I do still have a few flowers to show for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. The garden is on its last legs, although we don't have a frost in the near
forecast at this time. We're having fewer sunny days, and more rainy and
foggy ones, although I would still say not as rainy as a normal
October. Just yesterday I was digging holes to plant some Allium bulbs, and only 5 inches or so down, the soil is dry as dust.
Anyway, here's what's flowering in my garden and in the greenhouse.
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My Brugs are still going strong, but all you get today is a closeup of a flower. They're still filling the garden with wonderful scent. |
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I don't recall offhand the name of this Dahlia, but it's perfectly matched with the Panicum behind it. |
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The same Dahlia, but a different flower with a bit more pink on the petal tips. |
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Sedum 'Autumn Joy' |
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Calendula 'Solar Flashback' is still producing flowers. I need to get out there and gather seeds. |
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This pink Nicotiana sowed itself from plants originally planted over a year ago. |
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One of just a few last California poppies |
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A golden Alstroemeria (possibly 'Tangerine Tango') |
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Arbutus unedo compacta |
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Chocolate Joe Pye Weed (not called Eupatorium anymore, right? Ageratum something?) |
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Fuchsia magellanica has been flowering pretty much all summer |
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Fuchsia magellanica aurea too. Although they're common in the PNW, no garden here that wants to attract hummingbirds should be without these great plants. |
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Newly planted Geranium 'Ann Folkard' has produced its first flower. |
This past weekend, Nigel helped me with "The Great Migration" of tender plants into the greenhouse. I had already cleaned all the dying tomatoes out of it, and installed two more wire racks for holding plants. Some of those plants are flowering.
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Aloe backed by the strappy leaves of a magenta Cordyline |
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Begonia |
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Also a Begonia |
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Tiny Cactus flower |
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Pelargonium sidoides |
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Alstroemeria 'Rock and Roll' might survive the winter outside if we actually have the mild winter they're predicting, but I had room for it, so it came in. |
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Euphorbia millii (Crown of Thorns) has been flowering since I bought it this spring |
And, in the category of incipient flowers, here are a couple of buds.
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Cactus |
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Christmas Cactus (or maybe Thanksgiving Cactus) |
That's it for Bloom Day, hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. Check out her post
here, and also the many posts from bloggers around the world.