A wider view of #NativePlants Helianthus microcephalus in full bloom and swarming with bees in sunshine for #FlowersOnFriday.
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A wider view of #NativePlants Helianthus microcephalus in full bloom and swarming with bees in sunshine for #FlowersOnFriday.
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Beautiful Rosa ‘Desdemona’ with hot pink Japanese Anemone dancing around her.
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I cut back some tall sedum to make room for transplanting a rose next to them in July so they’re pushing 2nd flush of blooms. #GardenDogs #WeAreAllZoey likes to stick her face in this one as much as #pollinators do. 🤷♀️
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#February2Frost blooms continue with #NativePlants Liatris aspera just beginning to open on our tough city Parkway.
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Same rose, different day. Just as beautiful!
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First time we’ve had this red beauty visit our garden—Autumn Meadowhawk Male (Sympetrum vicinum) dragonfly Mr. CMG spotted in the garden yesterday.
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Tomato season is not over thanks to ‘Mignonne Dwarf’. 10/10–will plant again next year.
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Another new flush of divinely scented blooms from ‘Purple Tiger’ for #RoseWednesday.
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Salvia transylvanica is blooming again and is giving epic drama in both form and color.
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Yes we do have fresh blooms for #RoseWednesday and yes it does make my heart sing. 🥰
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#NativePlants Helianthus microcephalus in full bloom & absolutely swarming with so many different kinds of #bees & other #pollinators like October surprise Monarch #butterflies. This is why we plant for blooms #February2Frost!
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My Philodendron ‘Birkin’ is actually loving life right now which always surprises me because my thumb usually goes from green to black when I come inside. What a lovely range of colors from stark white to all kind of stripes.
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Used up most of the ripe tomatoes from the garden last night making a tasty piccata-style sauce with garlic, capers, white wine, lemon juice & shrimp served over the best handmade pappardelle you can buy.
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Another lovely late bloomer is ready-to-burst Chrysanthemum ‘Mary Stoker’. As long as mild weather holds, we’ll still have blooms. Some years, of course, they never get to show off if we have early frost but worth the gamble.
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We have so much life left in our garden—so many buds that haven’t even opened yet—thanks to careful planning to make sure we have fuel for #pollinators from #February2Frost. One late bloomer is architectural Aster ‘Jindai’.
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#MagentaMonday #PinkMon Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii ‘Candy’ (Coralberry) putting out more berries for #birds.
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#NativePlants Aralia racemosa has proven to be one of our most popular natural feeders for #birds this season. Once packed with dark fruits and now nearly picked clean. Grow your own bird food!
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Kicking of #MagentaMonday #PinkMon with new blooms from another different aster we grow, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘September Ruby’.
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Echinachea still kicking out fresh blooms here and there even as older stems have gone full natural #birds feeder mode already.
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Clematis ‘Paul Farges’ started in June and is still blooming in October. 10/10, highly recommend.
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