Even with such a mild autumn this Bloom Day finds the garden pretty disheveled. Our first killing frost~just barely~ was last Saturday morning and was followed shortly by four straight days of rain/wind/gloom caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida which morphed into a Nor'easter and a half.
This was Chrysanthemum 'Single Apricot Korean' aka 'Sheffield Pink' last Saturday morning.
And here it is yesterday~ sporting some cute insects:)
A couple of new buds and flowers remain.
These sweet little flowers belong to Tinantia pringlei, Spotted Wandering Jew. I had a hard time getting a good picture yesterday but I had to try to post this neat little plant. It's still in a pot since I'm going to try to overwinter it in the garage. I planted one of these last fall and lost it so I'll try a spring planting for this one.
Verbena 'Snowflurry' is a transient in my garden ~ it seeds around at will but the plants don't have a long life. I've just been sharing and moving the seedlings around. This one is peaking now.
Rudbeckia triloba has a few flowers dotted around on young plants. My laziness has ensured that I will have legions of these next year.
My noid aster was the last to bloom and the prettiest still.
The Muhly grass still has some color.
The tall mums are looking a little the worse for the weather but are still a pleasant sight probably just from the size of the clump.
Celosia spicata doesn't show much sign of the frost and still has a few seeds for me to collect.
The Mexican Bush Sage only has its showy bracts remaining. I couldn't resist showing off this colorful autumn bokeh.
I'm pleased to see the winter foliage of Lycoris radiata making an apperance. I had no bloom from any of my Lycoris this year but from what I've heard the genus is rather fickle that way. Here it is with the few remaining Aromatic aster blooms.
I'm sure that I'll see some sporadic blooming from Dianthus and the verbena as winter approaches but what makes me happiest is seeing the signs of next year's garden already sprouting:)
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