Late Summer In The Outlaw Garden

While the days are still warm, they are becoming noticeably  shorter, lawns are turning a bit less green (okay brown) and most of the perennial floral fireworks have fizzled.  Annuals are still blooming like there's no tomorrow but some plants are looking a bit tired.

Fall is only 28 days away. Summer is never long enough is it?  Albizia julibrissin  (Mimosa) continues to pump out pom-pom blooms and throw them all over the ground and into the pond.

Clerodendrum bungei 'Cashmere Bouquet' likes to spread everywhere but is forgiven because of it's late and fragrant blooms.  The bush with white flowers is Clerodendrum trichotomum but it's different from the other two in my garden.  The calyxes of this one are white to pink and the leaves are furrier and lighter in color. It's also just blooming now (along with C.t. 'Carnival' (dark pink calyxes, variegated widerfolaige) while the other one, is just about done.


Seems like the Colchicum autumnale are a bit later than usual this year as they're usually going strong on the 27th. The first are just poking their noses above ground.

Plumbago auriculata looking fresh.  Too bad I don't really have room for this sweet thing. Surprisingly, it continues to live even though it's crammed between a bunch of other plants.




Musa 'Ai Ai' which pouted  (looked quite dead) when the greenhouse door was left open overnight this winter has finally made a comeback.



Paulownia tomentosa trees are heavy with seed pods and the raccoons visit the fig tree nightly for snacks.  Spiders are growing larger, their webs more visible as mornings begin to spangle them with dewy moisture. Change is in the air.