blooming in October

Tom: Gorgeous "Painted Lady". I haven't seen one yet this year, and only 1 Monarch. :(

Ruellia elegans...

Deb

Salvia "Hot Lips".

Aromatic Aster

Whoa, Sweetbay: That aster is gorgeous! Is it truly aromatic? What is the fragrance like? Want some seed, please. Will send SASE. I'll build my own list this winter so you can see if I have anything next year that you'd like. I may have some crinum `Summer Nocturne' to share (bulb).

The foliage is aromatic -- it's sticky and has a sweet scent that's like a mixture of pine and new-cut hay. It's a low-growing aster -- about 18", although it will climb into surrounding plants -- and quite well-behaved.

It should be setting seed in 2-4 weeks.

MG here are still going strong too...perfect day to enjoy the yard!

The Torenia is still flushing out some awesome color...gotta love this shade plant!

Swamp sunflowers may have been battered down to the ground from the recent rains but that hasn't stopped them from blooming!

and the triple yellow dats are giving a nice fall show right now....

I could swear this Gerbera is crying cause it knows it's days are numbered...sniff....

and lastly...I think...if I'm spelling it right...Ancindertha? yikes...need to go get my book out...anyways...it's a purty ...

The Gulf Frits and the Sulphurs love the bottle brush. I couldn't get a clear picture but there is usually a hummer in the mix also.

Oops, wrong picture. This is the Butterfly Clerodendron ugandense.

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Passi. coccinea with reflexed petals.

Hemophobic- I took this pic this am to show how the Aromatic aster has grown up into this Illicium.

Ardesia I love the Clerodendron and the butterfly. No Gulf Frits here.

Turks Cap hibiscus. No matter how much I prune this one it still looks ungainly and to me, the flowers never look like they are fully opened.

Chamthy, that really is a gorgeous aster.

A Plumbago peeking through a Ming Asparagus fern.

A red bed at Brookgreen Gardens this week. Coleus, amaranth, acalypha, etc. It was striking to say the least.

A newly constructed xeriscape garden at Brookgreen. This one is going to be fabulous when everything grows in.

wonderful pics everyone.

Tom- again, I am envious of your purple Mexican Sage bush. Gotta get one of those at the FMarket.

Here are just a few of my plants, same usual culprits:


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Ardesia: I love seeing the shots from Brookgreen. We're usually at Pawleys this week each year, but had to change our plans - so I'm missing my annual visit!

Muhlenbergias: Linderheimer's in top left corner (single flower stalk), M. capillaris in center, M. filipes starting to bloom behind M. capillaris.

Sweetbay: Your Muhlys are lovely. I have one, but not sure which it is. I'll photo it today and post it. Maybe someone can narrow it down for me. Anyhow, I love them.

M. capillaris and filipes look the same, but the filipes forms a bigger clump than capillaris and in this area (piedmont NC) blooms in the month of Oct, starting about a month later than capillaris. Both species are easy to grow from seed.

Okay. Here's a little bit that's still blooming for me, starting with a perennial geraneum, not sure which. Could be Bloody Cranesbill.

Platycodon

Some roses, Tropicana in back, Indiana in front.

Here's Knockout rose, Radyod.

Hydrangea `Claudie' still going strong.

Muhly grass, not sure what cultivar. Have to get a better shot of this in sunlight.

Finally, gardenias blooming again. Don't know the cultivar. It was planted by a previous homeowner.

Coreopsis "Red Shift"

Nasturtium.

Pretty nasturtium, Debin.

Very pretty, I just planted nasturtium seeds yesterday, so hopefully I'll have some blossoms in a few weeks.

We have had more than 7" of rain in the last week. The plants and the mosquitoes are loving it.

http://www.nichegardens.com/catalog/item.php?id=1155&PHPSESSID=ec0e09d3cdc317ddbb9f12eeb6521d70 ...

Here's a shrub I saw in my neighborhood the other day. Does anyone grow this successfully? I've never seen it before. Most of the plants/photos that were posted above I have never seen or heard of. I would like to know where you get these neat plants! Wow! Ohio has nothing like these!!

Karin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Greenthumb: That's Beautyberry or Callicarpa and my neighbor in Kannapolis has it planted. I had it in Asheville, but haven't yet planted it down here. It's gorgeous in the fall.

Thanks, Hemophobic. I love nasturtium.

Greenthumb, I have a Beautyberry in my garden, although the berries look alot more purple than in the nichegardens pic. I've never tried to save seeds or root a cutting before, but I'd be happy to give it a shot if you'd like.

Alice, we've also had tons of rain, bout 5" in the past few days. Sun came out today tho, finally.
Deb