Fall glory

The colors have been wonderful this fall, seems like the views have gotten better every day, but now we've had some wind and more is coming. Here's a few pictures before the leaves all blow away.

Acer rubrum 'Franksred' 

This is the second fall for my Acer rubrum 'Franksred'

Epimedium

Nasturtiums are still blooming

Penstemon in the flower garden

A second batch of cosmos came up from seed on their own

My favorite fuchsias are reblooming again

More fuchsias

Grape leaves are mostly blown away now

Same with the blueberries

Yarrow all around the yard

Daisies and variegated red twig dogwood

Baby smoke bush, cotinus 'Grace'

Enkianthus

Astrantia reblooming

The red corner: maple, heucheras, dwarf plumbago and azalea

Witch hazel, hamamelis 'Diane'

Peonies

Lilacs from the front porch

Greeting visitors on the front porch

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - March 2018

Hyacinth

Happy Ides of March! After record warm temperatures on Monday, it's definitely feeling like spring. A lot of winter blooms are still going strong, but spring is ready to shine. I seem to acquire a lot of blue and purple flowering plants, and this week the bulbs have been really glowing in the sunshine (and not phased by the rain either).

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting this monthly roundup of blooms. There are plants blooming somewhere every month but now they're really taking off.... at least in the northern hemisphere. 

Hyacinth

Crocuses are starting to fade

Crocuses

Grape hyacinth popped out suddenly

Newly planted corydalis

Rock cress just starting to bloom

Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'

Helleborus x ballardiae Gold Collection 'Maestro'

Fading camellia 'Yuletide'

Fritillaria meleagris

Newly planted Saxifraga 'Touran - Deep Red'

Sunset maple

Cyclamen coum

Sunny daffodils

Daffodil

Forsythia in front of pieris japonica

One of my baby osoberry bushes has a bloom!

Indoors, one amaryllis is blooming for the second time this year. Also my Christmas cactus has had a few blooms at a time since January but I keep forgetting to get a picture. 

What's next? Flowering currant and Oregon grape are so close, plus a lot more daffodils.

Fall color

Acer rubrum 'Franksred', planted in February

Fall is my favorite season, the world feels settled and calm. Fall is also the only time that I love yellow, orange and even red. The rest of the year, I am drawn to blue, purple and green. But the other colors shine in the fall, especially when we are lucky enough to have sunny weather. I don't have enough fall color in my yard, but I'm working on it.

Blueberries

Unknown Japanese maple

Dogwood, Cornus kousa 'Rosy Teacups', planted in the spring

Acer rubrum 'Franksred', planted in February

Witchhazel 'Diane', planted in February

Asian pear

Grapes

Grape leaves

Our roses, neighbor's maple in the background

Late blooming coneflower

I like the dead heads on the coneflowers too