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My favorite color in the garden is orange, and I grow Mexican sunflower every year from seed early in the season to be sure I have flowers to cut in August and September. Tithonia rotundifolia 'Torch' is a big boy. It grows up to 6 feet tall on strong, branching stems and makes a strong presence in the garden with ornamental grasses. Its unusual hollow stems are softly furred (pubescent).
fragrant — garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'David') and Oriental lily 'Casa Blanca', which is a fall-planted bulb that needs good drainage and full sun. Phlox 'David' is disease resistant and isn't prone to the powdery mildew that plagues most garden phlox. It was also named the Perennial Plant of the Year in 2002 by the Perennial Plant Association.
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