Once spring ephemerals have disappeared, most of what I see in my garden is green. You have to go out to the edges to find flowers and color.
Out there, away from the house, there are Anemones, hardy Begonias and a number of clumps of Cimicifuga racemosa.
As you can see, the flowers are all variations on pink. I usually think of pink flowers as too sweet for me, but clearly that's not the case.
I planted Anemone 'Max Vogel' last year but the bunnies ate the flower buds. This is the first I've seen the plant in full flower and the pink is a bit more intense than I anticipated. But the Hellebore growing in front of it helps to tone the color down while it supports the Anemone flowers.
I adore everything about Cimicifuga racemosa: Dramatic foliage, a whiff of fragrance and flowers that are always in different stages of bloom on any given plant. I have been moving these around the garden to create a couple of focal points.
I complained to a garden friend recently that the Begonias were all facing the sun and away from the garden path.
She laughed at the fact that I had the perfect setup: All the leaves were growing so that I approached them from behind and got to enjoy their dramatic backlit beauty without having to maneuver around trying to get this view. Sometimes it's hard to see what's right in front of your eyes.
Pretty in pink, Linda! I grew a lot of the tall shrub Begonias in my former shady garden but they don't have a good chance of survival in my current garden. I inherited a few pink-flowered Japanese anemones here but, unlike the white variety in my back garden, sadly they're not looking bloom-ready this year.
Posted by: Kris P | Monday, September 27, 2021 at 12:38 PM
Definitely pink perfection! The Anemones are really special. My garden is very green during mid-summer, too, although neighbors are losing trees, so there's increasing sun lately. The garden (and the gardener) will have to adjust.
Posted by: Beth@PlantPostings | Monday, September 27, 2021 at 07:22 PM
Prepossessing Pink lightens the garden.
Begonias are one of my favorites. Cigma is one of my faves too. Difficult to grow here.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 03:55 AM
That's a stunning group of pink. My cimicifuga hasn't bloomed, I think they're in too much shade darn it.
Posted by: danger garden | Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 12:09 PM