It's November and some of the deciduous trees in my garden stand bare while others are are covered with colorful foliage and a few haven't started changing color at all yet. How nice it would be if this time of bright colors could last longer.
We've set our clocks back an hour which means that the time of coming home in the dark has returned and I'll only be seeing the garden in the light on weekends again for a time. Come with me on a Saturday walk around the garden.
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' was a small tree when we moved to this garden 21 years ago. I considered removing it many times but now I'm so glad I didn't. It's coloring up for autumn and a few leaves have started falling.
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Maybe this cordyline will get dragged into the greenhouse if the weather gets really cold. It's such a nice large specimen.
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Trevesia aff. palmata or Brassaiopsis dumicola has put on a lot of growth since leaving it's six-inch pot.
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While it's sad to see the growing season coming to an end, winter and the following spring clean-up will do a nice clean-up of the cacophony.
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Clematis 'Nellie Moser' didn't bloom much this year as she got clematis wilt. She sprang back and somehow found a stem of Cornus sericea ‘Hedgerows Gold’ giving it some nice autumn blooms.
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I just got done raking and blowing the leaves off the walk in time for a bit of strong wind on Saturday night to cover it again.
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There are too many plants in the parking strips but how to choose what to get rid of. Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace' is definitely a keeper for it's great seed capsules.
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Cylindropuntia found free by the side of the road four years ago is doing it's cold weather drooping thing.
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Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn' is starting to bloom which it will continue doing through spring. I'd never want to be without this sweet plant.
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We've set our clocks back an hour which means that the time of coming home in the dark has returned and I'll only be seeing the garden in the light on weekends again for a time. Come with me on a Saturday walk around the garden.
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' was a small tree when we moved to this garden 21 years ago. I considered removing it many times but now I'm so glad I didn't. It's coloring up for autumn and a few leaves have started falling.
Maybe this cordyline will get dragged into the greenhouse if the weather gets really cold. It's such a nice large specimen.
Ditto for this one.
What's this yucca thinking sending a bloom spike up at this time of year? Fingers crossed that Agave 'Mr. Ripple' doesn't rot this winter.
Trevesia aff. palmata or Brassaiopsis dumicola has put on a lot of growth since leaving it's six-inch pot.
While it's sad to see the growing season coming to an end, winter and the following spring clean-up will do a nice clean-up of the cacophony.
Mahonias blooming to the delight of our year round hummingbirds.
Tick-tock Tetrapanax buds, time is running out for you to open!
Cotinus 'Royal Purple' gets cool patterns on the undersides of it's leaves as they change into their autumn outfit.
Clematis 'Nellie Moser' didn't bloom much this year as she got clematis wilt. She sprang back and somehow found a stem of Cornus sericea ‘Hedgerows Gold’ giving it some nice autumn blooms.
Looking toward he bamboo grove.
As the leaves begin to fall, the buddha at the top of the pond is once again visible.
Cardiocrinum giganteum seed pods ripening.
Maybe I should pick the persimmons before they're all eated by the damned squirrels.
Meanwhile, out on the sidewalk...
I just got done raking and blowing the leaves off the walk in time for a bit of strong wind on Saturday night to cover it again.
Looking the other direction.
There are too many plants in the parking strips but how to choose what to get rid of. Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace' is definitely a keeper for it's great seed capsules.
Cylindropuntia found free by the side of the road four years ago is doing it's cold weather drooping thing.
These two always look happy.
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn' is starting to bloom which it will continue doing through spring. I'd never want to be without this sweet plant.
We'll end as we walk back in the side gate to the back garden.
Hope you enjoyed this little walk about.