Here we are, summer is officially over, fall is here, daylight savings time is right around the corner and yet my garden is still looking pretty good !
I just cut back the yellow mums last week
It helps that the first official frost date for my town isn’t until around November 1-10. Which is great because I still have a few trees and grasses I need to get into the ground this week!
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Speaking of planting…I planted this Yellow Knockout Rose last week (clearance from Lowe’s). It has the most wonderful fragrance! Did you know that the Red Knockouts don’t have a fragrance? Did you ever notice that? The yellow variety is supposed to be more compact than the red and I did notice that the yellow color fades to a whitish yellow as the blooms get older.
I planted this yellow climbing rose in April – I think it’s called Golden Showers. It seems to stay a nice yellow color even as the bloom fades. It’s still going strong.
Some of the hydrangeas are still producing blooms. You can see a newer flower next to a fading one here.
I always plant my mums after they are done blooming in their pots. These are about 6 years old.
Even the Coneflower seed heads are pretty this time of year!
This is the Limelight hydrangea I planted this year. Sort of looks like a Pee Gee Hydrangea.
This is where the bigger gnomes live 🙂 Under the floss flower otherwise know as Ageratum (I know it’s Ageratum because of Diana).
I forget what that whispy pink plant behind the teacup birdfeeder is called. In the summer it has more flowers.
Last but not least, the Camellia’s are blooming (they deserve a post all on their own I think).
I know some of you have already experienced your first frosts. In a few more weeks, we’ll be dealing with our first killing frosts and things will look a bit different!
It all looks just wonderful. I’m glad that you are able to keep your mums going in a mum garden (must be very quiet there). I have tried and even had them come up again the following year, but they have never lived past the second year so I am very impressed with yours. Yes! I have noticed that the red knock-out roses have zip scent, though my neighbor walks over and takes a deep breath and sniffs them and says, “ahhhhh.” Hahahahaha…I don’t have the heart to tell him! The pinks have no scent either so I’ll be looking for some yellow.
LOL 🙂
Yes, your garden looks good. We have had the big frost. I took apart my fairy garden and pulled out the other flowers from the boxes. I am loving the cooler temps. I love were your knomes live. Have a great week.
I am still enjoying some blooms around my garden! I hope our frost is a ways off:) Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!
Your garden is still looking good, Manuela! I’ve been enjoying seeing what is still blooming in my area on my walks. Although, the trees look so pretty with all the different colors going on right now.
Your garden is lovely…the zinnia’s in my garden are holding up so far…we’ve not had a hard frost..yet. I just love that window gazebo….did you find the pattern for this somewhere, or did you your DH just put it together…it is lovely..and I also like your teacup feeder….where did you get that from…? so creative…..and pretty to the eye…
Faith, my husband made the gazebo for me from some old windows (there’s a post on my blog about it). I made the teacup feeder years ago – there’s also a DIY on that on my blog.
You can use Google and search A Cultivated Nest birdfeeder or upcycled windows or yard conservatory or whatever subject your looking for and you will get the posts with those search terms or search the categories under the header.
Your garden is still looking great. I plant my mums out too, but in our zone not all of them make it. If they do, they bloom so nicely if I keep them trimmed throughout the summer.
Your garden looks beautiful Manuela. I love the cottage look of it. Several years ago we had a red knock out rose that had a wonderful fragrance, but it was not the “double” knock out roses that you see today. It was the only red one I have had that smell like a rose.
Your garden is looking beautiful still Manuela. This morning I emptied more of my annual containers as it is a mild day and a good job to get done before it turns cold again. I still have to containers that are doing well and 2 containers of impatiens that the frost hasn’t gotten yet! Have a great week. Blessings, Pamela
Wow, it all looks so good! You still have so much color! My roses have put back out some which has been enjoyable, but I think everything else is just tired. You have such wonderful way with plants. A true gift. =) This weather has been wonderful so hopefully you will have a few more weeks to enjoy all of these blooms.
Your garden IS looking good! Fingers crossed for a late frost and a bountiful autumn and winter harvest! And flowers from the garden on Thanksgiving 🙂
You do still have a lot in bloom – So Pretty!!
I replaced one of my pots of mums yesterday.
Enjoy your week.
It’s so lovely! Your pretty garden always puts a smile on my face!
Looks lovely.
The pink whispy ones are Gaura lindheimeri. Love those, i have them in white, blooms forever!
Oh, my favorite color of rose has always been the yellow rose. Your garden is looking much better than mine!
Brenda
Your garden is sooo you Manuela! The colors…the gnomes…the teacup planters…the picket fences…so much charm and personality.
Love,
Tracey
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Your garden is wonderful, I think the plant in the back of the teacup may be a bleeding heart. I have a mandeville that I got for mothers day and it has crept up onto the grapevine wreath that I have on the front of my house and decorated it with bright pink flowers I live in florida where we garden all year through. Happy gardening, love the teacup!
You have a lovely garden. I like yellow roses funny you say yours has a nice smell, I have a yellow climbing one and it has no smell at all my red ones smell great not as pretty flowers as the yellow one.
Merle ……
Whirling Butterflies would be easier for you to remember than Gaura lindheimeri. Heavy reseeders but so beautiful in the garden!! I’m so busy in the house right now that I haven’t even gone out to see my garden much this season. It’s pretty much been on it’s own for the time being!
So pretty! My garden is done…we had our first frost a month ago 🙁
You are so lucky that your flowers are still blooming so beautifully. The only two flowers that the frost hasn’t killed here yet are my geraniums and begonias.
I had no idea that you could re-plant your mums after they die off. I am will have to remember that next time we get some.
Your garden is still beautiful! We had an early frost this year, but, I put my geraniums close to my house and they are still gorgeous!
I especially love your Camellia, it’s lovely.
Hugs, Cindy
Your garden still looks wonderful!
We had our first frost the other night and I need to cut things down now and empty my potted summer plants. I will replace them with Mums.
Love this time of year in the garden. Cool air and lots of things still blooming! Your garden still looks so lovely. Mimi
Your garden looks better than mine did at the height of the season, ha! Actually, my zinnias have done fantastic, and I just planted my roses this year, so they haven’t done a whole lot yet. But I aspire to have a garden as nice as yours!
I have a yellow knockout at my backdoor. It didn’t do so well this year but last year it was a very happy plant. Not sure why it’s unhappy this year. I love it. It’s blooming now that it’s cooler. I think I’m going to move all of my roses to the front yard or to the southern end of the house.