Abutilon megapotamicum 'Paisley'
Fatsia japonica 'Variegata' (Camouflage) represents all the Fatsia in my garden that are busting out their sputnik blooms about now (a pair of Fatsia japonica and a Fatsia polycarpa ‘Needhams Lace’).
And Mahonia x media 'Charity' does the same for the Mahonia blooming (several Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress', a Mahonia gracilipes, and a pair of Mahonia x media 'Marvel').
It's kind of crazy how tall the x media 'Charity' is now, I have to hold the camera over my head to even photograph the flowers on the shortest part of the plant.
The rosemary is ALWAYS BLOOMING!
The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is just getting started (I think I forgot I was taking a picture of the small white flowers and instead got sidetracked by the leaves).
This was a surprise. Years ago I had a good size patch of Sedum 'Autumn Joy' going under Clifford, the big leaf magnolia. I became bored with the sedum and ripped it all out to plant Epimedium wushanense and a cast of assorted ferns. One little straggler came up the next year and I pulled it out. The roots came with. You can't just toss a survivor like that in the yard waste bin, right? I tucked it into another part of the garden and forgot about it. Last week when I was picking up the blanket of fallen magnolia leaves I found this guy, blooming. Ha.
Anemone 'Honorine Jobert'
And this! Another surprise. Correa 'Ivory Bells', I picked this one up at the Pat Calvert Greenhouse, at the UW Arboretum Foundation last fall.
Finally, Passiflora 'Amethyst Jewel' has been putting out flowers still...yet none when I went to take my Bloomday photos. Instead you get closed blooms and yellow ginkgo leaves...
...and closed blooms and raindrops. Hey it's November, what do you want!?
Weather Diary, Nov 14: Hi 57 Low 43/ Precip 0
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Great to see that full shot of the "Charity'! I have been toying with the idea of removing some material from mine to expose the "trunk", but now I am re-thinking it. Yours looks lovely. I was not looking forward to getting in there with my clippers, anyway.
ReplyDeleteI had to cut a branch off 'Charity' last spring (or maybe it was the one before...) because snow/ice bent it so far out into the neighbor's driveway (where I was standing to take the photo). I was concerned it would look deformed, or have a bald spot, but luckily no!
DeleteWhy would you shut yourself up in the house just because it's winter and raining? I can see doing that if you live where it snows all winter, with temps below freezing, but I get out there and dig and garden even when it's raining, as long as it's not a drenching rain. If it's that light, misty rain, and I can putter about under the Douglas firs, where it stays relatively dry, I get out and garden. Yeah, it's not sunny, but it's definitely not claustrophobic, and I'm getting some vitamin D. OK, done with my lecture.
ReplyDeleteMy 'Charity' is getting monstrous tall too, I can only get photos of the flowers from inside the house, out the window. I don't have much else flowering right now. I would miss my 'Autumn Joy' if I got rid of it.
Ha! I enjoyed your lecture. I don't shut myself up in the house (I used that phrase because many people who love the season do shut them selves up). But on the other hand I don't venture out much because I don't like being cold and I definitely don't like being wet (no tall Doug firs to keep me dry), plus we get such awful wind in the winter that being outside can be like torture at times. Also it's not so much that I mourn for working outside, its that I can't just "be" outside. Reading, working on my laptop. Doors and windows open. These things do not happen again for months...
DeleteI am in agreement re: bring back summer. Short dark days lead to low mood and energy. However, agree with Alison. There is usually something interesting happening in the garden just have to get up the energy to go look. If nothing else winter allows planning for next year. Wish I could grow Abutilons in the garden. Yours are gorgeous
ReplyDeleteOh I agree, there's always something happening in the garden and I try to walk through it daily. It's the spending time outdoors that I miss.
DeleteLove the resilience of Sedum 'Autumn Joy'. I'm happy you decided to let it live. 'Amethyst Jewel' and gingko leafs. Oh Yes!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't you know the passionflower resting on the ginkgo leaves finally opened this afternoon. Photo to go on Instagram when I get around to it.
DeleteAnemone 'Honorine Jobert' always looks elegant, but never more so than against a dark, handsome background. Surely the rain is still welcome; you all had a pretty dry and warmer-than-average season.
ReplyDeleteSome rain is fine. Days and days of it gets very old.
DeleteTrade you my autumn for yours!
ReplyDeleteThe top half of your Mahonia has, strangely, a Banksia-type of vibe--the spacing of the leaves and the way they are held horizontally. It's quite surprising.
Deal! And now I'm going to try and see a banksia in my mahonia...
Delete"I wish I were one of those people who gets all giddy at the idea of rain, and dark and being shut up inside the house." - kinda looking forward to this myself... as long as it doesn't last toooo long.
ReplyDeleteI like sweaters, that's the only thing about winter that I like. Oh wait, and scarves.
DeleteNot bad for November, Loree. I'm not much of a fan of the short, dark days, either, but at least you don't get the snow and frozen ground for 4-5 months. I've been fantasizing about a winter getaway, but the Eden I'm looking for is hard to find. ;)
ReplyDeleteI used to live where snow was the norm and I am thrilled to not be there any longer. I don't know how you do it!
DeleteNeither do I, truth to tell...
DeleteNot a great fan of rain , but if we don't get some soon fire season will never end in these parts, and the D-word will rear it's ugly head. At least we've gotten some fog ! That Mahonia 'Charity' is such a presence-I wish I had room for one.
ReplyDeleteYa there is that. It was so nice to not have the smoke this summer, I do hope for rain to end the fire season in California...
DeleteYour Mahonia puts mine to shame! Your Correa 'Ivory Bells' is also much more presentable than mine, which is covered in withered brown bells after one "wind event" too many. I remain exceedingly envious of the passionflowers too, even if they were partially closed when picture-taking time came around.
ReplyDeleteBut there's just a single flower on my Correa 'Ivory Bells', so that's a little underwhelming.
DeleteAbutilon is stunning,wish it could be grown in my garden too.All other blooms are beautiful.Happy blogger blooms day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!
Delete'Charity' is quite striking, though part of that is a sort of outer space look.
ReplyDeleteTrue...
DeleteStuck in the frozen northeast for at least 5 months of winter, so envious of your warmer wetter november. However your bromeliad basement has me thinking of getting more serious about an indoor tropicalish room...
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