Well, it's been a few weeks since my last entry but things have been busy for me and not quite so busy for the garden, thus less to photograph. Still, there was a surprising bounty to capture on film today so I share that with you now. Though winter is not quite upon us, losing daylight savings time and having shorter days always makes it seem as if winter is around the corner.
This sunny bed is already showing the first clumps of Babiana shoots. It has has a lovely petunia in a pot and some Lemon Balm in the right foreground.
This dense mound is the always charming Oxalis 'White Pillow.'
A new addition to my garden, this yellow blooming Aloe 'Sunshine' is already attracting hummingbirds.
Correa 'Ray's Tangerine.' Correas can sometimes bloom in winter and I have two varieties doing just that.
My ceramic hedgehog planter is now sprouting some Sedum Angelina.
My Berberis 'Orange Rocket' had its best year ever, holding onto its rich burgundy-red color all year.
This is one of many mixed dwarf conifer bowls in my garden. For those of you who get the Regional Parks Botanic Garden eNewsletter, keep an eye out for my article on dwarf conifers that will appear in the January edition.
This new addition to my garden, Juniper horizontalis 'Pancake' is slowly spilling out of its pot.
Another of my favorite dwarf conifers is this Chamaecyparis 'Golden Mops.' It too has held onto its color all throughout the year.
It's not too late for Hibiscus to be in bloom and that includes my H. 'Cherie.'
I've begun collecting Dianthus (carnation) and this is one of my favorites - D. 'Chabaud Orange Sherbet.'
I got a bee harvesting nectar from my Asclepias cancellata flowers today. There are so many flowers that the branches are weighted down nearly to the ground.
Pelargonium 'Raspberry Twizzle.' This fun geranium always seems to be in bloom.
I'm pretty sure this Begonia 'Summerwings Ebony and Orange has some B. boliviensis in it, given its telltale orange flowers.
Azalea 'Court Jester.' This azalea is a late season bloomer, sometimes up until nearly XMas.
This striking Begonia 'Gryphon' has never bloomed but I don't mind. I bought it for its foliage.
On the other hand, this Begonia 'Irene Nuss' does put on quite the blooming show in the fall.
Billbergia 'Hallelujah.' This is one of the more spectacular billbergias and it's one of those plants that thrives with benign neglect.
And finally another bromeliad that I think is an Aechmea though I'm not sure. I love the banding.
