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I normally grow Granpa Otis which does really well every year even from the seed you collect. Bit darker almost a purple colour.

This one is not Monch though. It is probably Wunder Von Stafa. The true Monch is darker blue than this.

There is a variety now available with gold leaves, good shrub also known as 'Pheasant Berry'

They are good if you avoid the ones that get mildew,one of the best I think is Aster 'Monch'.

To be honest Spritz I'm not sure! It's the first year I have grown verbena (verveine they call it down here) and my mum bought them for me. I have a pic of the red one on my page so maybe you could identify it?
I think they are V.canadensis but not sure.
They are red, salmon pink and "barbie" pink if that helps haha

Which Verbena do you grow? Can you get any different ones out there? Would love to know. Mine are all still in flower, too. I grow V. bonariensis, V.rigida (2 colours) V. hastata and two more not so upright, V. 'Homestead purple' and V.'Seabrook's lilac'. I also have an annual one at the moment - V.Aztec Pearl.

Good advice Andrew thank you. I will start that next year.
Flowering here at the moment I have plumbago, hebe, marguerites, honeysuckle, lantana, solanum, salvias and verbena.

favourites for this time of year are cosmos, rudbeckia, helenium and penstemons

I went round the garden and looked - and there are Michaelmas daisies white, pink, cerise and mauve. Also Penstemons of various colours, bright yellow sunflowers,and Rudbekia 'Goldsturm'. Erigeron karvinskianus still going strong as are fuchsias. My Schizostylis are in flower, too. Geranium sanguineum is also flowering well after a haircut earlier. Too many others to write but those are the most colourful and with most life left in them. Autumn colour also in Pyracantha berries and Virginia Creeper foliage. Clematis orientalis in full bloom.

Andrew, I wish I'd read this advice before giving on our garden a facelift! We didn't buy many flowering plants but all bar one were in bloom in May. You live and learn :)

I have already been posting photos of plants in flower in my garden on this site (they are tagged 'September'). It's amazing how much colour you can keep going in the garden right up to the first frosts. If you're planting a new garden, my advice is to visit the Garden Centre once a month and buy something in flower - that way you'll have something in flower in every month, not just a garden full of things that bloom from your first (and only) visit.