We had frost 2 nights this week. It was a light touch so only a few very tender plants are done for the season. We are in a stretch of warm days and cool nights so the autumn color will persist for at least the next 10 days.
This week the feature is the Camellia sasanquas. They have emerged this week and they are stunning. The dogwood is in beautiful color as are the hydrangeas.
We are dry again but rain is expected in a few days. We will soon enter the rainy season. I have stopped irrigating and I am focusing watering on bulbs and winter pansies that I planted this week.
I will join the Six on Saturday group tomorrow. Come take a look and see. The link is https://gardenruminations.co.uk/. Our capable host is Jim Stephens.
Sorry on naming. I seem to have lost the names on these two Camellia sasanquas. They are beautiful just the same.
The Ruby Slippers has a hint of color and I love the leaf shape. It shows no leaf damage from the frost.
The Limelight continues to have well structured panicles and still some of the lime color in the leaves.
The dogwood is showing gorgeous leaf color. It has not born fruit so it lacks the bright red fruit color.
The surprise is the resiliency of the Purple coneflower. It is truly a hardy native plant.
I hope you are enjoying the seasons changing where you are. Happy gardening!!
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I spotted one or two flowers on plants that I didn’t expect when I had a walk around the garden this week. We have had heavy rain, with a sharp drop in temperature expected soon and frosts.
Camellia sasanqua is truly the plant of the season right now, offering lovely flowers in the garden while we wait for the Japanese camellias in a few months. No frost here yet, but the cold is gradually arriving…
Beautiful colours this week. I especially love the camellia and really don’t care what their full names are, it is enough that they are there being lovely.
Lovely plants – reminds me I have not looked at my little Cornus alternifolia seedling to see if it changed color, lost leave yet, etc. I missed the window for a picture of the Ginko across the street. It was lovely, but I thought to wait one more day for sunshine. Alas, frost and every single leaf in a golden pool at her feet.
Some great colors! The Echinacea is lovely – definitely one to add to the wishlist!
Lovely Camellias! What a joy to have them flowering as winter begins. 😃
I can’t believe your Coneflowers are still blooming–how wonderful! I wish I could grow Camellias, but my climate is too cold. All the varieties are so beautiful. ‘Ruby Slippers’ has gorgeous variegated foliage!