“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Ignoring the fact that the quote above is uttered by one awful person to another awful person in a book I didn’t really care for, I agree with the sentiment. Fall weather is finally here! I have been cooking and wearing socks and bringing tender plants indoors and I am so freaking happy about it. The bird feeders are up, my Netflix queue is full and I am so ready to hibernate for a bit. This is that nice time when we’re finally getting rain and cooler nights but the castor beans haven’t died yet and things still look okay.
All of the salvias and agastaches are still going strong, acting like they just might bloom all winter if you let them. This canna popped up in a pathway and I left it to be a surprisingly effective hosebreak all summer.
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| My bloom is sad because someone didn’t water me all summer. |
These Aster oblongifolius are my favorite right now. They cooked all summer next to reflected heat of the chimney without a drop of water and they couldn’t be prettier.
I’ve spent more time than I’d care to admit internally debating whether Dan Hinkley was on a bender or responding to a dare when he named this Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress.’ Its blooms aren’t quite as showy as its relatives but I’ll take them.
Eutrochium rugosum is sited right next to some large clumps of snowberry, making this fairly uninteresting part of the yard look gift wrapped.
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| Eutrochium rugosum and Symphoricarpos albus |
Is it early for Fatsia japonica to be blooming? It feels like it.
Happy bloom day and happy fall weather to you! Be sure to visit our host Carol at May Dreams Gardens for the full show.
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