October Fireworks
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| Cestrum "Orange Peel" has been a prolific bloomer all summer. This plant was recommended to me by Pam Harper. I purchased this at Plant Delights nursery on our vacation last year. It is truly a great plant, standing about 6 ft. tall and great blooms. |
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| Another plant purchased on that trip at the same nursery - Sissingia "Scarlet O'Hara", this one recommended by Plant Delights owner Tony Avent. |
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| Sedum "Autumn Joy" blooms next to the leaves of Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata) |
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| Geranium |
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| Euphorbia "Diamond Frost" |
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| One of my favorite fall perennials - Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha) |
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| Impatiens and Euphorbia "Diamond Frost" |
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| No flowers but equally impressive is Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) |
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| Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) with Hydrangea "Twist n' Shout" |
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| Lantana "Caprice" |
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| Abelia "Frances Mason" |
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| Acuba and Goldenrod (Solidago "Fireworks") |
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| Confederate Rose (Hibiscus mutabilis) - Michael and I always admire these every year when we go to the beach. It seems everybody grows them in south Alabama and north Florida. They are marginally hardy here. This one has survived several winters and this is the first year it has bloomed. It is a giant and stands 10 ft. in the air with the blooms at the very top. |
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| Hardy Orange (Poncirus trifoliata) and Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata) |
Comments
Now that I've moved up to the top of Alabama, you give me hope that I could have a polite CR, and skip wrestling with its thorny whips several times a year to keep it where I want it.
( I do love a CR - it's one of those childhood memory plants for me. I wish I had noticed then whether my piano teacher/neighbor had had to regularly beat her giant one into submission in her garden outside of Atlanta.)
Everything looks great though.
Also your Plume Poppies are gorgeous, I wish I knew why mine never look that good.