tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post4227985794748049832..comments2023-09-29T07:41:54.487-04:00Comments on A Hocking Hill's Garden: My Flowers Are Winding DownLonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-75253308828193856522009-08-06T21:59:44.655-04:002009-08-06T21:59:44.655-04:00My garden is slowing down a bit also but soon the ...My garden is slowing down a bit also but soon the hibiscus, sedum and asters will be putting on a show. Great butterfly photo.Iowa Gardening Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457574109288160557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-56017425152561141212009-08-06T12:08:35.903-04:002009-08-06T12:08:35.903-04:00Thanks for all of the good ideas for flowers to gr...Thanks for all of the good ideas for flowers to grow to keep the color going in the garden. I am going to get some for fall planting.Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-89382236334016036362009-08-05T08:14:19.403-04:002009-08-05T08:14:19.403-04:00My garden is the same, but I quite like it - the f...My garden is the same, but I quite like it - the focus goes from perennials to berries on the Rowan tree, grasses and some of the coloured foliage.<br /><br />Anaphalis yedoensis is just coming out, and also Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy' is in bud, and fun to watch developing. Also flowering is Lychnis with the brilliant magenta blooms which looks amazing next to yellow foliage plants, but seems to be being eaten rather a lot this year by something!Phoenix C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13852678924557075302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-18377245748004470372009-08-04T22:17:03.506-04:002009-08-04T22:17:03.506-04:00It's always sad when favorite flowers wind dow...It's always sad when favorite flowers wind down. I always hate to say goodbye to my coneflowers and rudbeckias. But many of my roses still look good, and my annuals are really doing well now. Still waiting for cosmos, stock, and tithonia though. Will they ever bloom?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-51928448537948993732009-08-04T18:50:11.670-04:002009-08-04T18:50:11.670-04:00Hi Lona~~ Here in Oregon fall is an extension of s...Hi Lona~~ Here in Oregon fall is an extension of summer. For years I've been experimenting by acquiring more late summer, fall bloomers. Here's a small sampling. <br /><br />Perennial Asters <br />Joe Pye Weed. <br />Hydrangea ssp.<br />Seven Sons flower or Heptacodium miconoides [a tall shrub with white fragrant flowers, cool seed pods]<br />Clerodendrum trichotomum [Also white fragrant flowers, cool seed pods]<br />Clethra alnifolia<br />Liriope or "Lily Turf" <br /><br />These plants will flower until frost: <br />Dahlias<br />some roses [Knock Out, for instance]<br />Gaura<br />some clematis<br />Salvia<br />Fuchsias<br />Persicaria affinis 'Firetail' <br />Some penstemons<br />Oxalis crassipes 'Rosea' <br />Oreganum 'Santa Cruz' <br />Agastache ssp.<br />Perennial Geranium 'Jolly Bee/Rozanne' and 'Patricia.'<br />Indigofera heterantha [Shrub with tiny pink/purple pea-like flowers all summer and fall.] <br />Leycesteria formosa "Himalayan Honeysuckle" <br />Knautia macedonica<br /><br />Plants with fabulous foliage also keep the garden looking lush. Hostas, Ligularias, cannas. Anything variegated. <br /><br />And most ornamental grasses look their colorful best in fall. Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' has red markings all summer then turns a vibrant red in fall. <br />"Little Bluestem" is another fabulous ornamental grass. Blue/green in summer and red in fall. <br /><br />Love your flutter-by. <br /><br />I hope this whets your appetite. <br />Cheers, GraceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-65279175768375838042009-08-04T12:11:27.827-04:002009-08-04T12:11:27.827-04:00Beautiful flowers. We are back from vacation and t...Beautiful flowers. We are back from vacation and trying to catch up. My vegetable garden only so-so this year. The groundhog didn't help. Have a great dayJoe Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07960458164425338569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-20992777488158547832009-08-04T06:49:56.779-04:002009-08-04T06:49:56.779-04:00Are Salvias perinnials for you? Butterflyweed, Fi...Are Salvias perinnials for you? Butterflyweed, Firebush, ???? It's six thirty in the morning, I need more coffee...Darlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976608531478457839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-3772843084847209712009-08-04T01:31:57.831-04:002009-08-04T01:31:57.831-04:00Oh that dahlia is a beauty! And that is a very goo...Oh that dahlia is a beauty! And that is a very good shot of the butterfly. I hope the blooms would stay longer. I really enjoy seeing the flowers in your garden here. Happy gardening!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867061279916535777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-2264204404902596752009-08-03T16:57:22.630-04:002009-08-03T16:57:22.630-04:00I'm noticing my garden seeming the same way. ...I'm noticing my garden seeming the same way. I blame it on our dry summer :) <br />Chleone (turtlehead) is a late bloomer and so is Cimicifuga (Bugbane). Both just have buds on them now.<br />Your dahlia is really pretty! My 'Double decker' never got it's second deck either and it never did last year either. I did notice it had a double layer of petals around the center though.Catherine@AGardenerinProgresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001060769253273283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-43158092033894076292009-08-03T15:12:51.814-04:002009-08-03T15:12:51.814-04:00I found myself in the same situation. Lots of ear...I found myself in the same situation. Lots of early and mid summer blooms then not much. This year I added solidago, stokesia, boltonia, asters and eupatorium to give me something colorful in these late summer, autumn months. <br /><br />Your dahlias are beautiful and I love the butterfly photo.<br />MarnieRoses and Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-58814752847496395412009-08-03T13:53:01.429-04:002009-08-03T13:53:01.429-04:00I had something in the garden I didn't recogni...I had something in the garden I didn't recognize, and you solved the mystery! Anemone! Thank you!Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-61843264013674551962009-08-03T13:22:21.953-04:002009-08-03T13:22:21.953-04:00lona,
the edinburgh is just lovely.
this year ha...lona,<br /><br />the edinburgh is just lovely. <br />this year has been completely different from other years because of the coolness and the large amounts of rain. the things that normally are doing well at this time of year are struggling. i have loved the deep colour sunflowers this year. lantana always seems to bloom right into the fall. i absolutely love cosmos...they bloom until the fall too. there are so many choices i am sure you will get some good answers.marmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622899170079254810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3702367777217796558.post-53912898316002296512009-08-03T12:43:10.087-04:002009-08-03T12:43:10.087-04:00Everything in my garden is winding down as well, s...Everything in my garden is winding down as well, so I feel your pain. Atleast you have some bloomersDirt Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738312834526690841noreply@blogger.com