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| Colchicum |
Plants like 'Fall Crocus' keep the Cottage blooming. In fact, it has been more colourful out there for the past few wet weeks than it was much of the dry summer. No surprise there. Some of the plants are those that finally show off, in this season...
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| Burning Bush, Euonymus alatus |
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| White Snakeroot, Eupatorium rugosum 'chocolate' |
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| Aster, Symphyotrichum ____ |
Some of the species are still blooming. The Rudbeckia, for instance, got the old flowers cut off a few weeks ago, and perhaps this encouraged a whole new crop of flower buds.
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| Rudbeckia nitida |
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| Actaea racemosa, Black Snakeroot |
Some of the foliage is having spring now. Not just the luxurious grass in the lawn I can't keep ahead of... the Italian Arum, invisible in August, is sending up its leaves now, which will withstand the cold Nova Scotia winter. And a new Pieris is covered in flower buds, as if it is going to bloom soon. I assume it waits for spring.
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| Arum italicum, Italian Arum |
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| Pieris _______ |
Then there is the scattering of out-of-season blossoms that randomly appear. Look for them and you will find them.
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| Dianthus, Pinks |
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| Aurinia saxatilis, Basket of Gold |
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| Kniphofia, Red Hot Poker |
My hope is these will all thrive for a few more weeks. Out at the Cottage we seem to get frost later than we do inland. This morning (October 13) we have patchy frost at home. I assume there is none at the cottage this morning.
May your frost come late to your garden this year!
