Thanks for dropping by again. I still have some blooms to show you. Next week is Thanksgiving in the US and there will not be a post.
Visit our SixonSaturday group in the morning. Gardeners from around the world will post 6 shots from this week. It is always wonderful to see the variety and the color.
The beautiful fall weather is continuing. We are forecast for rain Monday of next week and we had some this past week. This is definitely needed and has prolonged the blooming plants.
Here are my six for this week.
The geranium which is really a Pelargonium sp began blooming when the fall temperatures arrived. It is listed as an annual but I have been successful with this type keeping them in my cold frame. It is a subtle color but very refreshing looking.
This mum was acquired in September and soon after planting the 3 that I purchased the tops were eaten by the local deer. I don’t think they liked the taste since they have not returned to finish eating the rest of the plant. This past week I saw that one of them had begun blooming. It is a beauty. It is tall and not prostrate like the other mums I have.
The camellia sasanqua (cultivar unknown) is blooming spectularly. It was hard hit by the hard freeze from last December but it seems to have recovered very nicely.
This is another Pelargonium that I have successfully overwintered in the cold frame. This is its 3rd season. I have used stem cuttings to propagate several of these in terra cotta containers. They seem to really like that.
This is the third year for the Poinsettia that I originally bought from a nursery for the holidays. They seem to thrive in the heat of the summer. I keep them out of the direct sun. In September, I put them in deeper shade and now I see the red bracts.
The tall ginger lily (Hedychium sp) bloomed this month. It has a pleasant fragrance. This is a second season for these which I acquired from a friend. It is beside a fountain and must benefit from the occasional splash and higher humidity.
Thank you again for stopping by.
Happy gardening!!
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Another good six. I was pleased to see your Poinsettia, mine look similar, although I keep them as a houseplant here and put them in a dark cupboard overnight from September onwards.
This photo of chrysanthemums is really very successful! Well done ! I’m sure that this ginger lily must smell divine and you’re lucky to still have flowers right now…
Thank you. The iPhone camera is very good in portrait mode. A steady hand and a judicious crop and voilà.
I like your six, some lovely flowers there, especially the Camellia and Ginger Lily. I think by next week I’ll be photographing indoor plants too, not much left in the garden now.
Yes. Indoor flowers may be the best choices for the six.
It’s so tempting to jump in with a name suggestion for the Camellia but you’re going to have dozens of varieties over there that I’ve never heard of, let alone seen. So I will anyway, possibly ‘Bonanza’?
Thanks.That will do. I think of Shakespeare. Something about a rose.
Have a good thanksgiving next week, and from the looks of it you have plenty to be thankful for in your garden right now, starting with the jolly Chrysanthemum.
Six great photos. Your pelargoniums are looking so good and healthy. The weather has got to mine already, and I’ve had difficulty over the past few years in getting them through the winter. I haven’t tried them in the cold frame as I think it would be too cold and damp here, so this year they’re going indoors.
I love the camelia and the pretty flower of the ginger lily.
The Ginger Lily looks great – just I wish it was possible to share fragrance digitally.
The ginger lily is beautiful but the picture which especially caught my eye was of the poinsettia – you’ve captured the markings on the leaves really well.
What a beautiful six. Do you overwinter the geraniums/pelargoniums right in their pots, or do you dig them out and go bare-root? I brought one of my pots into my 3-season porch and would really like to have a go at overwintering it. Thanks for sharing your six!
I overwinter them in the pots. In the spring, I take cuttings and propagate new plants. That works well for me.
I’m impressed with how long you’ve had the pointsettia! I’ve never managed to get mine through a summer, and now your tip about keeping them out of direct sun gives me an idea what the problem might have been… Will have to give it another try this year.