy stems and resemble delicate waterlily flowers. They contrast brilliantly against the dark green foliage and will steal your heart! Grows up to 3-4 ft. (90-120 cm)

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.

Flowering its heart out, Dahlia 'Melody Dora' makes quite an impression on onlookers with its masses of pink-salmon flowers fading to orange-yellow towards their hearts. Borne on sturdy stems, the fully double flowers, up to 5 in. wide (12 cm), contrast beautifully with the lush dark green foliage. They are not top-heavy and remain upright and straight even when it rains. Grows up to 26 inches tall (65 cm)

For summer to fall exquisite beauty on easy care plants, few perennials can compare with Aster x frikartii 'Monch' (Frikart's Aster). One of the first Asters to bloom, this lovely perennial plant creates a bold splash of color in the landscape over an extraordinarily long season with masses of attractive, soft lavender-blue, star-shaped blossoms, 2 in. wide (5 cm), with slender rays and golden-yellow centers. Such a gentle color that it blends with almost any other color in the garden. Free flowering, well-branched with sturdy stems that do not need staking, this aster is easy to grow, trouble-free, mildew-resistant and a great source of nectar for butterflies!

Dahlia 'Puerto Rico' features profuse fire-bright orange-red petals made even more vibrant by their blending into brilliant gold toward their base. The fully double flowers, up to 4-6 in. wide (10-15 cm) contrast beautifully against the green foliage. A great dahlia for the garden with a fabulous long stem, delicately purple touched, for cutting.

Dahlia 'Surprise' is a breathtaking beauty that displays sparkling peach blossoms, delicately fading to cream towards the tips of their elongated petals. When the light hits the blooms, they shimmer, and it is bedazzling to behold. The flowers of this Semi-Cactus Dahlia are quite spectacular, about 8-10 inches across (20-25 cm), and absolutely irresistible.

Among the most fashionable Michaelmas daisies of the moment, award-winning Aster 'Little Carlow' is a lovely hybrid between Aster cordifolius and Aster novi-belgii. This attractive perennial plant produces masses of single flowers, 1 in. wide (2 cm), with lavender-blue petals and bright golden-yellow centers. Borne on soft stems, their gentle color blends with almost any other color in the garden. Healthy, 'Little Carlow' forms a dense clump of dark green leaves, which reach the ground.

Presenting a mosaic of warm colors with flowers of various ages, Achillea 'Inca Gold' has become a favorite of designers with its masses of long-lasting clusters of vibrant orange flowers delicately fading to gold bronze as they mature. Its pleasantly aromatic, green-gray fern-like foliage is disease resistant and nicely compliments the cheerful flat umbel flowers. Blooms for weeks from early to late summer. Easy care, drought, heat, humidity, deer, and rabbit tolerant

Extremely drought tolerant, Feathertop Grass (Pennisetum villosum) is among the most beautiful and graceful ornamental grasses with its large, fluffy, bright white flower plumes cascading down the light green foliage that rustles in the wind. While a perennial grass, it is tender and often grown as an annual. Self-seeder, it will multiply if you do not cut off the flowers before the seeds ripen in the fall

Considered by most growers as the loveliest Globe Thistle, Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' is an excellent rebloomer that produces abundant, dark violet-blue flowers at the end of gracefully curving, branched, silvery stems. Blooming from mid-summer to early fall, the bold and ornamental, steel blue globe-shaped flowers (the size of a golf ball) rise above the foliage of sharply divided, dark green leaves, covered in down beneath. Adds outstanding contrast, interest, and color to the summer garden while being trouble-free and low maintenance.