By taking just a few minutes every now and then in early and mid-summer to snip off the spent flowers, this lovely perennial will bloom all through summer. Late in the summer stop cutting off the dried flowers. They are very attractive in the fall and winter. The only care Yarrow needs is to be divided every three or four years. After the Yarrow starts to bloom, the Butterfly weed and the Russian sage will begin to bloom.
Butterfly weed comes in shades of orange and yellow.
Butterflies love the tiny clusters of flowers. This plant needs absolutely no maintenance, not even division. The Russian sage will get small violet-blue flowers up and down its white stems. If you rub your hands on the stems they will smell similar to menthol. In the fall these plants continue their show.