BBS - your Magic Dragon looks perfect for this new garden. I shall try and find some seeds.
Magic Dragon is a hybrid between Rehmannia elata and glutinosa. It doesn't make seed, that's why it flowers so long. I bought one on sight thinking it was Rehmannia elata, it succumbed to the first winter and no offspring I see now, this has already be pointed out.
Sorry to hear about the Helianthus. What about Thalictrums. There are so many, and some will flower into late summer. Take a look at Thalictrum Elin and Rochebrunianum. Thalictrum Lucidum flowers later than many. Many have nice leaves that can be rejuvenated by cutting back.
Thanks. I adore thalictrums. I bought some this year but think they would get razed by slugs in the ground (as the helianthus might have been) so I have kept them in pots, which is a shame. I might risk one in a bed and see what happens the spring. I have gone for some eupatorium too and possibly giant fennel (no sure what that will do). I tried some bronze fennel but it was taken overnight. The plants were probably too small to stand any chance of surviving the SAS band of Spanish slugs that lurk around my place.
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I see now, this has already be pointed out.
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