| FALL
FLOWERS & FOLIAGE |
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| How about this for a foliage
contrast? The lime green of one of the new coleus with the soft green
of a fern. Very cool
24th September 2000 |
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The upright panicum Heavy
Metal planted behind the stunning blue flowers of Caryopteris Dark
Knight. A delightful combination
24th September 2000 |
| Asters are an overlooked
American gem. I just love the big color they introduce into the fall
garden. This one is Harringtons Pink
24th September 2000 |
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The flowers of the ground
cover Hypericum calycicum appear throughout the summer . I took this
picture down by our water fall.
24th September 2000 |
| One of the secrets of a great
winter garden is to have lots of colored berries . The blue berries of
this Arrowwood viburnum fit this bill. It can grow in shade and wet
conditions
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Some thing unusual? The shell
like flowers of this cosmos are certainly eye catching. It is now
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| The toad lily has wonderful
orchid like flowers that have just started opening now . Great for
partial shade
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Talking of shade plants this
polygonum is one of the best. It is still in full flower as you can
see. I can't remember its name Foxtail
or Fire tail ...
24th September 2000 |
| Hot dry sunny conditions and
late flowers. You can't beat the bush clover or Lespedeza. It grows
3-4' tall
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Golden rods are in flower in
the wild. How about one of these brilliant little ones that are great
in the garden. This one is called "Golden Fleece".
24th September 2000 |
| Another New England
Aster |
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The white bleeding heart
flowers all through the summer and into the fall |
| The snakeroot or cimicifuga
has wonderful bottlebrush flowers now. They are quite fragrant! |
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This is one of the longest
blooming campanula's I know. It is called Kent Belle. The color is to
die for.
24th September 2000 |
| One of the first grasses to
flower. The feather reed grass looks great in the fall and winter.
Can be planted with Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'
in masses. The grass can grow in all kinds of conditions wet or dry.
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Ilex verticillata or
winterberries start to look great this time of year. The berries can
last most of the winter too. Good source of food for the birds.
22nd September |
| Chelone or the Turtle Head is
a native plant that flowers at my home this time of year. It is very
hardy and can take poor conditions.
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One of my favorite fall
flowers is the Monkshood orAconitum napellus. The color is
stunning and, what is great, is that the deer leave it alone because
it is poisonous.
22nd September |
| The Japanese anemone can
flower thtoughout fall. Each year my clumps have been getting bigger
and bigger. They like reasonably good soil and a reasonable amount of
sunshine.
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Some flowers come back in the
fall. This is one of the spiderworts (Tradescantia)
The white is exceptionally bright. These
plants act as ground covers spreading quite quickly.
22nd September |
| Viburnum plicatum
"Summer Snowflake"
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Delospermum |
| Aster with a golden
Chamaecyparis |
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Eryngium yuccafolium |
| The Autumn crocus or
Colchicum. This is the double
flowering variety. |
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