To be honest, seasonal decline is very evident on the GWI property, as I begin to get bulbs in and dread the leaf onslaught to come. However, I do have plenty of annuals still going strong and some nicely coloring shrubs, as follows:
Above is Forever Pink macrophylla , which gives a nice dusty rose color as it ages.
I still have elephant ear all over the place, which I may try to overwinter. Here's Violet Stem with coleus and an interesting impatiens variety (yes, such exist!).
And the nicotiana bella is still very floriferous, as are its relatives throughout the garden.
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this is my first visit to your blog. Do you grow the nicotiana every year? I may try it next year.
Yes, it is a mainstay. But I mail order or buy (at better local places) species and tall hybrids, NOT the usual stubby garden center stuff. Most of my nicotiana is 3 feet tall or better and grows with the perennials in beds.
Select Seed, which has plants, not just seeds, is good for this.
Coming onslaught of leaves? Wasn't it just a year ago that you all had that freak blizzard? It's nice to still have some blooms, isn't?
Carol at May Dreams Gardens
Hi EAL,
Your interesting impatiens does look interesting.
I was so deluded by the wet midsummer that I 'rescued' a marked-down Hydrangea. The rain immediately stopped after it was planted, so I'll be visiting blogs like yours to see them looking good.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Nice! So exactly which impatiens is that?
It was purhased at a nursery--I liked it because it was yellow--looks like some kind of New Guinea hybrid.
Often I don't pay too much attention to these types of purchases because they're just for the season.
But we do have a good nursery here that really tries to offer cool annuals as well as everything else.
Lovely Nicotiana! Do you know a seed source for it?
Your seasonal decline is still looking very colorful, Elizabeth. I admire your fall blooms and why I haven't I planted some pink nicotiana? Maybe next year!
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