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| Loriope |
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| hardy cyclamen |
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| black cohosh |
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| white encore azalea |
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| hardy begonia |
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| gaillardia |
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| Japanese anemone |
Showing posts with label loriope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loriope. Show all posts
Fall Blooms
9/18/16
I have several plants blooming now that we are getting into the fall season. A lot of the plants that are blooming are in my backyard garden. I have five loriope plants at each end of my long backyard garden.
There are two areas in the backyard garden where hardy cyclamen were planted years ago, and they still come up.
I planted five black cohosh at intervals along the backyard fence, and this is one of two that has a bud. This bud has been sitting there for a couple of weeks. None of the black cohosh plants seem to be doing well. They are not happy in this location. I don't know whether this flower spike is going to grow taller (they can get up to eight feet tall) or open.
This is the only encore azalea that has fall blooms on it. There are four more encore azaleas in the yard that look full and lush but have no buds. This rather skimpy looking one is the only one flowering.
There are several hardy begonia plants in the side perennial garden and this is one of them. There are also hardy begonia plants at each end of the backyard garden.
I planted two gaillardia plants in the side garden to fill in some bare spots. With their fall colors, they brighten any garden area.
There was a large stand of Japanese anemones in the backyard garden years ago. I was surprised to find that there were two clumps left hidden beneath the nandina bushes. I have mums and other flowers blooming along the front of the house and in the perennial garden. I hope to post photos of them next.
Summer Turns To Fall
9/21/14
Fall has arrived here. After being in the 90's the first week of September, the temps in the last two weeks have been below normal. We've been down in the 40's at night. But on this last weekend of summer, summer weather returned. It is supposed to hit 90 today. Fall is beautiful here with warm, dry, sunny days. I planted some mums in the side yard garden to replace flowers that are no longer blooming. But there is still blooming going on in most of the yard.
The back yard garden that surrounds the patio is lush and full of flowers and plants. I wish it could stay this way all year. At the first frost all this will be gone. Sigh.
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| mums in side yard garden |
Fall has arrived here. After being in the 90's the first week of September, the temps in the last two weeks have been below normal. We've been down in the 40's at night. But on this last weekend of summer, summer weather returned. It is supposed to hit 90 today. Fall is beautiful here with warm, dry, sunny days. I planted some mums in the side yard garden to replace flowers that are no longer blooming. But there is still blooming going on in most of the yard.
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| The lavender is still blooming in the side yard garden. |
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| The glossy abelia bush is loaded with blossoms |
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| My goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) Fireworks just flowered last week. |
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| In the electrical garden, surrounding the electrical box, the milkweed plants are full of milkweed bug beetles. |
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| The coleus in my deck pot is full of blooms. |
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| Since I cleaned out a lot of the cosmos from the garden, the Japanese anemones are much more visible. |
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| A photo of one of two annual vinca (Caranthus roseus) plants that reseeded from last year. |
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| The pink dogwood tree is full of red berries that the birds love. |
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| The loriope plants have lots of purple blooms. |
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| The back yard garden |
The back yard garden that surrounds the patio is lush and full of flowers and plants. I wish it could stay this way all year. At the first frost all this will be gone. Sigh.
Last of Summer Blooms
8/17/14
While we were gone on vacation, there was a lot of activity in the garden and yard. The crepe myrtle tree bloomed just as we left. The side and back yard gardens are lush with blooms. Here are photos of blooms in the side garden.
The rudbeckia, or black-eyed susan flowers, are doing well despite being eaten after emerging.
The butterfly bush has filled out nicely after suffering severe winter damage.
The zinnias, one of my favorite flowers, are gorgeous. I plant seeds every year so I can have fresh cut flowers in the house.
In the back garden, the cosmos that reseeded have taken over about a quarter of the garden.
Some vinca from last summer that also reseeded showed up in a few places.
Some of my loriope plants have started to flower.
I couldn't resist showing another photo of the beautiful standard impatiens in one of my patio pots.
The Yoshino cherry trees all over the neighborhood have lost more than half their leaves. Isn't it a little early for that? The acorns started dropping off the oaks a week ago. There is a hint of fall in the weather. We have had temps in the 50's at night and 70's and low 80's during the day for the last two weeks. And it is only mid-August. The local meteorologist said our temps have been below average 45% of the time this summer. I hope this doesn't mean we are going to have a bitterly cold winter like last year.
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| crepe myrtle |
While we were gone on vacation, there was a lot of activity in the garden and yard. The crepe myrtle tree bloomed just as we left. The side and back yard gardens are lush with blooms. Here are photos of blooms in the side garden.
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| black-eyed susan |
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| butterfly bush |
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| zinnias |
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| cosmos |
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| vinca |
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| loriope |
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| impatiens |
The Yoshino cherry trees all over the neighborhood have lost more than half their leaves. Isn't it a little early for that? The acorns started dropping off the oaks a week ago. There is a hint of fall in the weather. We have had temps in the 50's at night and 70's and low 80's during the day for the last two weeks. And it is only mid-August. The local meteorologist said our temps have been below average 45% of the time this summer. I hope this doesn't mean we are going to have a bitterly cold winter like last year.
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