Garden Photos - Part 39

Hi RC
I always applaude the flowers that still make an effort this time of year, when all the messages are to go to sleep for the winter.

Nice Shelly. No, I have the straight species and Early Amethyst.

Shelly, I'm surprised about the Norway maples out your way. They are considered an invasive alien species here, and they crowd out the natives. I like your hibiscus bud and callicarpa.

Boojum, nice allium.

Great pics Dawn and Victor.

Karen

I'm impressed with everyone's photos! Well, not so impressed with all of those turkey vultures!! The geese have been forming up for about two weeks now, I guess the real freezing frosts are too far away!! *sigh*

The vultures are probably migrating--they don't go too far south, & they're usually back in CT by late Feb. Saw a kingfisher yesterday, & quite a few jays--other than that, not much! Here is a black-stemmed aster that I like.

No, I see the vultures in the winter too.

I love that kind of aster Robin. it's always a fall treat.

a couple of toad lily pictures from this weekend.

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and a dahlia too, i guess

Good morning Shelly

good morning! and good night. unfortunately. I fell aslleep in the other room and just woke up to go to bed lol! computer was still on!

sweet dreams.Its still dark here.I hate it.

pretty toad lily RC

Ditto on the toad lily and I love the orange color of the dahlia.

I have a vision of you being drawn to the light of the computer screen as you are moving on to your bed thinking 'I'll just post a few pics'. lol

Funny, Jan! I was just thinking the same thing ... like a moth to a flame!
Sleep well, Shelly!

Love the toad lilies. Mine quit weeks ago.

I had seeds for the callicarpa this year, but no luck starting them. I may give it another try. I had both white and purple, I think. But I really want the purple. The pics of the berries are so pretty.

booj, your allium is sweet. I bought a couple this year, but I think they are both spring bloomers.

my little blueberry bushes are all crimson. they need to be weeded and some mulch added. I have a huge box of pine needles I ordered just for that.

still hoping the weather will hold so the bugs on this Texas red star hibiscus will open. I have never seen them.

edit to say...bugs should be BUDS lol

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roses are still going. some look better than they have all summer

'Double Knock Out'

'Dublin Bay'

'Lavaglut'

'Benjamin Britten'

'Touch of Class'

'Millie Walters' a mini

'Royal Bonica'

I brought in some blossoms to press, too

and another page

Beautiful roses!
I still have some buds on the Memorial Day rose. I'll have to cut them today, as we had a really hard freeze last night. I don't know if they will bloom indoors after the freeze, but I'm gonna try!

wow roses
wow

they might. recut the stems after you bring them in and put them in warm water.

Beautiful, Jan.

Very nice Jan, what do you do with the pressed flowers?

Put them in a pressed vase?

Great roses, Jan! Hope the hibiscus blooms--it looks interesting. Loved the orange dahlia, Shelly--it's a color I probably wouldn't order, but seeing it live so to speak, I guess I would like it. Here are 2 totally different blooms on the same dahlia bush---I didn't order the yellow one!

Wow - cool, Robin.

My toad today.

Autumn Moon JM.

Deodar cedar with colorful Itea Little Henry behind it.

Gram... Michele had a texas star blooming way after frost last year... but it didn't return this year

JM Orangeola.