Late Summer Flowers (2006) by Marina Christopher
Lots of beautiful color photos.
Good advice on dealing with soil type/drainage issues. The author favors raised beds of amended soil to deal with poorly drained heavy clay.
The author advocates a dynamic garden.
There is a good section on plant propagation (seeds, softwood cuttings, root cuttings, division).
The plant directory comprises the bulk of the book.
I have several of the recommended plants for late summer flowers: yarrow (Achillea), anise hyssop (Agastache), Aster, Centaurea, Jupiter's Beard (Centranthus), Chrysanthemum, Coreopsis, purple coneflower (Echinacea), Epimedium, Eupatorium, Geranium, Gladiolus, daylily (Hemerocallis), Lobelia, bee balm (Monarda), sweet marjoram (Origanum), Phlox, Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium), Rudbeckia, Salvia, and Veronica.
Several of the recommended plants would be welcome additions to my late summer garden: Acanthus, Aconitum, Angelica, Colchicum, Delphinium, Gypsophila, and Ligularia.
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