We had a big windstorm last week that blew pretty much all the beautiful fall foliage to the ground. Luckily I took some pictures of the garden in its fall color prime before the storm.
Brilliant blueberries. If I remember correctly (which isn't as
likely as I would like it to be), these are 'Jersey' blueberries.
This is about as ripe as the bananas are going to get!
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| Musa basjoo |
Had I watered this Himalayan raspberry over the summer, it would be looking a bit more presentable. Yes, the berries are edible. They are pretty good - they taste like apples.
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| Rubus lineatus |
Maybe I should make some figgy pudding?
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| Ficus carica |
Hydrophobia at work on the leaves of
Melianthus major.
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| Melianthus major |
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| Melianthus major |
A Red-foliaged Castor bean plant (
Ricinus communis) extends the season up until the first hard frost. This one is 10' tall and still looking fantastic heading into mid-November. I order the seeds online and plant them directly in the ground in a sunny spot with good soil in mid-April.
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| Ricinus communis 'Carmencita' |
The greenhouse is filled to the brim. The white flower on the left is a brugmansia (Angel's trumpet). The pink-flowered (actually pink-bracted) plant on the right is
Bougainvillea glabra.
Here's hoping my next post is not of me wrapping Christmas lights and blankets around all the borderline-subtropical plants before an impending arctic freeze!!!
