What's blooming today?
Oct. 13th, 2011 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
treeskinI know, it's almost half past October, but the weather's been *fine* aside from the drought, and the garden is still alive and kicking.
* Michaelmass daisies, in pink (nearly done) and a cheerful and enduring lavender. Don't know who gave me the lavender ones, but those things are bulletproof.
* a last few sprigs of Queen Anne's lace.
* zinnias in scarlet, rose, pink, lavender, yellow, ivory, orange, peach.
* tall plumed celosia, orangey red and magenta and two delicate shades of yellow, from seed I've been saving and sowing for years. I started out with McNitt's mix and Temple Bells Orange, and they've blended.
* Verbena bonariensis, verbena on a stick, a smoky lavender that will bloom until hard frost.
* a couple of red cannas, which didn't do so well this year, just too dry.
* Salvia azurea, a native fall-blooming perennial with long spires of dark sky blue.
* Autumn Joy sedum, a sort of rusty rose color
* Cuphea miniata, with snapdragonish spikes of dark pink and rose and lavender. This started out as "Summer Medley MixL, and I've been saving seed off it for years. I seem to be losing the lighter shades, which is a shame, but the flowers are still big and plentiful, and it's another tough-as-nails annual.
* morning glories, in three shades of dark purple, red, and the occasional white. These are the self-sown seedlings of 6 named types I used to grow; I'm letting them do their thing now. Mostly I'm getting dark purple ones that resemble Grandpa Ott's morning glory, and that's okay, because it's bloomed steadily since August with no input from me.
I've got a ton of things that need doing, starting with watering all the stuff I moved from D's, but it's almost time to head to the driveway and meet the school bus. All the responsible adult things can let me soak up the warm sun for a few more minutes.
* Michaelmass daisies, in pink (nearly done) and a cheerful and enduring lavender. Don't know who gave me the lavender ones, but those things are bulletproof.
* a last few sprigs of Queen Anne's lace.
* zinnias in scarlet, rose, pink, lavender, yellow, ivory, orange, peach.
* tall plumed celosia, orangey red and magenta and two delicate shades of yellow, from seed I've been saving and sowing for years. I started out with McNitt's mix and Temple Bells Orange, and they've blended.
* Verbena bonariensis, verbena on a stick, a smoky lavender that will bloom until hard frost.
* a couple of red cannas, which didn't do so well this year, just too dry.
* Salvia azurea, a native fall-blooming perennial with long spires of dark sky blue.
* Autumn Joy sedum, a sort of rusty rose color
* Cuphea miniata, with snapdragonish spikes of dark pink and rose and lavender. This started out as "Summer Medley MixL, and I've been saving seed off it for years. I seem to be losing the lighter shades, which is a shame, but the flowers are still big and plentiful, and it's another tough-as-nails annual.
* morning glories, in three shades of dark purple, red, and the occasional white. These are the self-sown seedlings of 6 named types I used to grow; I'm letting them do their thing now. Mostly I'm getting dark purple ones that resemble Grandpa Ott's morning glory, and that's okay, because it's bloomed steadily since August with no input from me.
I've got a ton of things that need doing, starting with watering all the stuff I moved from D's, but it's almost time to head to the driveway and meet the school bus. All the responsible adult things can let me soak up the warm sun for a few more minutes.
