Fothergilla Blue Shadow.
Garden Photos - Part 42
Here are the blooms of my Last Hurrah:
Pink Fairy Rose
The penstemons are still going strong.
I think the Autumn fairies are keeping this hose-in-hose primrose alive!
Bacopa sure is strong! This blue shows no signs of quitting yet, along with a white that's still in a window box.
Last is my Chrysanthemum Sheffield Pink. New this year. Started blooming late, and I feared the frost would get it but, as you can see by the bud count, it's still going strong, too!
PrimroseSue, Your timing is soooo uncanny... I was just looking at a bunch of primroses (still am) trying to figure out which species they were and looked at the one that looked like yours does and finally it came to me... Primula Vulgaris!!! and then 2 seconds later you go and post a picture of it!! Love all of your pics!
Forgot one. Enkianthus 'Showy Lanterns'.
Mugsy is cute, Shelly. Too bad that goat isn't friendly. Great shots. I love the maple grove.
Will have to look at more later. Very busy now.
Karen
Funny how this Mt. Airy is mainly yellow this year. Usually they are red, orange and yellow.
Love the colors! Great pic with the fairy door.
Shelly, your adventures with the goat are most amusing. I think the goat likes you, actually. Such great fall colors out your way. Well, actually, it seems out most folk's way. I am really liking Victor's Silver Mist next to the JMaple, and the viburnum / coppertina match. That LimeLight is definitely one I want to add in next spring. And, Sue's burgundian primrose looks well tended, for sure!
Whew! Too much to do today, I prefer lazy weekends, but I did finally get all the chicken soup into the freezer. Total yield is 16 quarts of stock and 12 more quarts finished off into soup with the veggies and chicken pieces. That should last a week or two, eh? Now, I am all set to start kicking out the chicken pot pies.
I guess I will have to make a carrot cake with all the left-over carrots. I think next should be something special for Jo Ann, since we need to help keep the sugars down. We want no doctor warnings, only praises. Hmmmmm, what shall be our next epicurean delight?
Thanks Willie. The fall colors this year are some of the best, brightest that i've ever seen them. It's sort of the talk every where you go. 'how about them colors.' has become the standard for the first thing someone says as they come in.
I'm not sure what the deal with that goat is. Most of the time (all four of them that I've ever met) have been really nice. Not only is it grumpy, it has taken to eating the dogs' food. The dogs are VERY protective of their food. This will be interesting! I agree completely about the Silver Mist of Victors'. I really like it as well. Good luck with all of that soup!
Louise, you really should come out this way some time. Make sure you're in the mood to 'get away from it all.' May and late September/early Oct. are the two best times. May is about the height of the season for the Native plants to be in bloom, as well as a good time for the flowers in in gardens. Then late sept./early Oct. is best for fall colors and it wont be hot and might not be on the permanent rain setting yet.
Jan23... what's your favorite time of year to be over here?
Victor, great Pics today! I really like the Silver Mist cedar, it's a great contrast to the others. Your koto no ito looks as if it has a hosta audience. The blueberries have great colors.
Primrose Sue. I really like that penstemon color. I know I said it before, but I just love that fairy door and primula. That's so cute.
Ok... If I had a 'picture of the day,' this would be it, and it's not a really great picture or anything like that.
Any guesses at what this is? (it's actually pretty easy) Yep, that's my thumbnail in the picture.
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I see your up bright and early RC.
Cute Dahlia.
Nice pics everyone.
nope, wide eyed like a night owl. you're the one up early. Ahhh... that pic was way too easy. Have you ever seen a fully open Dahlia that small before?!!! I certainly haven't.
I love dinner plate dahls,
but dont grow them.Too hard to manage with staking.
I agree about the dinner plate dahlias, but this was just too cute.
It sure was, seems unusual for anything that small to survive the frosts.
It does seem odd, but it survived because it was protected by the taller ones. The taller ones have all wilted, but shorter ones are trying to hold on, their edges are turning as well though.
I used to work in a greenhouse, planting thouands of geraneums.The owner told me the spring flowers survive because they are close to the ground and where temps are just enough higher that they wont freeze.
I think that that's definitely the case in many ways, that's the way it is around my yard. My own dahlias have already died back completely...I'm a little colder than Eugene. This particular group of Dahlias is in Eugene at a friends house. Sometimes I go over their just because they still have stuff blooming in their yard. How bad is that :-p
Whatever floats your boat.
I keep forgetting to tell you about the Violas and Pulmineras you shipped with the Blue Angel hostas .
They are doing great and I'll try to take a picture if we gat sun today.
I'm back with pics of Viola oderata(sp)
and Pulmineria ?
RC sent this summer.
pulmineria still very small but bigger than when planted.
and some geese up.
I had no idea how hard it was to photo them. By the time the camera does its computing they were almost gone.
They fly quite low over the house all day in groups ov ten sometimes more, love the sound and in March its such a welcome assurance this zone is waking up.
They sure do get around.
Shelly great fall pictures!!
victor you are at it again with the different jm's and had me looking up the silver mist cedar - it looks like it would not be hardy here - too bad - good for the credit card though
Bill - some sources say 6, some 7.
Some say a sunny place, well-protected from winds, next to a building, etc., zone 6 can resemble zone 7.
"micro-climate" was a recent DG article topic.
Yes it can. Also, the newer hardiness zone maps push our 'old' zones a bit - either a half or a full zone.
I used to be 5! Woohoo! Gotta love that great lake!
Some years I think I've regressed to Zone -2 :(
I LOVE your backyard, Victor! I want it!!!
I dream of getting to a point like that, but I'm just starting so I have a long way to go :(
i think i'm closer to 5b and 6a - i would not be planting it in a protected area - will have to watch how several plants i am pushing to grow here stand up to the winter.
Thank you, Eve. Be patient - it took me a while to get where I am.
Beautiful, Victor!
RC - I doubt I'll get out there in May because that's garden start-up time when we arrive in NH for the summer, but Sept/Oct. is a definite possibility, as that time frames fits nicely in between my north/south garden cycles. I like your little dahlia and that jazzy nail polish! LOL