Late bloomers - still going strong

Traditional autumn colors don't usually arrive in my area until sometime in November,
and I'm not sure that the autumn foliage colors will be very pretty here this year anyway,
it's been so dreadfully dry. Confused

I guess I'll just have to try to get by with what the garden still has to offer. Mr. Green

Physostegia virginiana -

so called "Obedient Plant" ('tho it won't mow the lawn,

no matter how nicely I ask)

Cassia alata - "Golden Candlesticks" glowing cheerfully.

Gloriosa rothschildiana -

This is the last pot of the 3 that I planted in sequence this summer,
doing so has provided me with a nearly unbroken supply of these flowers
for cutting and making arrangements for indoors.

Hedychium coronarium - "White Butterfly Ginger"

the scent is simply wonderful, and at it's strongest in the evening and early morning.
These are planted near the patio where we can enjoy them during leisure time.

Orthosiphon stamineus -

"Cat's Whiskers", these make me wish the season were even longer,
there seem to be more buds appearing each day now.

Turnera ulmifolia - "Yellow Alder" is a big hit with the bumblers. Very Happy

Dahlia -

an unknown red cactus-flowered variety,
the flowers were much larger earlier in the season,
but they still provide a very pretty splash of color.

The bed in front of the glasshouse still looks pretty good . . .

. . . while inside, the Orchids continue to put on a show.
a spidery Brassia rex -

and if you like purple, here's a frilly corsage-type number,
Brassolaeliocattleya - Hunting Island x Toshie Aoki "Pokai".

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~*~ zuzu ~*~
I put a lot of myself into my garden.

Thanks, everyone. Stew Face 2

toni wrote:

Where did you find the White Butterfly Ginger and the Cat's Paw. I give up on finding anything but the usual type of plants at garden centers around here....

I was fortunate to find both of those at local, independent nurseries several years ago.

The Cat's Whiskers had been on my wish list for years,
after seeing some photos in a gardening magazine.
I kept nagging the owner of the shop about them, and he finally got some in. Very Happy

He had both white and this soft lavender color, and I bought both.
I managed to save cuttings of both through the winters, for several years.
And then one year, I apparently cut the lavender twice

and mis-labled half of them as white.
I didn't discover my error until the middle of the following summer.

I'm still kicking my own backside about that,
but if I had to lose one, I'm glad it wasn't the lavender,
as I like it a bit better than the white.

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~*~ zuzu ~*~
I put a lot of myself into my garden.