Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?
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Natives New England aster and goldenrod (don't remember which variety) bloom together as the weather gets cooler
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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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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鈥檚 bower), C. mandshurica, C. potanini (old man鈥檚 beard), C. recta (ground virgin鈥檚 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.
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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!
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We've had a couple of frosts these past 4 days yet my roses are blooming. Not big blossoms, but blossoms indeed.
This pretty white one is the one I accidentally strimmed down to nothing--not once, but twice!--this summer. I felt so bad. But look at it! It's come back and putting out flowers. I will be extra extra careful next year.
This is the one that lost most of it's canes last winter to frost damage. It's grown a whole set of new ones.
These two bushes are both sporting a flower.
Now is when I get really confused, though. I want to protect them for the winter and we've had a few frosts, but their leaves are still looking healthy and green. Do I wait another month before covering them? I don't feel I should cover them now when they've got blossoms and green foliage.
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Asters and mums here.
