It’s surprising how much is in bloom in October in New Hampshire, especially if you count the autumn leaves as blooms, which I do. We have had patchy frost, but tomorrow night we’re forecast temps in the mid 20sF, which means hard frost and maybe a freeze. The hanging basket begonia is coming inside!
alyssumcosmosgblobe amaranth against ‘So Sweet’ hosta foliageClear Day orange gazaniaborageannual mummarigoldcleome from seedcosmos and alyssumCuphea Vermillionaire (Firecracker plant)
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Perennials still blooming or looking fabulous:
last of anemone tormentosa bloomshydrangea bloom with maple leaftansy shrub still bloomingbuddleia still blooming!snakeroot in rock wall‘Bluebird’ aster and amsoniabumblebee on ‘Bluebird’ aster‘Bluebird’ aster with bumblebees and amsonia foliagepersicaria ‘Painters Palette’tricyrtis ‘Samurai’ in bloom
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Berries, fruits, veggies:
weeping ‘Jade’ crabappleswinterberriessummer squash still growing!‘Tina’ crabapplered apples in treeBrussels sprouts
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A few insects, spiders, slugs still hanging around, plus birds!
female Phidippus audax (bold jumping spider) with flyaphids on asclepiasbrowncaterpillarheadPseudothyatira cymatophoroides (tufted thyatirid moth larva) in filipendulablack slugflicker in spruce eating fruits from woodbine vinehermit thrush in apple tree
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Foliage!
Rodgersia and hosta foliageleuchothoe branch and foliagehostaOlga Mezitt rhododendron, weeping ‘Jade’ crabappleclethra with yellow foliageoak tree turning‘Gold standard’ hosta and geranium foliagesedum, penstemon, swiss chardmaple‘Halcyon’ hostapenstemon (Husker Red? Dark Towers?) and phlox foliageVirginia Creeper on rock wallheuchera ‘Peach Flambe’hosta leaf
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And last, garden landscapes:
slope and shed in the morningside yard in the morning with tulip poplarhydrangea, side yard in morningslope and shed in eveningeuonymus and tulip poplarshade gardenpink sky at night with crow
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Hey there! Thanks for sharing my post on your site! You do have a lot still happening up there in NH. I love that you’re focusing on the beauty that remains rather than what’s gone!
Foliage really does add to the picture doesn’t it. Glorious colours that you have! I love the Bluebird aster. And you have even made aphids look cute! Many thanks for the link again this month.
Your photos are always beautiful, Jessica! The Bluebird aster is amazing — long-lasting, vibrant, and always FULL of bumblebees and others. I think the aphids are cute and they don’t really hurt anything, so long as a monarch isn’t pupating on the plant.
Hey there! Thanks for sharing my post on your site! You do have a lot still happening up there in NH. I love that you’re focusing on the beauty that remains rather than what’s gone!
Foliage really does add to the picture doesn’t it. Glorious colours that you have! I love the Bluebird aster. And you have even made aphids look cute! Many thanks for the link again this month.
Your photos are always beautiful, Jessica! The Bluebird aster is amazing — long-lasting, vibrant, and always FULL of bumblebees and others. I think the aphids are cute and they don’t really hurt anything, so long as a monarch isn’t pupating on the plant.