What's blooming in your yard?

[goldenkagi]

Hard to really see up close due to the way the pic is taken. My guess is one of the following:

1. Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

2. Goji

3. Elderberry

4. if it has a captivating fragrance, then it could be Sarcococca

Hi beachdown, how should I take photos so you can see it better? It doesn't really smell like anything so probably not Sarcococca (so many C's, that was fun ) Thank you!

[lecale]

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[lecale]

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[beachdown]

Hi there,

Next time, just go into macro mode on your camera / phone and focus on the flowers and leaves

Hi beachdown, how should I take photos so you can see it better? It doesn't really smell like anything so probably not Sarcococca (so many C's, that was fun ) Thank you!

[avoncallingu]

We had a warning in our paper about not handling the white caterpillars with a little black spot that are appearing. I don't remember all the details but touching them would sting or cause a rash.

[beachdown]

Time to take some Autumn pics...Wed first day

[Patty Smyth]

Nothing but death in my yard now

[GoJays]

the burning bush looks good.. last year it just dropped its leaves without burning but this year it's putting on a good show

[Ciel]

Really enjoyed the different coloured maple leaves carpeting different sidewalks yesterday-felt like autumn royalty!
@avoncallingu -seems that in Sept and early Oct, I kept seeing the fuzzy white spiked caterpillars with the dk brown or black spines exclusively. Thought the yard was under attack or something.

Chrysanthemums (long stemmed pink ones mostly) are still in bloom. Admired one resident's bushels of smaller head chrysanthemums (and the shorter stems) in their front yard display. Another resident has a collection of unadorned squashes on their landscaping rocks for fall/Halloween decor.

On my walk home in relative darkness from Walmart/McDs, I was spooked by movement on a driveway wall. Found out at least two little white goblin decorations made with sheets had moved in the wind-thought it was a creature.

[beachdown]

Oh Oh....just make sure you mulch hard so things can survive the frost

Nothing but death in my yard now

[Ciel]

Keep seeing ladybugs outside and inside.

[TorontoRaptors]

me too! lady bugs every where but appaarently they are not real lady bugs but really asian lady beetles introduced to kill amphids in the late 90s i think.. cant remember exactly when read it last week but apparenly they want the warmth of our house.. i really dont want to share!

[GoJays]

[Ciel]

^MacGyver rep for @GoJays ! I prefer softer materials for staking plants. But everyone wants to be as clever and handy as MacGyver.

[macw1960]

Carnations in my planter.