GBBD 11/2015
Velvety red Zinnia
One more bloom before the winter.
Encore azaleas. I know. In November.
So amazing. It’s been a late, long garden season. I have many flowers this year that would have normally succumbed to frost by mid November. Not that I am complaining.
A few more last blooms of the season:
Dozens of the little butterflies visit daily. I worry that they should be gone by now…
Anyway, The are three or four kinds of marigolds still blooming nonstop. Who has the heart to pull up such hardy colorful blooms? I want tell you what kind they are, I collect seed year after year. Be happy to share, if you want some seed.
And then maybe just one more…
Campfire™ Fireburst Bidens hybrid
A trial plant, Campfire™ Fireburst Bidens hybrid from Proven Winners.
I planted this hot little annual in a hanging basket this year, not the best choice. Next spring, I’ll grow this new Bidens in a mixed container of orange and yellow flowers.
Last Rose…
I posted one of these roses a couple of weeks ago and said “last rose of the year” but then this precious, fragrant rose quickly followed.
David Austin’s Crown Princess Margareta ® is often the first bloomer and the last bloom among the full size roses. So, again, “Last rose of the season”
Vegetables Too
I love that I am still eating garden tomatoes and basil in mid November.
The last big one. It’s not pretty, but it was tasty tonight. Yellow Brandywine.
This basket full of chard will become my version of lasagne. The seed was from Renee’s Garden.
The beautiful plant is container chard, “Pot of Gold” from Renee’s Garden There are no flowers, but the colorful stalks make this plant pretty enough to be in the front porch bed.
It’s a non stop producer, never bitter, always beautiful. I won’t pull it up until a hard freeze kills the plants. Use chard just as you would spinach.
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