Well for this Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day the Colchicum are the bright new stars for the month. I’ve added more this year and I can foresee adding more Colchicum every year. They have real visual impact and last even longer than I had remembered.
Another bright spot for this time of year is the emergence of the Cyclamen hederifolium.
First the naked flowers appear and then the wonderfully interesting leaves will appear.
A surprise this morning was seeing that a single red flower was emerging from the perrenial garden foliage.
Dahlias are not normally hardy over the winter for us but this is the fourth season for the Bishop to return.
Nearby is the Black and Blue Sage which was also said to marginally hardy for us and continues to regrow and spread.
Of course the Cestrum continues to flower for us.
But right next to it the Clematis virginiana is now trying overgrow the rose bush.
We also see this Clematis abundantly spreading the woods so we will need to try to trim it back.
And when we turn to the annuals in the vegetable garden they are flowering beautifully.
Including also the glads in neighboring rows.
Lastly I should mention that we have had Evening Primrose growing on the hillside through most of this year.
I was surprised to discover while perusing some my old orders from Park Seeds that I had actually order Oenethera seed back in 2001 and I’m now think this may be why we now have wild primrose growing in the pasture…