Was it really as long ago as June that I last blogged?! Yikes! Well I'm back this month for Bloom Day, with a report on my flowers for October.
First up, in the Northwest Territory, is the Beach Daisy, Erigeron glaucus, still pushing out some blooms.
Keeping it company, color-wise, is a big-box aster, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii, I picked up last year. It got tall and flopped over while I was away for three weeks but it's still a wonderful fluff of purple in the garden. Next year I'll stake it.
I'm not sure if this is Cyclamen coum or C. hederifolium. Whichever it is, the foliage is as charming as the blooms.
My summer splurge on a bougainvillea has rewarded me for months. It just keeps blooming!
After a haircut in late August, the Catmint, Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low', paid me (and the pollinators) back by having a second flush of bloom.
I bought two Kangaroo Paws, Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger' early in summer; they have bloomed non-stop and they show no signs of quitting anytime soon.
These Pyracantha 'Mohave' berries are as exciting to me as any flowers; every year since we planted them in 2008, they have suffered from fireblight and formed no berries. I'm guessing our drier spring made the difference this year, since moisture is a factor in the spread of fireblight.
The last fiery flowers of Echinacea 'Sombrero Red'.
Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson' hanging in with some last blooms.
Agastache 'Acapulco Orange' is past its prime, but still flowering. Since I never water this plant, it's hard to be too critical of its looks.
Of course this is not a flower, but the turning leaves of Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy' are a fabulous color in the garden.
Abutilon megapotamicum keeps on keeping on.
Every year, it's a race between Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Steroidal Giant' blooms and a cold snap. Is this the year we'll have blossoms?
Just beginning: Fatsia japonica flowers.
Mahonia 'Soft Caress' is brightening up the space under a Trachycarpus palm.
And last, they don't look like much from here, but the fading blooms on Lagerstroemia 'Natchez' are still peppering the deck with tiny florets and making me happy.
Bloom Day is hosted on the 15th of each month by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. Click over to see more blooms from all over.
Happy Bloom Day!
First up, in the Northwest Territory, is the Beach Daisy, Erigeron glaucus, still pushing out some blooms.
My summer splurge on a bougainvillea has rewarded me for months. It just keeps blooming!
I bought two Kangaroo Paws, Anigozanthos 'Bush Ranger' early in summer; they have bloomed non-stop and they show no signs of quitting anytime soon.
These Pyracantha 'Mohave' berries are as exciting to me as any flowers; every year since we planted them in 2008, they have suffered from fireblight and formed no berries. I'm guessing our drier spring made the difference this year, since moisture is a factor in the spread of fireblight.
The last fiery flowers of Echinacea 'Sombrero Red'.
Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson' hanging in with some last blooms.
Agastache 'Acapulco Orange' is past its prime, but still flowering. Since I never water this plant, it's hard to be too critical of its looks.
Of course this is not a flower, but the turning leaves of Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy' are a fabulous color in the garden.
Abutilon megapotamicum keeps on keeping on.
Every year, it's a race between Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Steroidal Giant' blooms and a cold snap. Is this the year we'll have blossoms?
Just beginning: Fatsia japonica flowers.
Mahonia 'Soft Caress' is brightening up the space under a Trachycarpus palm.
And last, they don't look like much from here, but the fading blooms on Lagerstroemia 'Natchez' are still peppering the deck with tiny florets and making me happy.
Happy Bloom Day!
