Anemone x hybrida ‘Whirlwind’
As has been the case for many other October Garden Blogger Bloom Days the double flowered Anemone Japonica hybrid shown above has been the bell-ringer. It produces many outstanding flowers and they can be cut and brought into the house. It is modestly aggressive like all of it’s kin, but they pull out easily when they go where you don’t want them.
Another fall favorite are the various toad lilies. Probably the most abundant for us is Trycyrtis ‘Sinonome’
Trycyrtis ‘Sinonome’
It goes well with the New England Asters that are nearby
New England Aster
I was pleased to find that two spring plantings of fall camellias have produced flowers this year.
Camellia sasanqua ‘White’
Camellia sasanqua ‘October Magic’
This last one is loaded with flowers, maybe 20-30 buds.
Two Roses from the springtime have some very nice buds to remind us of what they will do for us next year.
Rosa ‘Crocus Rose’ (David Austin)
Rosa ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ (David Austin)
Back in the Alpine Garden one of the Daphnes is flowering once again. And with a marvelous fragrance of course.
Daphne collina x cneorum
And in a small trough that I inherited and can take no credit for there is a lovely little red sedum that has been flowering for the last month.
Sedum (cauticola?)
We have a number of plants in pots that will have to find a nice place for the winter. One of them is the Plectranthus sitting on the back porch. It has been a real winner.
Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’
Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’
Another non-hardy plant that is flowering strongly for the first time for us in Nerine Sarniensis. It looks like it will produce many offsets in the future.
Nerine sarniensis
In the greenhouse are many little pots of Cyclamen graecum. While they are not hardy, they are quite willing to jump into neighboring pots.
Cyclamen graecum
As a postscript I should add that this has been a really strange season for many trees, including our apples. However the Kieffer Pears have outdone themselves, producing so many pears that a major branch of the tree broke off. I have been having daily sandwiches of brie and pear. Highly recommended.
Kieffer Pear
Well that’s about it for our garden, what about yours?
A beautiful assortment of plants!
Hope you are having a great week!
Camellia sasanqua ‘October Magic’ is absolutely gorgeous. Nerine is on my wish list; what a fantastic color for late fall.
Brie and pear make for a delicious (and one of my favorite) sandwiches. Yum.
I grew up with a lovely productive pear tree. I hesitate to plant one now, even though I live in pear country. I heard you need two for good pollination, but growing up we only had one. One thing though, they all ripened at once.
I love the little daphne.