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 The dwarf burning bushes are having a good year.

Some years, prolonged drought cause them to drop leaves early, and their spectacular red fall color is short lived. CG expects at least 2 more weeks of autumnal splendor from this non-invasive variety.

 Simultaneously, the canna lilys are thriving in the October heat.

To the south in Little Rock, it has been a prolonged summer of humid heated misery:
a total of 117 days of at least 90 degrees this year