And enjoy I did!

I do like that Helianthus I see beside your...blue globe thistle?

The actual flower seems very much what I call "Happy Days" but yours appears to be much taller than mine.

I love them all, but what is that astilbie blooming in Sept?

Beautiful colours, Wieslaw.
Order with a tasteful fringe of chaos!

I love the combination of colour and height in later summer and fall.

We have many of the same plants blooming in, or into, September,
though not any of our Echinops or (Aruncus?).

Rouge, the Helianthus was bought as H.decapetalus Capenoch Star, but it is identical to Morgensonne (Morning Sun), which it probably is.

Hostaholic and Sunny Borders, the plant looking similar to Astilbe is Artemisia lactiflora Elfenbein.

beautiful pics! so nice to see them this morning.

I am not positive, but the taller yellow flower in the first picture is very similar to one that I have had as a NOID in my garden for several years. It was given to me years ago by someone who had no idea what it was.....I would love to know the name (not that I would love it any more than I do. :) I always look forward to it.)

The tall yellow plant in the first picture is Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldkugel'. The flower is practically identical to the old Rudbeckia laciniata Hortensia, but this plant is at least 0,5 m shorter, non-running and non-flopping, that's why I have it.

Wieslaw, question re maintaining your Helenium.

I'm a huge lover of heleniums and have been growing them in mixed perennial beds for twenty years, but I find them relatively high maintenance.

We keep our own garden watered (as needed) and the other main gardens I've done have/had sprinkler systems, so, in the latter case, I plant(ed) to take advantage of that.

I bother the gardens a lot, tending to divide and replant (many perennials) quickly and frequently upgrade our clay soil.

I find Helenium is perhaps the most demanding perennial I use in terms of needing to be divided (every couple of years), replanted and having soil upgraded. If not, it just gets shorter and gradually fades away.

Is that you experience with heleniums too?

It's beautiful and doesn't appear to be available here in the states. Every site I found that listed it was either UK or in German. If anyone else knows of a US source I'd love to know about it and if it's hardy in zone 4. I have Artemisia, but none like that.

thanks for that info wieslaw. Although I will never know exactly what one, at least I know that it is Rudbeckia laciniata. Mine gets approx 5 feet tall and doesn't really spread that much. It has always been well behaved.

Sunny Border, according to my experience Heleniums are the least demanding of them all. I divide them when they are too big. But now you've mentioned it, I have one dark red that has much less vigour than others, and a clump or two have actually vanished for unknown reasons(rodents? insects?).

Here are a few more pictures:

Chrysanthemum Rosetta, the best in this colour:
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Aster X frikartii Wunder von Staffa, the best of the Frikartii hybryds:

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Helenium Meranti
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Actea pachypoda, shade plant, love it! Attractive for the whole season

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Helenium Kupferziegel

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Aster Sunhelene, a little mildew, but much better than others(clumping, non-flopping)

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Lilium rosthornii, one of my faves.
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Sanguisorba Stand UP Commedian, removed(too floppy)

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Aster cordifolius Blue Heaven, removed(too floppy)

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Euonymus sachalinensis, gorgeos fruits(bad picture)
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Opened seed pods of Paeonia mlokosevitchii

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Aster umbellatus:
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Gorgeous!

love it all, especially the bright helenium / helianthus combos, the euonymous fruits, and Actea pachypoda. None of my actaea get those great berries, love that red/white contrast.

More lovely colours, Wieslaw!
Such a variety.

Decided to simplify Helenium division today, by not separating and planting individual rosettes, just chopping clumps into small pieces.

Re critters: You likely know, though there seems to be some confusion about it, but Helenium is poisonous to humans and livestock. Judging from my garden, the voles don't eat the heleniums and the heleniums don't control the population size of the voles.

Re Frikart's aster (omitting umlauts): I don't know why, but 'Monch' is very available here, but I've only seen 'Wunder von Stafa', for sale, here once.
That one lasted 7 or 8 years and did seem to be a bit less flopping than Monch.

Re staking: Don't notice any stakes in your pictures. I appreciate your information re non-flopping cultivars (viz. Aster 'Sunhelene').

Re classic fall perennials (here): I don't notice any New England asters.

Re lilies: No lily beetles?

Yes, the only real difference between Monch and Wunder von Staffa is , that the former flops, and the latter doesn't. There are 2 additional varieties on the market here in Europe, but they proved not hardy with me.

Last year I commited a fierce carnage on my New Englands Asters, only 2 survived, yes: non-flopping ones. It's Andeken an Paul Gerber and Wineflower. There was no mercy for the others. New Englands asters bloom in October for me, but this year they were closed all the time because of the rain. I also decided to remove my Aster laevis Van der Jeugd. It is just not showy enough.

I do not practice staking. I just remove the flopping plants and replace them with something non-flopping.

Yes , I have lily beetles, but they are so easy to kill that it is no problem for me.Besides,my sparrows have learned to eat the larvae of lily beetles, so they keep them in check.

A few more pictures:

Brunnera Looking Glass
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Brunnera Jack Frost:
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Echinacea Green Jewel:
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Kirengeshoma palmata:
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The following plant is the same as on the first picture but planted in more shaded area and on chicken poop(it eventually flopped because of all this nitrogen and rain). Pay attention to the green middles , which are not apparent in the sunny position

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Helianthus Simon Wiesenthal. It is my tallest Helianthus now. I have disposed of Sheila's Sunshine, it was too tall and the flowers were too small compared to the height of the plant. Gorgeous pale yellow, but totally invisible when you look up to the sky to see them.

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I do not have more pictures this year from September.

Thanks, Wieslaw, again great pictures and great colour.

Lots of info, both what you say and in the pictures themselves (e.g. how you handle irises - not good mixed perennial bed team players).

One for the sparrows!

Thanks for all the pics, I appreciate your sharing them and your experiences with them.