I love the thought of a Bird Garden. I probably (Binghamton, NY area) have many of the same birds you do and woodpeckers seemed to have been so numerous this year. I have just a small urban/suburban plot. I see you still have some pink turtleheads blooming. I accept your dahlia photo gift with thanks. Our one plant (all that came up) only gave us a handful of blooms. We may give up on them after this year because digging up has become an issue for both me and my husband. The season is certainly coming to an end; only a fog saved us from frost last night and I'm fairly certain we'll have it tonight. My son, in a colder area near here, had his about a week ago. Alana ramblinwitham
Thanks for sharing your glorious October garden, Julie - or I should say gardens. I envy your ample Japanese anemones - I have just a single clump still standing in one very dry border, which has managed to flower despite being hit by a serious heatwave last month. We share the same approach to dahlias. Those plants can't survive in my borders but I've found that growing them in the raised planters of my cutting garden, where I can closely regulate the water they receive, works well.
Thanks for stopping by again Kris! Yes, I have found Dahlias to be so disappointing in the border, which is sad but I have accepted that they are too much work for me there. Japanese Anemone take such a long time to get going, but then they are hard to stop. I need to edit out the pink ones in the Cottage garden some year. Happy GBBD :)
I'm drooling over your Dahlia bouquet, so lovely! I too have a Heptacodium in my garden, but the bracts of mine never color that strong pink like yours. Julie, I really enjoy looking at your garden and get so many ideas from it. Do you have any Colchicums among your fall flowers?
Thanks Elena! I'm so glad you enjoy seeing whats up around here. I do not have many Colchicums right now, just a couple waterlily types that are flopped over. Colchicum 'The Giant' was in bloom for the September tour. I wonder if I planted a few more in shady areas if they would bloom later in the season, but also I do not not any autumn crocus, which I need to remember to order earlier next year! It does take some thinking to keep the garden season going into October.
I love the thought of a Bird Garden. I probably (Binghamton, NY area) have many of the same birds you do and woodpeckers seemed to have been so numerous this year. I have just a small urban/suburban plot. I see you still have some pink turtleheads blooming. I accept your dahlia photo gift with thanks. Our one plant (all that came up) only gave us a handful of blooms. We may give up on them after this year because digging up has become an issue for both me and my husband. The season is certainly coming to an end; only a fog saved us from frost last night and I'm fairly certain we'll have it tonight. My son, in a colder area near here, had his about a week ago. Alana ramblinwitham
Thanks for sharing your glorious October garden, Julie - or I should say gardens. I envy your ample Japanese anemones - I have just a single clump still standing in one very dry border, which has managed to flower despite being hit by a serious heatwave last month. We share the same approach to dahlias. Those plants can't survive in my borders but I've found that growing them in the raised planters of my cutting garden, where I can closely regulate the water they receive, works well.
Thanks for stopping by again Kris! Yes, I have found Dahlias to be so disappointing in the border, which is sad but I have accepted that they are too much work for me there. Japanese Anemone take such a long time to get going, but then they are hard to stop. I need to edit out the pink ones in the Cottage garden some year. Happy GBBD :)
I'm drooling over your Dahlia bouquet, so lovely! I too have a Heptacodium in my garden, but the bracts of mine never color that strong pink like yours. Julie, I really enjoy looking at your garden and get so many ideas from it. Do you have any Colchicums among your fall flowers?
Thanks Elena! I'm so glad you enjoy seeing whats up around here. I do not have many Colchicums right now, just a couple waterlily types that are flopped over. Colchicum 'The Giant' was in bloom for the September tour. I wonder if I planted a few more in shady areas if they would bloom later in the season, but also I do not not any autumn crocus, which I need to remember to order earlier next year! It does take some thinking to keep the garden season going into October.