Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' (switch grass) lights the way to the Ginkgo biloba, which is now only beginning to turn in color.
Abelia x grandiflora, Penstemon 'Garnet', Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion' berries, Rosa 'Summer Wine', Cotinus coggyria 'Royal Purple' with Euonymus (burning bush) in the wing, C. coggyria with Liquidambar styraciflua (sweet gum)... and its fig picking time.