Summer has well and truly left us, I'm afraid. I'm noting all the autumn jobs that need attention, now that the heat and languor of my favorite season are clearly behind me. And I'm mourning summer's passing as I wander around the garden seeing what's still blooming for this late September Bloom Day post.
Clivia miniata 'Belgian Hybrid Orange' has sent out four bloom stalks (this is one advantage of a bit of crowding in the pot.) I adore those brilliant orange blooms against the dark-green, strappy leaves.
Mahonia fortunei 'Dan Hinckley' is putting on a modest show and delighting the honey bees. It's the perfect height to enjoy from my breakfast room window right now, as seen in the second shot.
Lagerstroemia 'Natchez' has had fewer blooms this cooler summer, and they are way up high. I still love it for its gorgeous peeling trunk bark.
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Xera's Sterling' is popping up in the Northwest Territory.
Echinops ritro adds its spiky ball-shaped blooms to the mix.
Pelargonium sidoides made it through winter and has been quietly blooming for a month now.
These NOID heliathus came from a bloggers plant swap years ago, and they have politely spread to form a small colony that brightens the end of summer.
Tithonia rotundifolia responds to the rain by pumping out a few more blossoms.
Sphaeralcea 'Newleaze Coral' continues with a few small blooms.
Agastache 'Acapulco Orange' is my very favorite cultivar of anise hyssop. This young plant isn't very robust yet, but it's doing its best to keep flowering as summer cools down.
Occasionally, the brilliant orange small flowers of Punica granatum 'Nana' turn into a little fruit. It's probably just a matter of time before the voracious local squirrels decide to steal it.
And last, the graceful, drooping seedheads on Chasmanthium latifolium are easy to appreciate.
Although late, I'm joining with Carol of May Dreams Gardens to showcase what's blooming in my garden in the middle of the month. You can see blossoms from all over if you visit her site.
Happy belated Bloom Day!!
Clivia miniata 'Belgian Hybrid Orange' has sent out four bloom stalks (this is one advantage of a bit of crowding in the pot.) I adore those brilliant orange blooms against the dark-green, strappy leaves.
Mahonia fortunei 'Dan Hinckley' is putting on a modest show and delighting the honey bees. It's the perfect height to enjoy from my breakfast room window right now, as seen in the second shot.
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Xera's Sterling' is popping up in the Northwest Territory.
Echinops ritro adds its spiky ball-shaped blooms to the mix.
Pelargonium sidoides made it through winter and has been quietly blooming for a month now.
These NOID heliathus came from a bloggers plant swap years ago, and they have politely spread to form a small colony that brightens the end of summer.
Tithonia rotundifolia responds to the rain by pumping out a few more blossoms.
Sphaeralcea 'Newleaze Coral' continues with a few small blooms.
Agastache 'Acapulco Orange' is my very favorite cultivar of anise hyssop. This young plant isn't very robust yet, but it's doing its best to keep flowering as summer cools down.
And last, the graceful, drooping seedheads on Chasmanthium latifolium are easy to appreciate.
Although late, I'm joining with Carol of May Dreams Gardens to showcase what's blooming in my garden in the middle of the month. You can see blossoms from all over if you visit her site.
Happy belated Bloom Day!!
Lovely blooms! I enjoyed seeing them, even though your post is late.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun. I guess summer did rush past. I always think of you when surveying my weed patches: Jane would never allow this to happen!
ReplyDeleteThe punica looks like a baby pomegranate. Love the orange Clivia.
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