Articles for the Month of October 2015

Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day October 2015

Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg'

Oxalis hirta ‘Gothenburg’

Well it’s Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day and the flowering for October is fairly predictable.  Toad lilies, Japanese Anemone’s, annuals in the garden and the Oxalis are all coming into flower in the greenhouse.  They get planted in late August and they come into flower very rapidly.  And one of the earliest and most prolific is Oxalis hirta ‘Gothenburg’

Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg' in quantity

Oxalis hirta ‘Gothenburg’ in quantity

Some other Oxalis examples are

Oxalis bowieii

Oxalis bowieii

Oxalis fabifolia

Oxalis fabifolia

Oxalis caprina

Oxalis caprina

Out in the yard a new Colchicum that we’ve added is ‘Dick Trotter’

Colchicum 'Dick Trotter'

Colchicum ‘Dick Trotter’

For the first time we’ve got flowers on the new Mahonia that we added this spring.

Mahonia confusa ‘Narihira’

Mahonia confusa ‘Narihira’

I’ve got high hopes that this soft foliaged Mahonia will make it over the winter.

Also in the monument bed is a lovely little Saxifrage that I received as a gift this winter.

Saxifraga fortunei 'Select'

Saxifraga fortunei ‘Select’

Also a single flower shows on the St. John’s Wort this week.

Hypericum 'Hidcote'

Hypericum ‘Hidcote’

As I mentioned the toad lilies continue to put on a show.  Especially productive is the Tricyrtis ‘Sinonome’

Tricyrtis ‘Sinonome’

Tricyrtis ‘Sinonome’

Tricyrtis ‘Sinonome’ in profile

Tricyrtis ‘Sinonome’ in profile

These are some of the highlights in our garden.  I hope yours is also filled with delights.