Mid-summer and fall perennials?

alliapistor

Last year I planted 3 small beds of tulips and daffodils in areas that are hard to mow.  They looked beautiful in early spring, but then they died and I had ugly barren spots. 

I need some mid to late summer and fall blooming perennial suggestions to add to these beds for when the tulips and daffodils die.

Ideally, I would like things that I could plant now (or in a month or so) in bulb or for some late fall plants since I will be disturbing the ground to plant more tulips and daffodils.

 

nitaw

You could do Sedum, Aster, Mums, Coreopsis, Russian Sage.

I'd also throw in Candytuft. Bluestone Perennials sells a variety that blooms in both spring and fall called Iberis Autumn Beauty. I planted it this year and I love it. It has evergreen foliage and very cute, dainty white blooms. It looked great paired with my bulbs. It's low growing as well. I plan on buying a few more this year to use as an edger on my front bed.

Your post reminds me that I need to redo my beds. Some of my tulips didn't come up this year. And it was PLENTY cold this past winter.

kastle

What is the light like in summer/fall (I ask b/c some areas of my daffs are full sun in winter/early spring but when the trees leaf out, it's dappled shade all day).

If you've got a shady situation, I really love my toad lilies and japanese anemones.

alliapistor

kastle:

What is the light like in summer/fall (I ask b/c some areas of my daffs are full sun in winter/early spring but when the trees leaf out, it's dappled shade all day).

If you've got a shady situation, I really love my toad lilies and japanese anemones.

2 of the beds (at the corner of our driveway) are full sun all year.  They are under some type of small pine/fir trees, but not shaded. 

The other bed is probably partly shaded more in late summer and fall due to trees and the shadow cast by our house.  It also tends to get wet a lot because it's at the bottom of a slope.

FoxinFiji

Finding shade plants that bloom in the fall can be difficult.  Instead plants with interesting foliage work well to keep the space looking nice.  But here's a list of late summer to fall blooming shade plants I have with a few I hope to have:

Aster, White Woodland is native and can tolerate part shade

Astilbe, different varieties bloom throughout summer and early fall

Bellflowe/Balloon Flower, can handle part shade

Hardy Begonia

Coral Bells, bloom in the summer and have very vibrant foliage

Corydalis, is the longest blooming shade plant in at least my area (Zn 4)

Autumn Crocus

Hostas, if you do your research you can find many varieities that bloom late in the year and also have nice foliage to look at the rest of the year

Meadow Rue, the 'Lavender Mist' variety is fall blooming 

Obedient Plant

Toad lily

Pink Turtlehead

For non-blooming ferns would be great.  My Lady, Sensitive, Christmas, and Autumn ferns still look great.  Plus Autumn ferns turn shades of yellow and red in the fall.

I'd also recommend hydrangea if you can fit it in the space.  You'd have to move the bulbs to be around the shrub but my 'Incrediball' blooms are still going strong even though they turned from white to green a long time ago.  

As long as your soil drains OK most if not all of the plants I listed like moist soil.  The astilbe for example have a longer bloom times when they get a good amount of water.

HTH!