Friday, October 15, 2021

It's October, and it's Bloomday

As you know by now I don't garden for the flowers. Sure, I love flowers, but I don't plant for a big floral display ever, especially not in October. Thus the pickins for this Garden Blogger's Bloomday are mighty slim...

I'm not brave enough to release Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' into the garden—rumors of her running rampant have scared me a bit. So, she lives in a container and I enjoy those blooms by the back door of the house.

Callistemon 'Woodlander's Hardy Red' put out this one random bloom earlier in the month, I'm not sure why, but it was kind of fabulous (they usually bloom in late June/July).

Both of my edgeworthia are already showing off buds of next year's flowers. I take comfort in the fact they're planning for the next growing season as I'm trying to come to terms with the end of this one (pictured is Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Akebono').

Loquat blooms are budding up too, these will open long before the edgeworthia... probably in time for November's Bloomday.

Since I'm sharing future flowers, Stachyurus salicifolius is looking to the future as well.

And it's getting quite tall!

The tiny flowers of Persicaria microcephala ‘Red Dragon’

Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'

Close-up

And with a visitor...

Chasmanthium latifolium

Out in the front garden now, Loropetalum  chinense var. rubrum 'Hindwarf'.

More buds! Mahonia x media 'Charity'.

I'm sure I've said it before, but when you're out looking for flowers it's remarkable how colorful foliage catches your eye. Here new fronds on Woodwardia unigemmata.

And Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'.

More flowers from Cyclamen hederifolium 'Xera's Sterling'.

This NOID Bougainvillea has one of the most florific ever to grace my garden.

Of course I love that it's using an opuntia for support. Sadly with our cooling temperatures (a 37F low earlier in the week) it's probably going to be shutting down soon.

I had to work in a shot of the Poncirus trifoliata with its colorful fruit and foliage, as good as a flower in my book.

The (NOID) rosemary is blooming, but then again when isn't it? (not complaining, just noting)

And speaking of the rosemary, it looks like our seasonal visitors, Addam and Wednesday, have arrived and are currently parked in the plant. 

They wish you an appropriately spooky couple of weeks leading up to Halloween.

And remind you to visit May Dreams Gardens if you're hunting for more spooky October Blooms...

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22 comments:

  1. Very Nice! I love Adam and Wednesday too!

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    1. They're pretty fun, perhaps you need your own pair?

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  2. Adam and Wednesday and fun, and I love that long shot (#21) into the garden, one not often seen in your posts. Keeping Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' in a container is a great idea (why didn't I thought of it...): I've feared this plant for reasons mentioned. "Happines Is...." seeing a new frond on Woodwardia unigemmata! Remind me, which is the Amsonia you have by the front door?

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    1. That shot is rare because you're actually looking across the neighbor's driveway and into their front garden (and a tetrapanax volunteer from my plant). Usually the neighbor's car is parked on that bit of cement and it doesn't make for a great photo-op. That's Amsonia hubrichtii.

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  3. Adam and Wednesday are cool birds and all your blooms are beautiful. Happy Bloom Day.

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  4. Even though this season is shutting down it's nice to see plants preparing for the next one. To be gardener is to be an eternal optimist.

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  5. Your garden has so many interesting plant structures that I would not have even noticed the lack of flowers. A punctuation with a flowering plant here and there completes the perfect picture. I always wanted to have the white Japanese anemone but they seem to be a rare find here. The pink one certainly can run amok although easy to pull.

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    1. That anemone was a gift from a gardening/blogging friend. Now you've got me wondering if they're hard to find here!

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  6. The Stachyurus is so wonderfully dramatic! Your post is a good reminder to me to check on my Mahonia 'Charity', which I cut down by half earlier this year. I finally found Mahonia 'Soft Caress' last weekend (when I was in Santa Barbara County) and I'm currently debating its placement.

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    1. Ah, so glad you found that one. I look forward to seeing how it does for you.

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  7. I am growing two plants of Honorine Jobert. So far, so good. But only a couple of years old. On the other hand, I ripped out my Chasmanthium latifolium years ago. Those gorgeous seedheads are the reason to grow them but they quickly started to take over.

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    1. I've heard many tales of Chasmanthium latifolium seeding around. I usually cut mine for a vase so they never get the chance to do that.

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  8. I'd say you have just the right amount of flowers. Right now, the real attraction are Addam and Wednesday anyway!

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    1. They do kind of steal the show don't they?

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  9. Addam and Wednesday are looking quite fetching ! I like the rebloom feature of 'Soft Caress' -I think mine is on it's third batch this year.

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    1. Wow! Third? That's impressive. Here's where I admit that if mine have rebloomed I've never noticed it. Hmmm...

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  10. Beautiful blooms, have a great weekend.

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  11. Cool flamingos!

    The Woodwardia leaf is particularly fetching.

    As Callistemons mature they will put out multiple rounds of flowers--in my climate, anyway.

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  12. Love your fall colors, both flowers and leaves, and that cute Halloween flamingo.

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