Yes, the end of the gardening season is near – OK fine, I know it can extend through the winter, blah blah blah – and I’m doing my best to enjoy it while it is still here:
The blooms of Anemone ‘September Charm’ are holding on for dear life:
The sedum blooms have transformed into their coveted brick red color:
Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’ is at it’s peak:
The Acorus gramineus ‘Oborozuki’ (also known as sweet flag but wanted to get my Latin on) are at their most vivid color right now and have truly enjoyed the sick amount of rain we’ve had the past two months:
Still loving the color of Thuja (Arborvitae) ‘Rheingold’:
And loving the sight of berries left behind as the trees shed their leaves:
Enjoy your weekend
John
Oh yeah, PLEASE don’t go! We love seeing those beauties…
I’m doing much the same…really enjoying every minute before winter sets in and turns the garden to mush. I know there IS such a thing as “winter interest”, but it seems more euphemism than reality, at least for me 😉
Gorgeous pictures — I love those red berries on bare branches. And the rest are beautiful Thanks for becoming a Desert Canyon Living follower.
The gardening season is reaching an end, but the photos you took still reflect the beauty of nature. Remember, every season has its own beauty. And of course, you can try to keep your houseplants alive all winter( I sometimes find that VERY challenging). Have a great weekend. Mickie 🙂
beautiful captures of the season!
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Thank you so much for following along on my blog. We recently moved to a much smaller house/yard and I am missing my Autumn Joy Sedum, Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’, and sweet flag. Thanks for sharing yours with us.
Hope you have a nice weekend.
I love that pink Miscanthus grass. Maybe it is good to have winter so those grasses will not be everywhere when spring comes, as winter obliterated them, unlike here where everything seems to be perennially present unless they are killed by long dry season.
That September Charm is beautiful!
Hi! Glad you found my site! The salvia are so pretty – hard not to like them. I love the trees that drop their leaves and leave the berries – we have two here in Texas that are really cool- the Possumhaw and the Beautyberry. Do you have those up there? I love the Acorus- great color to throw in and change things up. Laughing- wanted to get your Latin on hahah I am trying to learn all the “funny names” as I call them- slowly but surely I am coming around but there are SO many to learn.
I love the arborvitae. I wonder how that plant would do in steamy zone 8 south Carolina? Nice photos!
Hello John…nice to ‘meet’ you! Thanks for stopping by today and leaving a comment. I’m feeling the same as you…I don’t want to see the flowers die…not yet! It’s early for us here in our part of Kansas to have a freeze this early but we did a couple of nights ago. The tomatoes got hit but they didn’t do much of anything this year so it was really no loss that I didn’t cover them. Now we’re going to be in the 70’s for the next week..I’m glad I’m not a plant as you wouldn’t know if you were to give up and die or keep growing! Enjoy your garden while you can and you have a great weekend.
Maura 🙂
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i am so over it!! good that you have mustered up some enthusiasm and captured some real pretty stuff!! my gardens look like crap!!
the vibrancy of fall shines in your photos
Great pictures of fall favorites. I don’t want to see the last of the flowers and grasses disappear yet either. My Black Bugbane is making quite a show right now but most of my flowers are fading fast.
Right there with ya! Our only saving grace in this neck of the woods is being overdue for a first frost. Looks like you still have some beauty left in your gardens. Thanks for sharing!
Hi John The grand thing about blogland is that as we are welcoming Spring we can come here and see the autumn splendour and last bllooms in your garden. I posted today about a wonderful tropical garden that I stmbled upon. Great to have the best of both world here. Love your pics.
Veronica
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Janie – thanks for stopping by, how is the foot healing?
Scott – I get the winter interest … until it’s winter … and then I’m not interested.
Inger – happy to have become a follower, i’ll especially need it during our cold winter here.
Mickie – I really do need to take more of an interest in houseplants to get me through the cold. I’m just clueless on how to pull it off.
Cloudia – thank you and aloha right back atcha.
Maple Lane – happy to follow along with your blog. Thanks for visiting!
Andrea – you are right about requiring the winter, I’m sure I’d miss it if I lived somewhere else – a chance to take a breath I guess.
Darla – SC is a new one for me and so far so good!
Kacky – welcome and we do have beautyberry here but I’ve always thought the deer would devour it but now I’ve read they may actually leave it alone. Hmmmmm, something new to add in spring.
Visionary Gleam – I think the arb may do OK as long as it doesn’t dry out.
Maura – thanks for coming by, really really loved your blog! We’re still not near a freeze threat but know it’s coming. Gotta love it while it lasts.
Giga – thank you for reading!
Debbie – you are so funny, I’m holding on to what’s left because soon I will be a miserable SOB.
T&B – thank you as always for the kind words!
Gillian – hello again and I am so with you, please don’t let it end!!
Cosmo – welcome again and I’m going to milk what’s left all I possibly can.
Veronica – I never knew how much I would enjoy seeing gardens all over the world, especially as we all encounter different seasons. Thanks for the visit!
I have enjoyed reading your blog, hope you will read mine. I am going to get me a sedum. Had sedum Autumn Joy and love it I cut it back, so it would not spread out. I bought lavender and yellow mums 3 years and they really put on a show. Carrel cuts them almost to the ground after they bloom in the fall, they start to bloom in July and are still blooming. I do not cut them back in the spring http://www.gardeningwithjuanita.blogspot.com