Bloom Day is upon us once again which means September is already half over. What is it with these Autumn months that makes them slip by so quickly?There's still tons of stuff left to do in the garden this year. I have beds to fill with dirt and garlic and bulbs to plant plus I need to get in the seeds for the kale and lamb's lettuce and scallions. Top that off with general garden cleanup and I'll be working until the snow flies.
The chelone, or turtle head, is doing beautifully. All the rain earlier in the season must have agreed with it because they have grown to mammoth proportions. I'd like to add some white ones to this bed next year for some color variety.
I have one last daylily in bright yellow that decided to bloom for me. I have been lamenting the lack of yellow daylilies in the garden and have plans for adding more for next year. I have no idea where this little one came from. Perhaps the garden gnomes have taken pity and planted it for me. It's made me chuckle since the blooms are so huge and as you can see, the rest of the plant is quite puny.
While the echinacia didn't bloom for me this year, this guy... this guy right here... this little, pink-blossomed succulent... no wait... the name of this plant was just in my head a second ago... I've been pointing it out to people all summer because it was something I found growing half forgotten in the pool jungle area... I remember excitedly saying "hey Mom, check out the..."Nope. It's gone. Damn. Is 38 too young to have a senior moment?
Anyway, I really do know what this plant is called and if someone would be kind enough to remind me, I'd be most appreciative. It's gonna keep me up tonight. It's a neat little plant with a low growing shape and fleshy light green leaves. It has added variety to an otherwise boring garden layout.
Happy bloom day to you all and may the names of all your plants come swiftly to your tongue (or fingers) at a moments notice.
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Addendum at 5:06 PM:
SEDUM!!!
Once again, thank you Ali. :)
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Sedum
From Ali who never has
WHat was I saying?
I assure you 38 is not too young to have a senior moment. Don't you love the plants that come up on their own and then surprise you with their beauty? Lovely, lovely blooms!
SEDUM!!! Ali, what would I do without you? Now I'll be able to sleep tonight.
Liisa - I really do love the volunteers. In fact, they often do better than the ones pressed into service.
We still have hibiscus and roses in bloom here, but the leaves are turning yellow. I'm hoping we will see some fall flowers, but so far I haven't seen any... :(
I miss my chrysanthemums back home!
To make gardeners' lives even more complicated, I just learned today that Sedum 'Autumn Joy' has been reclassified as Hylotelephium (in fact, I believe it's Hylotelephium telephium... a botanical name with a built-in echo!)
Hi,
I commented on your garden blog ages ago and then recently found your new blog. I see that you like crafts too and just wanted to invite you to a craft and chat group at the library, starting this Friday at 9:30am, goes to 11am. It's in the Schnieder room in the old part. Bring whatever you happen to being working on. I put the announcement in the Times, but it doesn't come out until this Friday, so I thought I would give you the heads up.
Tiff
Feel free to email me if you have questions.. tcupps@gmail.com
oh, i've only seen sedum in yellow -- wouldn't have recognized it with purple. very cool shade! (and even if I had recognized it, I'd forgotten the name too. and I'm five years younger...)
Wendy - It is that time of year. I planted some great ornamental grass back in the spring and was hoping they'd be doing interesting things by now, but no dice. Chrysanthemums FTW!
Helen - Oh dear. That's not going to help me at all. :)
Tiff - Sounds fun! My Fridays are usually pretty full, but we'll see. Is it every Friday?
Karen - The yellow is nice too. Sedum is one of those plants that seems to have dozens of shapes and colors. As Helen pointed out, They are reclassifying plants all the time. Sometimes I wonder why I bother trying to remember any of them. :)
I didn't it was i had in my garden...now I know it is Chelone. Thank you Chris! I always learn something from your blog! :)
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