Don't you know that Asters aren't Sedum?


"Terry" wrote in message
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Hi Cheryl,
If you are looking for blossoms around the time of the fall blooming
sedums, why not try a tall variety of Aster. Just make sure that you
choose mildew-resistant varieties.
Terry

"Penny Morgan" wrote in message
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Achillea x 'Coronation Gold' gets 24-36" tall. Has golden yellow
flowers
from late spring to summer with gray-green foliage. It's commonly known
as
Yarrow. Likes full sun (drought tolerant) and is good in zones 2-8.

Agastache x 'Blue Fortune' gets 40" tall. Blue-lavender flowers with
licorice scented leaves bloom from early spring throughout the summer.
'Tutti Frutti' gets 3-4' tall and has tubular pink flowers from
mid-summer
to frost. It has fragrant foliage that smells like tutti frutti. Both
are
good in zone 6-9 in full sun.

Baptisia australis "false indigo" - mid to late spring bloomer. Flowers
are
blue and mature fruit is black. Gets 36" tall and is good in zones 3-10
with full to part sun.

Baptisia pendula "white false indigo" has clusters of white pea like
flowers
that grow to 40" tall. Zone 3-10.

These are just a few perennials that could be used in front of the
grasses.
Don't forget Black Eyed Susans, Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea) and
Russian
Sage. Do a google on the plants listed and you can see what they look
like.

Good luck,

Penny
Zone 7b - North Carolina
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
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Does any one know of a tall sedum?

Not Autumn Joy or kin tall (for me around 24" max), but a true back of
the
border sedum.

Or lacking a true sedum, something with the presence of a sedum that I
could
use near my tall (6 foot plus) grasses.


Thanks all,

Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH