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| Welcome! |
As days with clear blue skies and temperatures in the 70's continue, fall is just around the corner as I gaze into the garden. As the seasons change so does the landscape, with much anticipation for the colorful display to arrive. Hopefully the time will not pass by too quickly, as for right now this gardener is living in the moment. Welcome to my zone 7b Long Island garden. Join me for a tour!
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| Patio Garden: Weeping Norway Spruce and Sedum 'Pure Joy' |
One of the major signs of autumn arriving in the garden is the appearance of Sedum blooms. This late summer blooming cultivar is Sedum 'Pure Joy', which tends to stay at a more more compact height of just twelve inches tall. It is accompanied by Weeping Norway Spruce.
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| Another View of the Patio Garden |
Viewing the patio garden from another angle, here is Juniper 'Blue Star' and Nandina 'Obsession' joining the spruce and sedum. This variety of Nandina is a dwarf evergreen, non-invasive cultivar, which does not produce berries or seeds; hence, safe for birds.
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| Liriope 'Big Blue' |
Along the shade border, Liriope 'Big Blue' is showing off its deep purple blooms this time of year.
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| Pool Border |
Here is Sedum 'Thundercloud', which I bought years ago at the local nursery. It does resemble a cloud with its tight clusters of star-like white blooms.
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| Double Red Knock Out Rose Mid-September |
Even though it is September, Double Red Knock Out Roses are blooming and will continue up until the first frost...
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| Ornamental Grasses & Sedum in Pool Border |
while Dwarf Maiden Grass 'Yaku Jima' displays its wispy plumes, joined by Sedum 'Brilliant'.
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| Sedum 'Brilliant' |
I had separated some Sedum and started new plants last summer and the newer plants have a deeper color pink bloom. They are both the same cultivar, but with a different look!
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| Nepeta 'Blue Wonder' Mid-September |
Newly added this summer to the pool border is Nepeta 'Blue Wonder', a more compact variety of catmint, growing to just 9-12 inches tall by 12-18 inches wide, and with deeper blue blooms.
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| Patio Border Western Side |
Along the patio border, Japanese Maple 'Trombly's Red Sentinel' has been pushing out new growth...
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| Salvia 'Blue By You' Mid-September |
and Salvia 'Blue By You' has been blooming since mid-May!
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| Iris Garden Renovation |
I have shown this iris garden area every spring, which I had watched my mom plant when I was growing up. The once beautiful massing of iris had been taken over by wild ferns that had invaded the garden, and no matter how hard I tried to eliminate them, they would continue to persist. It took several years of contemplating, but I finally had my crew clear the area and plant these beautiful hydrangeas just two weeks ago. I think my mom would approve and think of her every time I look at them.
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| Hydrangea 'Fire Light Tidbit' |
While the new Hydrangea 'Fire Light Tidbit' displays its beautiful panicle white blooms that will fade to pink, Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' is blooming along the patio border. It's colorful evergreen foliage is complemented by white tubular flowers.
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| Abelia 'Kalidoscope' Late Summer |
The bumblebees are really enjoying the late summer blooms too!
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| Echinacea Pow Wow 'Wild Berry' |
The Echinacea has been done blooming for some time and the Goldfinches have been enjoying the seeds, but just yesterday there were new blooms, so no complaints here! The garden always has surprises in store!
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| Heuchera 'Palace Purple' (Coral Bells) |
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| Hydrangea 'Nikko Blue' Mid-September |
and the dried flowers of Hydrangea 'Nikko Blue' are just nice to look at.
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| Taking Time Out! |
The newly added garden statue that is tucked in among Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar and Heuchera 'Caramel' invites one to stay a while and perhaps read a book...
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| Dipladenia |
as the deep pinkish-red blooms of Dipladenia continue to shine along the patio.
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| Front Lawn |
As we come to the end of the tour, here's a little bit of those blue skies I mentioned when we started. The month of September certainly has its moments.
I hope you enjoyed your visit to my September garden. I so appreciate you being here, look forward to your comments and enjoy seeing what you have growing in your garden. Special thanks go out to our hostess Carol at May Dreams Gardens, who makes it possible to see blooms on the 15th of every month with her meme Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Also, special thanks to Pam Penick at Digging who had hosted Foliage Follow-Up, a meme I will continue to honor. I am also linking with some other wonderful hosts and hostesses at Floral Friday Fotos, Nature Notes at Rambling Woods, Image-in-ing weekly photo share every Tuesday, Weekly Photo Link-Up at My Corner of the World on Wednesdays and Garden Affair at Jaipur Garden. See you next month and do check out my newsletter and books in the meantime! As always...Happy Gardening!
Author: Lee @A Guide to Northeastern Gardening, © Copyright 2010-2024. All rights reserved.
You garden always looks so lovely! What are you feeding that Diplodenia? Mine haven't bloomed at all this summer--I attribute it to drought, but perhaps I should re-pot them, or feed them more?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I have not even fed the Diplodenia. I just give it lots of water and it is happy! I enjoyed the combination of blooms in your late summer garden are and your east garden is really looking lovely. I love all your hanging baskets too!
DeleteBeautiful September highlights, Lee. Although I'm sure you were hesitant to alter that iris bed, the Fire Light Tidbits will be beautiful (already are!). I planted a similar dwarf version, Tiny Quick Fire hydrangea, this year (June). Greenhouse grown, it had blooms when received, but the summer drought quickly made them crispy. With one week of cooler morning temps, though, I see new green leaves, and also a few new echinacea blooms as you have!
ReplyDeleteI planted the Pride and Joy mounding sedum this year, again, for smaller scale landscaping. I typically am out in mornings, but yesterday evening while out (and still near 90°), I noticed a lot of iridescent flies swarming the blooms! I googled why, and one forum respondent said when hot and dry, flies will go where the blooms are, noting asters and sedum as choice plants. Have you ever noticed such a thing?
Thank you for always sharing your knowledge and beauty!
Thank you for the kind words Rita and that is interesting about the flies. It does make sense. As always it is such fun following all your adventures and reading your tales of a traveling tote! Your Crape Myrtle is gorgeous and I am sure your perennials will recover once you get rain. We had the same thing with heat and drought, then finally got some well needed rain, but it has been dry again. Keep enjoying life!
DeleteVery lovely! Lots of flowers in bloom! #WWOT
ReplyDeleteThank you Lydia! It makes me happy that you enjoyed the tour! Happy late summer!
DeleteI like the Blue By You salvia. Liriope is something I like as well, but don't have the shade for. Oddly, it grows in full sun, hot full sun, along a fast food drive-through lane nearby and does fine.
ReplyDeleteThe Blue by You Salvia has certainly proven to be a long bloomer! I enjoyed your asters and Shasta Daisies and the combination of the Russian Sage and Daylily is lovely. That bumblebee is surely enjoying those late summer blooms too! Happy Bloom Day!
DeleteThere are so many nice Sedum sorts. Beautiful hydrangeas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely tour of your garden!
ReplyDeleteThe new Hydrangeas in your iris garden are a beautiful tribute to your mom.
Happy gardening!
I love the bee photo :). Your autumn joy is behaving much better than mine (mine is too tall & floppy). Your garden is really looking lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'm envious every time I see your Liriope 'Big Blue'! I have a noID Liriope muscari but it hides its flowers so well that I often miss them entirely. I love your new Hydrangeas too.
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