Consider also adding annuals with colorful foliage (like coleus) that last through the first frost to accent your fall season bloomers. The nodding flowers of Japanese anemones (Eriocapitella x ...
In 1924 J.M. Hitt, the Washington State librarian at the time, formed the Olympia Flower Society. Fast forward 100 years later, and the Olympia Garden Club is carrying out those very same goals.