ginger lily – Fine for Friday

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!!

In the American South, we are having more below average temp and some rain chance most every day. It has been possible to get out and do some shrub pruning. The garden is beginning to look tired and a little ragged but some fall flowers are appearing.

Butterfly numbers seemed to be below normal this summer but this week I have been surprised to find much more butterfly activity.

Here is the collection.

Here is a hardy mum. Unsure of name but this is thriving enough that I have divided it and have it in three locations now.

The vitex of chaste tree is very happy and continues to bloom.

The American beautyberry is beginning to show off its purple berry collars. It is a very reliable native shrub.

The “Katy Road” rose is showing some new buds with the let up in the heat. It is such a beautiful pink. The leaf beetles really get after it but I am trying to keep them at bay with some weekly Neem oil applications. Sorry that it is a little fuzzy.

The encore azaleas are really showy this week. I just had to show them off again. They really look good along this paver path.

Here is a gulf fritillary on the profusion zinnias. The host plant is a passionflower. I would show it but the caterpillars have chewed it up.

Here is a monarch. These zinnias are right next to the butterfly milkweed. I just had to stand between the two in order to get a good photo.

The ginger lily bloomed this week. I have them in some pedestal containers at the garden entrance. I was not expecting them to bloom this year so it is a surprise.

Hope you have some rain and moderating temperatures this week. It makes the gardening such a treat.

Remember the inspiration of this blog, The propagator blog.

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