I'm a day late and a flower or two short for this Bloom Day post, but I want to record my garden for the month anyway. We've had weeks of intermittent rain. Between that and some community obligations, I haven't been out in the garden as much as I'd like to be, putting my plants back to bed. But I have a few flowers to show, so let's get to it.
First up is a new Loropetalum chinense 'Fire Dance' - full of bloom. I hope it likes its digs in one of our newly created beds and grows to cover the lower bare branches of Rhododendron x 'Ahna Krushke'.
In the Northwest Territory, the surprise Digitalis purpurea from last month is bowed down from the rain, but still blooming.
Erigeron glaucus has a few blossoms left this month.
All the Rosemaries around the house are doing their winter bloom thing.
A last, waterlogged Rosa 'Sally Holmes' bloom truss droops down from the plant.
Daphne transatlantica 'Eternal Fragrance' went in late this spring, and it's surprising us with its enthusiastic growth and now, blooms.
I love the occasional, off-season blooms that appear on Ceanothus 'Victoria'.
I spy a few last blossoms on Abutilon megapotamica.
New this month is the froth of sputnik-style flowers on Fatsia japonica.
I'll leave you with the beautifully-colored blossoms of an indoor Streptocarpella.
For a complete survey of November blooms check the May Dreams Gardens blog where Carol faithfully sponsors this monthly flower event.
Happy Bloom Day!
First up is a new Loropetalum chinense 'Fire Dance' - full of bloom. I hope it likes its digs in one of our newly created beds and grows to cover the lower bare branches of Rhododendron x 'Ahna Krushke'.
In the Northwest Territory, the surprise Digitalis purpurea from last month is bowed down from the rain, but still blooming.
Erigeron glaucus has a few blossoms left this month.
All the Rosemaries around the house are doing their winter bloom thing.
Daphne transatlantica 'Eternal Fragrance' went in late this spring, and it's surprising us with its enthusiastic growth and now, blooms.
I love the occasional, off-season blooms that appear on Ceanothus 'Victoria'.
I spy a few last blossoms on Abutilon megapotamica.
New this month is the froth of sputnik-style flowers on Fatsia japonica.
For a complete survey of November blooms check the May Dreams Gardens blog where Carol faithfully sponsors this monthly flower event.
Happy Bloom Day!
I love my Eternal Fragrance Daphne. It blooms in all but the coldest months and has grown so quickly. And it always looks good. Conversely, I have the worst luck with rosemary. I envy every gardener who has it in their yard. Every time I plant it, we get a sudden cold snap that takes out the newly-planted rosemary with too much soft growth. I even lost Arp that way. Obviously, I'm worrying too much about keeping them watered when I first plant them, making them grow too much and too late into fall.
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