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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

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  • S Steve Miller

    My first attempt at mixed potted flowers. I’m very pleased - nicer and much cheaper than the baskets at the garden center.

    Badly overgrown now but I can’t bear to trim them.

    https://share.icloud.com/photos/03bx8ccSuph1ZmYNZzL-pthtQ

    The strappy plants in the center are Japanese iris. Anyone know how to get them through the winter?

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    @Steve-Miller Oooh, that's really nice! Yes, container plantings from the nurseries are really expensive.

    The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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      Bernard
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      It's official. The county I live in is experiencing an extreme drought.

      The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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        Steve Miller
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        Not really a bloom, but does this Japanese Maple “Bloodgood” fit with this thread?

        https://share.icloud.com/photos/0b7RH3FljH98SEebc1DbkEY0w

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          That's in great condition, ours has brown tips despite watering over summer.

          My sister has this lovely acer which I snapped today:
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          And a bit of colour from autumn crocus (colchicum I think they're called?)
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            Steve Miller
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            Great color on that maple! 👍

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              Natives New England aster and goldenrod (don't remember which variety) bloom together as the weather gets cooler alt text

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                In the yard of some friends. I get a bit of credit, for the sweet autumn clematis plant (it was a volunteer from my yard two years ago) and also the arbors ( a bargain I found at Menards for twelve bucks each). Ron put two of them together and Susan added the black plastic hardware cloth so that the vine has something to grab onto. She pruned it back in July; if she hadn't, it would have reached the ground on the opposite side of the arbor. Still spectacular:

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                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                  That clematis is spectacular! Will it have to start from the ground again after winter?

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                    I leave the plant as is for the winter; the birds love to eat the seeds. Sometime in late March I cut it way back and as soon as it starts warming up it takes off and grows like crazy all summer. After a mild winter it may still look pretty green but it seems to do best with a hard pruning each year.

                    All about clematis:

                    https://gardenerspath.com/plants/flowers/clematis-types/

                    The Late Mixed Group contains the late-flowering, and often heavily scented, species such as C. flammula (aka fragrant virgin’s bower), C. mandshurica, C. potanini (old man’s beard), C. recta (ground virgin’s bower), and C. terniflora (sweet autumn clematis).

                    Vigorous climbers and scramblers, the robust vines flower from late summer into autumn, producing masses of small, one- to two-inch flowers in creamy white, mauve, and pure white followed by ornamental, silky seed heads.

                    Plants in this group grow between six and 30 feet, and most are hardy in Zones 5 to 9, with C. mandshurica being hardy down to Zone 3. All belong to Group 3 and require a hard pruning in late winter or early spring.

                    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                      And for scale, that arch is 55" across and about 90" tall. It's a cheap thing that you have to assemble, but it is steel so with a little bit of care they should last for quite a few years. I bought a whole bunch of them and used some of them to grow my beans on!

                      https://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/outdoor-decor/arbors-trellises/steel-garden-arbor/806gn077s1w1/p-1642874314282136-c-7861.htm?exp=false

                      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                        There are not a whole lot of blooms left in the yard, but I brought in a few I could find along with some foliage to brighten the dining room.
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                        The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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