Show Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - September 2017
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Show Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - September 2015
Comments (21)It's almost the end of September and I decided to show parts of my garden before the October thread rolls around. There's such a difference between the beginning and end of September as the season changes. The sweet autumn clematis lining the Phlox Protection Zone is now switching to seedheads and the goldenrod is blooming, but the phlox are still hanging in there. The alley is also a whole lot neater since I weeded out most of the soapwort. I left the soapwort in the Phlox Protection Zone hoping to discourage the woodchucks. The garden phlox seems able to compete with the soapwort. A volunteer aster is beginning to bloom next to the phlox (I may have transplanted it there, I don't remember, but it was a volunteer somewhere). Tall and medium-sized garden phlox (David's Lavender and Purple Kiss). Away from the alley, the hardy begonia is starting to bloom! I didn't expect it to survive last winter. This is the only survivor from three original begonias. I keep hoping it will form bulbils but I haven't seen any. A self-seeded goldenrod is thriving next to Hosta 'Stained Glass'. And a first year mullein is bedecked with white wood aster. The aster just appeared in the mullein, I had nothing to do with it. That's one of the house sansevierias behind it. Some of the sedums are a much darker color. I'm still waiting for most of the asters, and the winterberry fruits are turning red so there will still be something to show in October. Claire...See MoreShow Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - August 2017
Comments (27)These three photos don't look like much, but they were a long time coming. This spring I planted morning glories and moon flowers by this trellis at the back of the house and they have been struggling with the lack of sufficient sunlight. This is one of several garden spots that I am transitioning to homes for shade plants. Next year I shall plant my morning glories next to a newly installed trellis along a fence where they will receive sun all day long, and plant an arctic beauty kiwi vine in this spot which has the sun's rays only until noon. Despite the solar deficiency, this heavenly blue MG managed to produce one flower. The non-heart-shaped leaves on the left belong to the moon vine which shows no promise of buds or flowers this year. These leaves are fuzzy and I am drawn to pet them every time I walk by! Again, these flowers are nothing remarkable, but pansies have always grown well in this brook side garden, back when it was a sunnier location, so I planted these (from seed) without thinking it through. It took them all summer to bloom, but better late than never! And, finally, one of the shade plants I did actually plant this year in an appropriate spot is finally blooming and promises to produce many more blooms, on this and other stems. I ordered two of these plants this spring and they have grown well. I've always admired toad lilies, and now I have some!...See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - September 2019
Comments (18)Claire, I'd imagine that Sweet Autumn Clematis really gets covered with bees. I still have one Clethra that blooms late, 'Sherry Sue' that is usually covered with bumble bees. Not much blooming on it this year, because I pruned it a lot in the spring. I have a spider daylily I bought last year, NOID at a plant sale. This was the first year it bloomed and it was sparse, but it might turn into one I enjoy. Otherwise, I only have one other daylily - 'Hyperion' that is very large and fragrant yellow. I do enjoy an orange/blue color scheme, but, I have found that too limiting and I don't enjoy orange mixed in with other colors, like pinks and yellows. I think I'm not a big fan of plants whose flowers only open for a day. Except maybe a Morning Glory. I don't like the look of the dead scapes and then feel the need to deadhead them all the time. Hibiscus flowers only last a day too, and I do have two of those, but, sometimes I feel I could do without them. Yet, I've seen some very attractive public plantings of grasses and daylilies when they are fresh. Not so much when the bloom has past....See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - September 2021
Comments (20)Deanna - Thanks, I love Alma Potschke. I am disappointed though that it’s more of a purple than a pink, which is what I thought AP was. But - that’s where my disappointment ends. It’s about 5ft tall at this point, covered with flowers quivering wtih bees for the past couple of weeks and some butterflies as well. It makes me feel so good to see how much late season food it supplies for pollinators. Yes, mine is floppy too. It was erect until it started to flower and was rained on repeatedly. Last year and this year, I’ve thought I should have provided some support. It’s a little much to expect a plant that tall to stand erect on it’s own. Last year after it started flopping I just put one stake hidden down around the edge and tied some string around the whole thing. That worked fine. Then I forgot to give it some support this year. It was really large though, so I divided it in the spring. Potted up two divisions and left one in the ground. The one in the ground is just as large as it was before I divided it after one season. [g] Meanwhile I just planted the other two divisions, so now I’ll have 2x more of them for the bees next year. I have a couple of other asters that I don’t remember the name of and they are floppy too and very airy, delicate flowers but like a cloud of them. I like them, I just wish I could figure out how to use them better. I have always enjoyed Sedums because they are succulent, so easy, bullet proof and stay neat and tidy and healthy looking all season but you hit the nail on the head for the only thing about them I don’t enjoy - the rusty color of the blooms once they peak. If they would just stay that nice rosy color for more than a week. [g] That soft pink color in my photo is fleeting. I can easily post a photo when it gets to the rusty color so you know mine are no different. The roses seem to still have a couple of buds on them. Julia Child looks finished. Prairie Sunrise still has 2 open blooms and a half dozen buds on it and Savannah and Beverly have shot up these 8ft tall canes and have a couple of buds on them still. Savannah last year, also had a pretty color change to the foliage when it got cold. I am enjoying them. And Beverly, after I thought it was dead and it didn’t show growth until late June, has had a great season and never saw a healthier rose bush. So I’m happy with them. The climber New Dawn on my fence really only blooms once. I also have Penelope rose mixed in with it and one of those is producing red hips right now. It is a tangled mess there right now and a lot of pruning due in the spring. I usually have a pretty good showing of leftover blooms in September and expect to have a few more in October. I’ll try to keep posting them so you can see how late they keep flowering. I’ll want to hear what you decide for a rose for next year. A fun project to figure out over winter. Love those Begonias! One of my favorites and have tried many times to use them as a houseplant but, can never get the humidity right....See Morespedigrees z4VT
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