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Late Summer & Early Fall Welcoming Combinations
I took this photo when I returned from vacation in late August. Today’s the first day of fall and the same blooming combination welcomes me daily. The only change since then are the mums I planted in the lower containers. The purple alliums, dark pink sedums, and pink roses are still going strong! That’s the… Read more
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Early September Combination
The “Fairy” rose, the sedum ‘Rosy Glow’, and the Blue Oat Grass helictrichon greeted me as a chorus of color and delight when I returned from New Hampshire’s ferny woods and lake filled views. I was glad to see the new flush of pink flowers on the “Fairy” rose. She had a rough summer with the… Read more
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My Favorite Deck Planting
Every year I plant summer annuals on my deck, I think this is my favorite combination. In the right corner note the dark pink petunia. It surprised me as it just popped up out of the side drain hole of the back right planter. Who knew it would survive, prosper, and add the missing element I didn’t know… Read more
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Green Fronds and White Trunks on an August Afternoon
Is it the oxygen in a fern woodland that makes it feel so special? Do the fronds soften and reflect sound to offer a ‘soothing silence’? It may be a combination of silence, oxygenated air, or the relief one gets from leaving an open hot sunlit field to enter a shady woodland. Whatever ever it is, as… Read more
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Oregano and Mint Underated Flowering Groundcovers
Part of what makes this garden space and path wonderful is the lavender spikes of mint that have been flowering abundantly all summer long. See them at the bottom of the photo. The white flowering oregano spills onto to fieldstone step (out of view) so that I brush past them and release their fragrance with each descent. The… Read more
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Gaillardia and Allium, August Stars
The yellow’s the long flowering Gaillardia ‘Lemons and Oranges’ and the Allium is a August blooming ornamental onion. The variety’s a mystery to me. I tried to identify it on the web, but the photos chiefly display the round flower head without reference to scale. Reading text descriptions on other websites, I’m at a loss for this plant’s… Read more