Well it's officially fall....I went around the garden today to take a few pics. Still a few things blooming. My Aster novi-belgii is nearly fully out but the A. dumosus are barely showing colour.
Fall photos
The Colchicums are starting...most are just in bud but C. agrippinum is now open.
Cyclamen hederifolium is peaking.
and the white form
Rudbeckia fulgida is also peaking
Clematis alpina are full of fuzzy seeds
My first Japanese Maple is just showing a hint of fall colour and the azaleas are starting to colour nicely.
Todd, I like the picture of the Clematis alpina. Has a grass-like effect.
All wonderful pictures.
Joan
I never thought of putting Cyclamen in the garden. Looks great. Do you take them in for the winter?
Ann
Beautiful flowers Todd. I especially like your asters. For some unknown reason, I've never had any luck getting asters established in my own gardens. --Ginny
Ann, Cyclamen hederifolium should be hardy in Ottawa....I leave mine out year-round. They produce the leaves throughout the fall then stay green through the winter. The leaves remain green until about mid-July when the plant goes dormant. It then flowers in September. I put some evergreen boughs over them in the winter to reduce wind burn and lessen freeze-thaw cycle.
Lovely Todd. I too love asters but have a problem here because of the short growing season - usually they are just starting to bloom when there is a killing frost.
carol
Todd, is that Cyclamen the same as we see in stores as a house plant? Or something that we have to look for at a nursery? I'm not really up on all my complete plant names.
Ann
Todd, beautiful pics. I, too, would be interested to know whether the Cyclamen is a hardy variety.
The cyclamen is not the standard florist type. C. hederifolium is bought as a dormant bulbs (tuber) in September. I've only seen them for sale in a local nursery just once...the ones I have were raised from seed. You can get them in Canada from Fraser Thimble Farms or Beaver Creek Greenhouses, both located in BC. Zone 4 might be pushing it but if your snowcover is reliable, you should be OK.
I really enjoyed your pics Todd. Your japanese maple is gorgeous. I have a red threadleaf weeping one that I can't wait for it to grow up.