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| The back yard in November |
Our fall hasn't been as colorful as on other years, but the trees finally started to turn in earnest in late October. The first few days in November was when I took this photo-- the oaks in the back woods were at the peak of their color. But after last night's high winds, much of the foliage is gone today.
My Japanese maples have been putting on quite a show too, and Viburnum 'Brandywine' is still looking wonderful, though the birds have eaten most of the berries.
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| Japanese maples in the east woodland garden. |
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| Closer look at Japanese maples |
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| Japanese maple "Amber Ghost' |
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| Viburnum 'Brandywine' |
The days continue to be mild, despite overnight temperatures dropping below freezing, we haven't really had a hard frost yet. The inch and a half of rain we got last week prompted the autumn-blooming Crocus speciosus I planted in early October to finally bloom. Such a lovely sight!
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| Crocus speciosus |
Most of my tropical plants are back inside the house, and the tropical Salvias are under a blanket of mulch which I hope will help them to survive the winter outdoors. Most of my mums are looking a bit beat-up, but these potted ones under the front porch are holding their own.
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| Mums by the front porch. |
The pink asters with the yellow centers that I got as a mother's day gift re-bloomed, with a little smaller size flowers the second time around. The Blanket flowers 'Arizona Sunset' (Gaillardia) in the front yard are still blooming.
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| Pink florist's asters. |
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| "Arizona Sunset' Gaillardia |
I missed photogaphing the spectacular color of the Fothergilla shrub, most of its leaves have now fallen. A few aromatic aster flowers linger on.
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| Aromatic asters with Fothergilla beyond. |
I wonder if there will still be any flowers in an other week for November's Bloom day?
