Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: 9.15.08

Bad gardener. Bad gardener.

I have been checking out what other folks have blooming in their gardens before I post my Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: September 2008 list. I felt pretty good when I went out and found about 15 things blooming (well, a couple — OK, five actually — are seedheads).

Paeonia japonica seedhead

Some gardeners have pretty incredible lists — though I have not checked their zones which might be a possible explanation. I will let myself off the hook gracefully as my garden has a distinct Japanese influence and thus has little color in late summer and early fall. It is just about to move into my favorite phase when all the toadlilies bloom and the leaves change color.

At least, I hope it will move into that phase. The temperature gauge outside the kitchen window said 40 degrees when I went outside about 8 a.m. but the leaves of many plants had hoarfrost on them. Things were not blackened but I am going to have to pay more attention to the weather forecast here in Zone 5. Many of my toadlilies have barely set buds and I can’t bear to think of not having that spectacular show.

More seedheads: Actea pachypoda (white fruits) and Actea pachypoda f. rubrocarpa (magenta pink fruits)

But, back to the list of perennials:
Aster divaricatus Raiche form
Aster unknown lavender
Actea simplex (pink flowers)
Sedum cauticola
Sedum hybrida ‘Bertram Anderson’
Sedum hybrida ‘Matrona’
Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’

This is a bit unusual but a box of trial lilies (‘Time Out’ above) from Brent and Becky's Bulbs arrived while I was on vacation. I forgot to plant them until quite late and they are in full bloom this week. Notice how nicely they coordinate with the yellow curb paint.

Bulbs:
Lilium ‘Time Out”
Lilium ‘Tom Pounce’

Seedheads:
Paeonia japonica
Paeonia obvata
Actea pachypoda (white fruits)
Actea pachypoda f. rubrocarpa (magenta pink fruits)

Sweet autumn clematis climbing a 50-year-old crab apple tree

Vine: Clematis paniculata
In the pond: Nyphae odorata ‘Sulphurea’

Yellow waterlily

You can see images of the following list of plants (which are all still in bloom) on my Sept. 11 post about pastel color in the autumn garden.

Allium thunbergii Ozawa
Anemone hybrida ‘September Charm’
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’
Kirengeshoma palmata, Koreana group
Penthorum seloides
Tricyrtis hirta ‘Tojen’

Comments

[Carol, May Dreams Gardens]

Frost? Oh, not yet, not yet! My toadlilies haven't bloomed yet, either.

And I say "good gardener", you've got some blooms and berries, and they look good!

Thanks for joining in for bloom day.

[Gloria]

Always good to meet another garden blogger.Your pictures of fruit and seed are beautiful.
Although it is called Bloom Day many of us only have half of the year with actual bloom so we make other observations the rest of the year.
Then we vicariously visit those lucky enough to have mild winters.