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| Welcome to my Garden! |
Welcome to my Long Island zone 7b garden! After two months of extreme heat and drought, the seasons have shifted into fall mode with cooler temperatures in the 70's and blue, cloudless skies. September is one of my favorite months of the year as the garden is starting to transition into an array of changing colors. While new blooms appear and some blooms keep their momentum going, join me for a tour of my garden, a place that brings me joy.
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| Spirea 'Candy Corn' & Echinacea Pow Wow 'Wild Berry' |
One of the first signs of autumn each year are the fading blooms of Coneflower, creating a feast of seeds for birds. Here is Echinacea (Coneflower) Pow Wow 'Wild Berry' against the foliage of 'Candy Corn' Spirea.
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| Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' |
While Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' displays variegated evergreen foliage throughout the year, an added bonus is its trumpet shaped white blooms in later summer and into fall.
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| Patio Border |
Along the patio border Upright Japanese Maple 'Red Sentinel' is pushing out some new growth...
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| Lamb's Ear (Stachys) |
while the white fuzzy foliage of Lamb's Ear (Stachys) against the candy corn-colored foliage of Spirea 'Candy Corn' provide the excellent fall look!
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| Sedum 'Brilliant' (Stonecrop) |
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| Pool Border |
Another variety of Sedum (Stonecrop) is this Sedum 'Thundercloud' with tight clusters of small white flowers, which stays at about 12 inches tall. The blooms do remind me of thunderclouds; hence the name!
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| Pool Waterfall |
Along the pool waterfall the Weeping Norway Spruce that was planted in 2023 is finally feeling at home and pushing out an abundance of new growth, while Golden Pacific Juniper starts to trail gracefully over the rocks. An mix of Upright Variegated Boxwood and groundcover Sedum accompanies them.
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| Hydrangea 'Tardiva' |
Join me on the northern side of the property. Here is a sight I look forward to every year. The panicle white blooms of Hydrangea 'Tardiva' appear much later in summer and last well into fall.
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| Hydrangea 'Tardiva' |
Here is a view of the full tree along with Repandens Yew and Variegated Lilyturf.
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| Knock Out Rose 'Radrazz' Late Summer |
A true winner in the garden is Knock Out Rose 'Radrazz' displaying blooms non-stop from spring through fall with little interruption. I deadhead after each round of blooms and it just keeps on giving!
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| Daylily 'Stella D Oro' Late Summer |
Stella D Oro' Daylily is another winner with a burst of new foliage and reblooms late summer into fall with a little bit of mid-summer rejuvenation.
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| A Welcomed Visitor! |
It is late summer and Dwarf Butterfly Bush 'Pugster Blue' is blooming away and attracting the Monarchs. I was thrilled to get this photograph, as I was in the right place at the right time! Note: This dwarf form of Buddleia is long blooming and non-invasive!
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| Dwarf Butterfly Bush 'Pugster Blue' |
Here is 'Pugster Blue' again along with the foliage of Dwarf Mugo Pine and Hinoki Cypress 'Compacta' in the backdrop.
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| Crape Myrtle 'Sioux' |
Crape Myrtle 'Sioux' has been producing a nice bloom since it was behind a couple of weeks during the cooler than usual spring. It has also been exfoliating bark much more than I recall in past years. Note: An interesting tidbit is that exfoliation is a sign that there has been a lot of growth during a season and this process is the tree's way of making room.
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| Liriope (Lilyturf) 'Big Blue' |
This has also been a good year for Liriope 'Big Blue'. I love the spikes of deep purple blooms it produces this time of year.
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| Rhode Island Red Japanese Maple Patio Border |
For some more late summer color, here is some of the new growth on Rhode Island Red Japanese Maple along with the variegated evergreen foliage of Osmanthus 'Goshiki', blue foliage of Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar and backdrop of Emerald Green Arborvitae and Knock Out Roses.
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| Front Walkway Garden |
Along the front walkway and driveway border is Weeping Eastern Redbud 'Lavender Twist', Weeping White Pine, Golden Oriental Spruce and Coral Bark Maple, which is starting to look a little bit fall-like!
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| Front Lawn |
Along the front lawn is a 40 year old Weeping Japanese Maple...
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| Hydrangea Firelight 'Tidbit' |
and by the back walkway entry (planted last year) are 2-year old Hydrangea Firelight 'Tidbit'!
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| Hydrangea Firelight 'Tidbit' |
Their blooms have gone from pale green to pure white and now take on a rosy glow.
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| Patio Planter (All Season) |
Last, but not least, is this reliable all-season planter on the front stoop. I created this combination of evergreen Juniper, Dwarf Alberta Spruce and dwarf variegated Osmanthus (False Holly), which thrive perfectly together!
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| Thank you for Visiting! |
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.
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I wish my Stella d'Oro would bloom right now. The Black-eyed Stella rebloomed, but it's done now too.
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa. I enjoyed my visit to your garden and especially enjoyed the Fall Crocus and the bumblebee enjoying the Aster blooms! Happy Bloom Day!
DeleteI love your Sedum and Hydrangea blooms. My own Sedums rarely bloom and Hydrangeas don't survive with a low-water diet. Once again, I also find myself admiring your Liriope as mine (inherited with the garden) insist on hiding their blooms underneath the foliage so they're virtually invisible. One day, I'll hunt down your 'Big Blue' variety and try replacing mine.
ReplyDeleteI am happy to hear you enjoyed the views Kris. Your garden is lovely this time of year and your collection of dahlias is absolutely amazing! The 'Benary's Giant Salmon Rose' and Queeny Red Lime' have me looking at them over and over again!!!
DeleteSeptember is a beautiful time of year in the garden, isn't it? Your Hydrangeas and Butterfly Bushes are gorgeous, and your garden looks to be at about the same stage as mine currently. We're having a warm week in the 80s, which I'm truly enjoying, and the rest of September's forecast calls for mainly highs in the 70s--love it!
ReplyDeleteNice fall tour! Love the hydrangeas, sedum and that evergreen planter!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful plantings and photos, Lee, outstanding! Love your shot of the Monarch on the butterfly bush! I wish you'd show us the whole waterfall feature at your pool--perhaps a shot from across the pool in the next one? Also, thank you for the links to other gardens/gardener's postings and events on-line. I'm just starting to learn about these resources, will check them out.
ReplyDeleteOh, I am loving the lower humidity and cooler mornings, and the change in light and look of the landscape! Your Sioux looks gorgeous, as do all your planned pathways and surprises along the way, Lee. That all season planter is doing so great, loving its life. I look so forward to your monthly landscape updates. Just beautiful.
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