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What to Plant in August to Keep Your Garden Looking Full and Beautiful Into Fall
August is an excellent month to plant heat-tolerant perennials, ornamental grasses, and late-blooming flowers, provided you water them deeply while they establish. Choose plants with immediate presence such as coneflower, black-eyed Susan, sedum, and salvia, and your August backyard can look more abundant now while gaining structure and color for fall.
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