A quick post sharing a few photos of what’s blooming in my garden today. Enjoy!
Miscanthus in the Morning Light
Giant Sunflowers & Hot Lips Salvia near Yellow Jacket nest
Squash blooms & fruit plus Zinnias
Speckled Fall Crocus beside Heptacodium peely bark
Crookneck Squash Blossom
Blue Salvia I was certain had died in Winter -- Surprise!
Autumn Joy Sedum
Fall Crocus pops up thru Sun Rose & Donkey Tail Euphorbia
Tags: crocus, fall blooms, garden blogger bloom day, miscanthus, salvia, squash, sunflower, zinnia
Can you believe summer is over? I enjoyed seeing your end of the season blooms. What are you planting for the fall/winter? Keeping up your edible garden?
Shirley
Thanks Shirley. Ironically, it’s almost 80F in Seattle today, so summer’s not quite done. Still, crop rotation is on here. We’ve got cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, lacinato kale, red winter kale, leeks, beets, chard and pak choi going in the garden. I need to get more moved out to beds later this week as I pull out beans and squashes that are about finished up. As well, I have lettuce and spinach cranking up too. I seeded corn salad, but so far 0% germination; I hope it isn’t a wash. Sugar snap peas didn’t do much, but I still have hope the plants will take off. And, when we take down another potato tower in the next week or so, I’ll seed in more lettuce mix and some Mizuna on those. Sorrel, rosemary, thyme and sage will plug on thru the winter as well for us. And, in October my seed garlic should arrive to go into the garden to be harvested next summer; several braids from last year’s harvest are stored in the cellar.
Guess there’s a blog post or three in this message, but I think that should answer the question.
How about for you in SoCal? What edibles do you have plugging away?
What a nice gathering of blooms. Like the vegetables, as they tend to be overlooked blooms.
Thanks Mary Delle! I agree, fruit can be the prettiest part of a garden. Watch for those mid-winter bloomin’ blog days — bet I’ll post some fiery red berry shots in the snow if I can’t find my witch hazel and garrya blooming. Cheers
What a nice gathering of blooms. Like the vegetables, as they tend to be overlooked blooms.