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Show Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - November 2022

NHBabs z4b-5a NH

3 months ago

last modified: 3 months ago

Welcome to the New England Gardening "Show Us Your Gardens" photo thread for November.

This is a place to post photos and to discuss what is in your New England garden this month. All New England landscape and garden photos are welcome. Since autumn is nearing its end, we may see some remaining flowers and colorful foliage along with more photos of general garden evergreens, bark, berries, winter decor, and scenery as well as indoor gardens and plants. If it is a photo taken in your New England garden or your yard in the month of November it is fair game to post it here.

Here are November threads from the last two years:

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6196236/show-us-your-landscape-and-gardens-a-photo-thread-november-2021#n=23

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6021786/show-us-your-gardens-a-photo-thread-november-2020#n=16

My views have changed a lot in just a few days:

Last Thursday there was still color

But this morning, all the foliage color is gone and there are only a few brown leaves clinging to the white oaks and young beeches.

The monkshood are still blooming in the first photo in each pair, and I need to dig them up and move them. I don’t want to leave them for someone who may not be aware of their high level of toxicity.

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Sue W (CT zone 6a)
3 months ago
So far my garden has been mostly frost free. Last night I snapped a few pictures after work.

Most of my impatiens have faded away due to cold and lack of sunlight. This pot on the deck is still going strong or relatively strong given they are impatiens and it's November.

I know Tradescantia can be weedy. I cut this one to the ground after the first flowers faded and now I have this not too shabby flowering plant.

Ah, Cleomes! I thin out hundreds of seedlings in late spring/early summer but I think they are worth the effort.

The pollinators appreciate the late blooming mums This is C. weyrichii Apricot.

Aster Ezo Murasaki is sort of a thug but perfect for the dry garden next to my driveway.

A new to me this year hardy mum from Avant Gardens called October Glory.

One of my cats watches the moon rise from the deck. The weather is spectacular right now. I hope we don't pay for it later!

Sue
NHBabs z4b-5a NH thanked Sue W (CT zone 6a)
deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b
3 months ago
NHBabs, beautiful sky in that first photo! The fall views do change quickly.
Sue, I envy your mums this year. I wish I knew why mine struggle to hold on each year. I have hillside Sheffield pink and Clara Curtis.
I’m at a friend’s house in the San Francisco area. These are roses from her yard. They are so beautiful I just wanted to share.
NHBabs z4b-5a NH thanked deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b
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I'm just tickled that a hummingbird actually visited your Weigela, Dee, because I really wanted to add one to my plans for a Hedgerow and I do like every plant to earn it's keep on my small property. Pretty spring flowers, polinators, easy care AND hummingbird attractor. That is going on my list for sure. I do love that 'Beverly Sills' Iris and I could actually be a big Iris fan except for the amount of work they require because they have to be divided so frequently. Or should be I've thought. The Iris I have now, was a NOID and it has turned into a great plant. It hasn't been divided and instead has spread out and increased. And I've not seen rust on it at all, which is the second reason I cooled off on the idea of a lot of Iris. It would be nice to pick up another Beverly Sills at least. I am happy to grow a few and see how they do, as long as I don't have to be too invested, in case they become too much trouble. They're also out of bloom so much of the year, I forgot that. I do have a variegated one that at least makes up for that too. I'm working on a new plan to add those to a corner of my front bed where I am taking out a grass that became way too aggressive of a reseeder. I'm reluctant to add another grass now. I already have a Nepeta right there, so the Iris would go with it and I can move the poppy in that corner too. A little late to do anything about it now, but maybe in the fall. Deanna, I just took a walk around the garden this morning and I'm so excited because the roses are full of big fat buds and starting to open. June 1st is the date I expect them and they are right on time. Penelope a small flowered one time bloomer is the first bloom open. But the rest are right behind that. Last season we had so much consistent rain that the garden seems to be better than usual this spring, especially the roses. So, I feel the same way, some of my plants are getting ready to all bloom at once. The end of May beginning of June is a busy season for my garden. I'm going to try to clean up the front bed this morning and put down new mulch to make sure nothing detracts from the display. I made a spreadsheet once called Six on Six. I used it to develop a gardening plan that chose 6 main plants for 6 months of the growing season. I lost track of that and didn't finish it but I'm reminded of it and want to pick it back up again. I felt it helped me to spread the bloom season out over a longer period of time. Deanna, I came across a bulb blooming in my vegetable bed and don't know what it is yet either. I'm going to have to take a photo and figure out what it is. Your Star of Bethlehem is very pretty and a very pretty name too! For me Nepeta usually grows pretty quickly into a larger size. Don't you just love the buds on the Oriental Poppies?! As for being dry - this season has not been enough rain yet at all. I've been watering some. I do have my rain barrels up and thankfully we finally got enough to fill them this weekend. I had one filled early and used that all up. I cut my water bill in half last year, but I think it was mainly because we had so much rain. But the rainbarrels are really making a difference for me. I'm planning to add more.
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Sue W (CT zone 6a)
3 months ago
So far the hardy mums have done well this year, Deanna. My only complaint is some bloom so late you aren't out in the garden enough to enjoy them. I've been bringing cut flowers of Sheffield into the house. They last a good long time in a vase.

I love San Francisco and obviously so do the roses. Enjoy!

Sue
NHBabs z4b-5a NH thanked Sue W (CT zone 6a)
prairiemoon2 z6b MA
3 months ago
last modified: 3 months ago
Surprise, there is a November thread already - good job Babs! Glad to see you are taking lots of photos of your property. That first photo is gorgeous! I love the mist in the background and the color of the sky with the pretty clouds. Quite a constrast to no leaves! We haven't gotten to that stage yet.

Sue - lots of pretty plants still blooming in your garden. You do get your money's worth!

That C. weyrichii Apricot is a very pretty color! My Mums bloom late too but at least this year, the warm weather is so extended that I feel like I am getting my money's worth. What a cute photo of the cat enjoying the darkening sky!

Deanna - I love your friend's roses - the color combinations are so pretty!

I was out yesterday moving plants around - it was such gorgeous weather, I didn't want to go back in the house. [g] My Mums are still blooming but after a rain, they splayed open and are half on the ground. Doesn't matter, they are still very pretty in beds of leaves.

This is 'Beverly' this morning. I am really enjoying this rose. You can see how tall it is. It was not described as a climber but it sure seems to want to perform that way. After deadheading the first blooms, these canes shot up about 8-10ft. And really the photo does not do it justice. When I walked out the front door earlier - the stems are nice and red and it's just a very pretty sight. I do want to provide some support next year.

Here's a close up of a few blooms...

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