Some fall color
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I don't know if it's the cooler temps or a different quality in the Autumn sunlight but the colors do seem more vibrant.
Black Baccara
Brilliant Pink Iceberg
Cutie Pie
Dick Clark
Dolly Parton
Gemini
Home Run
Julia Child
Moonstone
Nancy Jean
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I was hoping to encourage some fall color posting
Comments (13)Well, we aren't having a banner year here, but, since I started this thread, here's a little more of what we have. Silver leaf poplar catching some morning rays at the top at sunrise: The poplar later in the day with an immature Pear coloring up in front...See MoreA few blooms and some fall color - pictures
Comments (8)Thanks everyone for your comments. I love taking pictures of the garden and posting them - had another 40 or so that I liked! Only a mama ....I guess we all nurture our garden creations & sometimes get carried away. Janicej11 & Linnea2, My clock vine is planted on a small tripod in a whiskey barrel several feet from the fence, along with purple petunias & Marguerite sweet potato vine. I've used this combination for several years now, alternating yellow & gold (orange) ones. There is always quite a lot of foliage & a few blooms early in the season, followed by much heavier blooming late in the season. Since I have so much going on in the area (Poppies followed by 4 other Clematis, followed by David Phlox & Helianthus, etc.), I don't mind the poor early bloom production. I buy the Clock Vine in a good-sized pot from a local nursery. I doubt I would get much bloom here at all starting it from seed. I can't tell you anything about the soil except that I always put fresh potting soil in the whiskey barrel each season (bottom is filled with packing peanuts). Physostegia 'Vivid' is a pink-purple for me. In the cold weather of fall against the red burgandy of the Itea it is every bit as vivid as the picture. Earlier the color appears much lighter than this, but it is not a tepid color. It spreads easily and a grouping can make quite an impact in the garden. Vivid is definitely not plain pink, but a medium to dark pink with a fairly heavy blue cast to it. However, it is not the purple of my Stoke's Aster or Geranium Rozanne, both of which are much more blue purple. Vivid is closer to the color of a fresh bloom of Purple coneflower which some people myself included consider pink, just don't try to match it up to the warmer pinks of an annual pink geranium or most pink daylilies - then it looks way too blue! Tjsangel, Your grasses will look wonderful in fall as they mature. I love the movement of them in the garden. Also look wonderful backlit by the sun....See MoreSome additional fall color
Comments (11)LOL Brooke - a basement is a MUST for our family. I'd like a grow-light setup (especially since our cats are NOT being good about the sprouts on the windowsills this year, arrrgghhhh!!), and our 8 year old son has discovered model railroading (he's getting his first "real" model train for Christmas). A play room would be nice, although my husband might take some basement real estate to store extra music equipment. My HUSBAND actually suggested just last night that we get a light setup in the basement for my plants (because he doesn't like having the sprouts on the sills in the family room/music room). If we're still in this house next winter, that will DEFINITELY happen! When my sister lived in St. Louis, she worked near the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and went to a couple of their orchid exhibits in one of their large glass houses. She sent me some stunning pictures - if I can find them, I'll post them. Laurel...See MoreSmall trees with great fall/winter color?
Comments (11)Texas Smoke Tree is a great small tree for fall color and strangely you don't hear much about it. It puts on another show in the spring when the new leaves are pinkish green. Google images of Texas Smoke Tree to see them. The leaves are a shiny rich green all summer with no insect or disease problems. As I remember it is fairly fast growing and has been this size for the last 10 or so years. The spring blooms are a nice addition even though they are not as large, nor give as much 'smoky' look, as the more northern branch of the smoke tree family. Here is a picture that was just taken. It is a little past it's prime, but still beautiful: The link shows the tree in a picture taken a little earlier in 2007. By the way, the tree is growing in San Antonio in thin alkaline 'soil' over limestone. Here is a link that might be useful: Fall color in 2007...See More
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