Morning sun on the yard:
The fall aster (A. dumosus "Alert") produces many flowers, though I give no thought to this plant in the rest of the year, neglecting it while the spring and summer flowers are putting on a show. Now, I wish I had a whole garden of bright fall asters.
Aster dumosus "Alert":
"Pink beauty" Potentilla still has some fresh blooms too:
I got this tiny primula from a friend, who grew them from seed she obtained in a Rock Garden Society seed exchange. I believe this is Primula scotica, though if you have a better idea, let me know. I know that it is winter hardy here (which rules out many varieties), as this is its second year and it has self-seeded to make several new plants for me. It usually produces flowers in clusters on stems held above the plant, but I can forgive it for hugging close to the ground in this cold.
Pretty little primula with farinose buds and stems:
I cut down my Martha Washington geranium (Pelargonium domesticum) and made this whole tray of cuttings for next year's plants. The original plant is in the pot on the left. I think I'll grow a bunch of these next year. Of course, that will depend on the success of my cuttings! My grandfather moved into a seniors' complex this past year and had to leave behind all his geraniums and and winters spent coddling geranium cuttings under lights. Hopefully I'll have a deck full of these beauties next year and Grandpa can check my blog posts for the pictures! The pot on the right contains cuttings from a pink "tulip geranium", a variety whose flowers look like clusters of tulip buds, as they never open. I dip the cuttings in Wilson's Root Stimulating gel before putting them in the sterile seed-starting mix mixed with additional perlite.
Geranium propagation:
Finally, these delphiniums appear to be a bit out of sync with the season, but possibly will produce a second set of flowers for me before they are dumped on with snow!
4 comments:
The red foliage in the first foliage looks great, since yo don't see as much of the red around here. Alert has a good number of blooms on it. That's good t see in October. Your delphiniums are very optimistic. You have to give them a lot of credit for trying for a rebloom. Even the little blue buds look pretty.
I have seen some delphiniums here in Edmonton opening new buds in the last week as well. I love this mild October after a cold September, but was rather surprised when I discovered I had raspberries ripened last week. Oh well, they were a treat. :)
Enjoyed my visit! never seen such red asters. We are in central NC so fall is just starting here.
Nice to have a few latebloomers come along at this time of year, isn't it? Helps us to get through what looks to be a long, trying winter.
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