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'Dancing Peacock' Someone needs to write a song... :) With an atmospheric river and 30 mph winds predicted this past weekend, I was afraid the ginkgo, which had just started to turn color, would be stripped.  We were lucky though and it remains intact. Gingko 'Princeton Sentry' After the storm... The Black Tupelo (Nyssa slyvatica) changes color from the inside out - The above photo was taken last week. Here it is today - 'Wolf Eyes' Dogwood (Cornus kousa) has never had such pink color - Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea', Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite' ( Lagerstroemia ), and Persian Ironwood ( Parrotia persica ) - Japanese Maple 'Beni Hime' - Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance' ( Amelanchier ) with tree peonies - Stewartia pyschocamellia starts the color show early. It has since faded to a much softer color - Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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Firecracker Vine



Firecracker Vine (Manettia cordifolia) brightens the otherwise drab late summer garden with its hot red flowers. The small tubular blooms are profuse and adorn a vigorous but well-mannered vine. (Think Cypress Vine but without the headache of the invasiveness.) Hummingbirds love it!

 This plant came to me from my great aunt Lesbie who loved to garden as much as I do.

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. LostRosesSeptember 6, 2013 at 7:52 AM

    Great vine, Phillip! I'm always looking for plants for the hummingbirds and may try this as an annual next year as it wouldn't be hardy here in zone 5.

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  2. CarolSeptember 6, 2013 at 6:05 PM

    looking at the blooms that close they look like fish. i know i see everything different than the rest of the world! Hope all is well with you and yours!

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  3. Phillip OliverSeptember 6, 2013 at 8:07 PM

    LostRoses, it is hardy here and that is great.

    Carol, they do look like fishes!

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  4. JenSeptember 7, 2013 at 1:41 AM

    One I've often thought about picking up, glad to hear it is well behaved.

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  5. Lisa at GreenbowSeptember 7, 2013 at 8:35 AM

    I have never seen this vine before. I bet it is a Southern vine. It is pretty.

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  6. Casa MariposaSeptember 8, 2013 at 6:31 PM

    I need to give that a try next summer. I don't think I've ever seen it around here. Did you start it fram seed or buy it as a plant?

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  7. Phillip OliverSeptember 9, 2013 at 6:52 AM

    Casa, it was a plant given to me. I don't know if it is easily grown from seed.

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