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Annual plants I grow.
You do know that Amy Stewart is delivering the Cornell Plantations lecture Wednesday? Be there or be square.
Some pix from Sunday …
Cleomes — in pots and in the ground — saved my ass this year.
Clematis on front porch pole.
The forgotten cyclamen keeps blooming.
Fall color, hybrid hazel …
… and dogwood and Parthenocissus in the spruce.
Drizzly Sunday morning. Good weather for some somewhat-soft shots of what’s going on around the garden these days.
I tend to take the asters that grow in the ‘unmanaged’ areas for granted. But occasionally I spot one that’s ‘garden-worthy’.
The bed where I have all my colchicums (from Cold-Climate Kathy and other places) has filled in a lot. I’ll rationalize that I like them better when you have to look for them, rather them coming up ‘nude’ with nothing by mulch around them.
The veggie garden border, still my favorite — what with the grasses and the bottles.
Overhead shot.
Cerinthe in a pot finally starting to bloom.
A cyclamen I’d totally forgotten about.
And I’ve forgotten genus and species on this one. It’s still cheery.
Pretty low key. Caught up on some weeding and reading. Mowing and putting a new weed-whacker to work. Biggest news was Rosie (Elly’s Airstream) returning from Franks Trailer Works in Baltimore with a new floor and other structural improvements.
Elly got right to work sealing up leaks so she can dive into the wiring and interior rebuild.
Fred helped …
… when he wasn’t too busy looking cute.
(The poochers got way too much attention.)
With Rosie sitting at least 6 inches higher, Jade found a new shady spot to hang out on hot days.
And I took far fewer pix than I thought I would, given all the free time.
This time of year, the sun slips in under the spruce near sunset. It’s a great time to be outside with a camera. I liked the image I got of cleomes and eucomis a few days ago. But this light makes all the difference.
I actually spent about half an hour sitting on the patio reading a magazine. (Nan: Recognized your garden without even reading the cover captions. Congrats.) Couldn’t resist shooting and stitching together a panorama, complete with doggie company.
