Not many blooms other than roses in my garden just now. Michaelmas Daisy are flourishing and the odd bloom from the Hydrangea keeps surprising me. Michaelmas Daisy -Symphyotrichum novi-belgii,..and Hydrangea. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) Lathyrus odoratus,..as on 19th Oct. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) Senna corymbosa. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) In the picture below there are still new flowers appearing alongside the mature seeds. Verbascum niger. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) Michaelmas Daisy -Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) Erysimum Linifolium,'Variegatum', Variegated Wallflower. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) The Cat house almost hidden under the shrub. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden )
Hi Deanna, i had never come across it before,..but i am very pleased with ,..to see it still flowering away towards the end of October.
The Senna is terrific and so is that Wallflower. My favourite though is that little patch of Hydrangea and Daisy. They make such a pretty pair.
Well Philip, you still have colourful things going on there (lucky so-'n-so). Those ferns of yours are still green. Mine are totally and completely brown and crispy (well, they would be crispy if it wasn't so wet). Nice posting.
Oh but, I only know of Mahonia being a very leathery leaf, p[icky to touch. This plant doesn't look that leathery. Barb in Pa.
i must admit the leaves dont look as spikey, but soon as i see the pic i thought mahonia japonica :-?
We have a native senna here in Texas (cassia corymbosa )which has the yellow flowers, but smaller leaves than the senna Philip grows. Ours gets to 8' tall, but can be pruned to a shorter form. I aqree the leaves do resemble Mahonia, but the growth form is wrong. Philip, your photos of your "garden remnants" are what most of us strive for in the flush and lush season!
( photo / image / picture from waretrop's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from waretrop's Garden ) See you leathery my leaves are on my Mahonia???? Here are also I few flowers I have left but my tomorrow they will be done. ( photo / image / picture from waretrop's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from waretrop's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from waretrop's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from waretrop's Garden ) I don't know what they are as I am just learning about all these outdoor plants. Not that I care, I just love them. Barb in Pa.
All these flowers will be gone in the weeks to come, in my neck of the woods, while Winter arrives. :'( It allows me to plan the next years garden with excitement. Snapshots allow me a few minutes of pleasure over the winter, remembering.:-D Barb in Pa.
Hi Folks, i was AWOL from the forum for the past week,..between high winds and floods i was busy,..however only the winds affected me it was friends who were flooded. I did have one of my Scotch Broom blow down,..between wind and rain plus the soil in my garden is not compacted. Blocking the back door. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ------------------------------------------------- Here we are on 28th of October and i still have Sweet Pea and Hydrangea blooming,..Wallflower and Michaelmas Daisy,..but i will shoot some pictures tomorrow. Hi Kathyd, i am amazed that i still have so many flowers still in bloom,..the seasons are certainly not as they should be. ---------------------------------------------------- Hi Bernieh, the Senna is looking good,..alas i discovered its not one of the 500 species there are. ---------------------------------------------------- Hi Sjoerd, i would have imagined your garden still having quite a few blooms plus the ferns being still green,..its hard to believe that just a couple of stones throw away can make such a vast difference in climate,..but i think seasons have gone astray and planting by the book is out of line these times. ---------------------------------------------------- Hi Luke, i had a good look up on the "Senna Corymbosa" i tagged and your query about it,..you hit the nail on the head with this one,..it is a "Mahonia",..well spotted,..as to which one i am not sure at present,..and there are 70 species!,..my one is very upright and not bushy,..i will pinpoint it in the next few days,..here are some more recent shots of it. ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Philip Nulty's Garden ) ---------------------------------------------------- Hi Barb, this one is certainly prickly,..many times i went to grab a handful of leaves that had fallen on the ground,..and ouch!. You have some nice colour left in your garden,..be they with no name,..i am learning new names every time i look around in this forum,..as it should be. ---------------------------------------------------- Hi Jane, i got this tree as a cutting some 7 years ago,..its about 8 ft tall now,..it doesn't have the bushy appearance of most Mahonia but there are Hybrids,..it does however have the leather like prickly leaves which the Corymbosa doesn't have,..there are close enough resemblances between the two bushes/trees but on closer inspection you can rule out that mine is a Senna Corymbosa or any of the 500 Corymbosa. Mahonia so named after Irish Nurseryman Bernard Mc Mahon who settled in Philadelphia in the 18th century and who wrote the first book about gardening on American soil,..it was a best seller for 50 years.
