I think we are at the peak of colchicum season. The very earliest ones are finished, the mid-season ones are in their prime, and the last are just getting going!In the very first Colchicum Patrol, I came upon Colchicum autumnale. Now her pale sister is blooming. I know I planted more than just these few. [...]
September 2013
Colchicum Patrol: Week 3
September 26, 2013 – Posted in: Colchicums, What's up/bloomingAn interesting thing happened between last week's colchicum patrol and this one. Take a look at this: I don't know exactly when the color intensified, but it seemed to happen overnight. It delayed the posting of this patrol, because I went back and took new photographs of many flowers to reflect the new color. I [...]
Nodding Bur Marigold: Wildflower Wednesday
September 25, 2013 – Posted in: Native/Invasive, What's up/bloomingI wasn't expecting it. I walked down the path to the swampy area we call the "pond," through a tunnel of foliage, and when I emerged on the other end: Pow!A swath of golden yellow appeared from seemingly nowhere. I didn't remember seeing this last autumn, but last summer was a lot drier. As a [...]
Colchicum Patrol: Week 2
September 17, 2013 – Posted in: Colchicums, What's up/bloomingHere I am on week 2 of the colchicum patrol. I see I promised I would show you last week's colchicums as open flowers, but I changed my mind. I am just going to show you the newly opened ones because there just isn't time. With the exception of the white byzantinum, they have all [...]
Flowers, Finally: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
September 15, 2013 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingAfter whining all year about seeing too much bare dirt in my garden, I am happy to report the problem has been rectified by several annuals that finally got going this month, just in time for the first frost. Fortunately, a lot of the annuals I favor are not fazed by a light frost, so [...]
Debra Prinzing: Seasonal + Sustainable = Slow Flowers
September 10, 2013 – Posted in: Flowers on the Brain, InterviewsWhen I reviewed Debra Prinzing's book Slow Flowers back in July, I wondered about Debra's use of the terms seasonal and sustainable. I wondered particularly about how seasonal and sustainable such flowers would be in climates much colder than Debra's moderate Pacific Northwest. Before I ever published that review, I gave Debra a chance to [...]
Colchicum Patrol: Week 1
September 8, 2013 – Posted in: Colchicums, What's up/bloomingMy longtime readers know I have a "thing" for colchicums. Their botanical weirdness--blooming in fall without leaves, which show up in spring and die down in July--fascinates me, yes. But when you have as many different kinds as I do, it is just plain fun to go out on "colchicum patrol" to see what's come [...]
Backyard Bouquet #8: Garden Clean-up in a Vase
September 3, 2013 – Posted in: Flowers on the BrainIt's true. You can neaten your garden and beautify your home at the same time. The peachy gladiolus had fallen face down in the dirt. Once rinsed off, the flower spike was still pretty. I surrounded it with stems of 'Dark Towers' penstemon. The seedheads from this plant are interesting maroon beads, but they are [...]
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