For spectacular flowering performance during the sultry summer season, the Perennial Plant Assn. recommends these outstanding selections:

Salvia nemorosa Mainacht (perennial salvia)

Scabiosa columbaria Butterfly Blue (pin cushion flower)

Astilbe Sprite (false spirea)

Calamagrostis Karl Foerster (feather reed grass)

Leucanthemum Becky (shasta daisy)

Hemerocallis Happy Returns (daylily)

Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)

Consider these combinations of plants with long flowering periods to sustain your garden’s beauty:

Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage) with Rudbeckia Goldsturm (gloriosa daisy) and Sedum Herbstfreude (autumn joy sedum)

Salvia Mainacht (perennial salvia) with golden Coreopsis lenceolata Early Sunrise (lanceleaf coreopsis) and dusty red Centranthus ruber (jupiter’s beard)