The Obsessive Neurotic Gardener

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I waited.

And waited.

And waited some more.

And then finally, at 5:00 pm EST today, we had our first break from the rain.

I dashed from out of my home office (where I’ve been working since March ’20 and it’s not really an office but a desk in what used to be a playroom), grabbed my camera and snapped the following pics, fearful if I didn’t capture this moment in time, I’d regret it when it all disappeared the next day. We’re at peak autumn color right now her in New Jersey, which means we’ll now be heading in the wrong direction.

I’ll savor these shots until Spring Fever hits on January 2nd.

As great as all the yellow/gold hues look, this section desperately needs some red/orange foliage as a contrast. Dammit.
I just looked back on all of my old posts and I referenced my love of Panicum ‘Northwind” 218 times. Here’s #219.
Fluffy, airy, grassy, poofy, puffy, yummy.
This is my view outside the window of my office. I’ve lovingly ogled this Molinia ‘Skyracer’ throughout all of the seasons and at this moment, the orange stems are stunning, especially when backlit by the morning sun.
Where there’s room, there’s a grass. This Indian Grass blooms are gigantic and I’m so here for it.
Great colors, great textures but need more varying heights. Dammit.
Clethra has fantastic fall color, even if it is fleeting.

Speaking of Fall, if you take a gander at the latest issue of Fine Gardening magazine and turn to page 30 …

And page 31 …

You might recognize a certain someone.

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7 Responses

  1. Beautiful!! I’m convinced on the Northwind. Your amsonia looks lovely.

    New for me this year is Itea, Virginia sweetspire. Henry’s Garnet is looking awesome even

    My stopped-producing-cause-its 60F red burgundy okra in the landscape are something I will totally grow again for the stems alone!

    • I left off a thought: Henry’s Garnet is looking awesome even as rooted cuttings, the fall color is like the Clethra but with more red tones.

      What about a Ruby Falls weeping redbud for heart shaped leaves to contrast in everyway with your beautiful grasses?

  2. Good for you, Fine Gardening!! Wow!
    I love your posts and pictures so much.
    Esp the Dammits…….. they go right to my gardener heart!!

  3. This time of the year I’m really missing my garden back then in New Jersey. I love the colors of fall.
    Here in Florida, where I had been transplanted for 20 years now, I indulge my gardening palate in
    colorful bromeliads that had to be placed in the sun by October to get their jaw-dropping colorations.
    Congratulations on being featured in a magazine as fine as Fine Gardening.

  4. Your fall gardens are always beautiful. I was inspired by you several years ago to plant more grasses and I’m glad I did. It’s good to hear from you again and congratulations on being in one the premier gardening magazines around.

  5. How about Monkshood? The blue purple flowers in fall are nice. I just divided mine this year and planted a long row behind the ligularia and among pachysandra. In a few years I hope for a mass planting. I didn’t know it was poisonous until a few years ago and I was always handling it to divide. This isn’t the first year that deer have eaten some of them down to the ground and there’s no dead deer lying around.

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