The recent rains and continuing warm temperatures have allowed the garden to keep blossoming. It is lush and full of blooms. Keeping up with the weeds is another story.
Seedheads are becoming more abundant which the birds especially a group of goldfinches seem to be very happy about.
The black-eyed susans are definitely the showstopper again this week. These are a new addition from a local nursery. I misplaced the cultivar name.
The oak leaf Hydrangea quercifolia is beginning to show the bronze coloring of the fall foliage.
The limelight hydrangeas have been magnificent this year. The American beautyberry is just visible to the left. They are fronted by bearded iris and roof iris. The bluebird house was occupied twice this year.
The hardy mums are beginning to bloom. The cultivar is again an unknown.
The lorapetalum had been a 12 foot shrub but it was decimated by the December freeze. The new growth seems healthy so the trunks were cut back to two feet.
This is the other Rudbeckia which has done so well. The “Indian Summer” did suffer from the winter cold and several plants were lost but those which survived have been so beautiful.
Hope to have you join us on Saturday morning for our Six on Saturday group. Here is the link https://gardenruminations.co.uk/
Happy Gardening!
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