A short breath ago, CP and I had a magical moment! We were setting on the patio enjoying our coffee of the day, a cool but sunny morning – perfectly still.In a rare moment of quiet, just as we were looking at the woodland garden, we heard the sound of rustling leaves. Moments later the stillness of the moment was broken as a breeze from the south east brought life to the turning leaves and the leaf blizzard resumed. We both love autumn!
The last hummingbird of the year was spotted the second week of October, a lone female, quite a stark contrast to a few weeks earlier, when this years fledglings were playing and buzzing around the feeder. The thought that crossed my mind – was this lone female having her last fuel stop with us before starting the long journey south or was she just “killing time”? The beauty that is autumn is the brief moment between vitality and senescence.
New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii) shows off in the autumn.
In the gardening cycle, some plants just have a long lie in, like me on a Sunday morning, during Spring, start stirring during summer and then come into splendor as autumn approaches. Chrysanthemum, asters, and sedum “Autumn Joy” have done well this year for a bit of bright autumn color to harmonize with the coppers and golds of deciduous leaves.
Sedum “Autumn joy” gives color and texture in the perennial beds
Autumn is a time to enjoy the rewards of the work put in during spring and summer – but it is not just a time to sit and marvel. Autumn is also the time to prepare for spring color- being the optimum time to plant spring bulbs. With AndAllen being a new garden there is limited spring color from early flowering perennials so this planting is an imperative.
1200+ bulbs planted in November
Camassia,daffodils,iris,anemone,ipheon,crocus,allium planted in the perennial beds, crevice garden,woodland walk, Acer garden and yellow bed. We just have to wait a few months to see if the planting plan worked.
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