What's blooming in your yard?

[marstec]

Love the deep red colour of that mum, GoJays. I've actually had hardy mums survive in my zone. The trick is to divide them every two or three years...seems to maintain plant vigour that way. Mine eventually died out and I haven't bought replacements, but it sure gives you nice colour in the Fall. Not a lot of the showy grasses are rated for my zone; I have blue fescue and feather reed grass, and these make nice accents to the flower beds.

[marstec]

Couple of pictures from earlier this week...very windy today.
Blooms from a peppermint and a picture of the side yard...my neighbour gets to enjoy the view more so than us.

[attitash]

Close to frost this morning...what nighttime temps!

[BC Gal]

It is cold here at night, but by noon it is hot! Best weather going into fall that I can remember.

Took this pic a few weeks ago while the lillies were still blooming:



A few years ago they were more peach and yellow. Not sure why they are all turning an overall orange color.

[Patty Smyth]

Going down to 2 tonight, if there's any wind I can kiss the begonias and impatiens goodbye.

[GoJays]

i guess i should think about bringing in the couple of houseplants that i have outside

[marstec]

i guess i should think about bringing in the couple of houseplants that i have outside

Sigh...me too. It's supposed to get down to -2C on Saturday night. Do you spray your plants for creepy crawlies before taking them in?

[GoJays]

no, i just give them a thorough once-over

[GoJays]

i got a purple aster and stuck it in the ground next to the burgundy mum.. hopefully they'll both bloom together, i'll get a pic and post it then.. i tried chosing the aster with the most buds and least amount of flowers in bloom..

one tomato plant has gone absolutely balisitic.. i should have just left it alone this summer instead of coddling the damn thing, seems that's what it needed as i only got two tomatoes from it then.. now there are at least a half dozen little green things on there that i doubt will ripen enough for me to pick and window sill them

[BC Gal]

What houseplants do you take outside for the summer? Mine are a variegated ficus that I`ve had for 20+ years and a coffee plant that hates it here in Canada except in summer.

[GoJays]

this year i only threw a couple of succulents and a hibiscus plant (that didn't bloom once all dang summer) outside.. normally, half my houseplants would have gone outside but this year we got an offset patio umbrella that was dropped every night.. we always had a patio tent that stayed up all summer... i didn't want the more delicate plants to burn in the sun

[marstec]

I overwintered a couple of geraniums and stuck those outside. I kept them more for sentimental reasons since they were the most scraggly pathetic plants, really. I have a hibiscus that would have most likely flourished outside, but never got around to doing that...so, it languishes in the front room and stubbornly refuses to bloom.

It's a gorgeous, sunny day today. I went out and snapped a few pictures:

My deck planters are still doing well. I covered them up a couple of nights, but we haven't had a really hard frost yet.

The crabapples are ready to go...too bad I don't know someone who wants them...

[GoJays]

i'd take some but it's just too bad you live so dang far away

[Ciel]

@marstec-do you know if there is a "eat local" group that also has a volunteer team willing to pick fruit?
Or of any horse farms/horse owners that might like the apple treats for their horses? Couple of ideas for the fruit before nature/insects take care of the crop on their own.

[marstec]

@marstec-do you know if there is a "eat local" group that also has a volunteer team willing to pick fruit?
Or of any horse farms/horse owners that might like the apple treats for their horses? Couple of ideas for the fruit before nature/insects take care of the crop on their own.

That's for the suggestion, Ciel. I will keep that in mind...not sure how I feel about strangers traipsing in my backyard, but I could certainly pick some and take them to donate. I just wonder who would bother with eating crabapples since larger apples would be less "work".