Leaves and blooms wrapping up the season
Today we ’re bring down with Bonnie Plikaytis , who is sharing the beauties of her garden at the ending of the season .
Here are a few picture of some of theautumn colorsand blooms in our Big Canoe , Georgia , garden . Our garden relies heavily on shapes , textures , and hues of green throughout the twelvemonth to cater interest , with only accents of color . During fall , the color of the leaves of theJapanese maplesand of a few flowering plant is the main attraction . The fall Lord’s Day intensify the stunning colors .
This Japanese maple(Acerpalmatumvar.dissectum ‘ Inaba - shidare ’ , Zones 5–9 ) is a elegant cascade down variant tree with amercement - cut leaves . During summer , the leaf are empurpled - red before turning a brilliant crimson in the crepuscule . The color of the leave-taking is evidence of the truth of a saying by French philosopher Albert Camus : “ Autumn is a second springiness when every leaf is a flower . ”
Rain lilies(Zephranthes candida , Zones 7–10 ) start flower in August and persist in through the end of October . The elegant white flowers often appear after a rain and are always a delightful surprise . The grasslike brilliant light-green foliage is evergreen in our Zone 7 climate . An additional feature of this works is that the cervid in our woodland community do not browse it , so the foliage ply year - round of drinks interest group .
We have quite a few different varieties of Japanese maple in our garden , and one of the earliest to germinate fall color is the fernleaffull Sun Myung Moon maple ( Acer japonicum ‘ Aconitifolium ’ , Zones 5–7 ) . The leaf is large , multidivided , and deep cut , which produces a ferny show — hence the coarse name . The show - stopping fall coloration is like a kaleidoscope run from shades of orange to scarlet and sometimes hues of purple .
Fragrant olive(Osmanthus fragrans aurantiacus , Zones 7–10 ) is a useful as well as beautifulevergreenplant . The plant blossom in late September , and as the species name implies , the dainty tangerine - biased flowers have a unfermented fragrance . The leathery leaves of this bush keep up a recondite fleeceable color throughout the twelvemonth , make it useful as a screening plant . gratefully , the cervid do not seem to like it .
Coral bark maple(Acer palmatum ‘ Sango - kaku ’ , Zones 5–8 ) not only develops striking golden jaundiced leaf color in the fall , but it also provideswinter interestwith bright coral bark . At the radix of the tree are deer ferns(Blechnumspicant , zone 5–8 ) , which are aboriginal to the Pacific Northwest . These fern have fared well in our garden in deep refinement with even moisture . Deer fern provides year - round interest with its leathery evergreen frond . As with many evergreen ferns , the deer do not find it palatable .
Bluestar(Amsoniahubrichtii , Zones 5 - 8) is recognize as well for its foliage as for the small blue clusters of flower that appear in spring . The feathery light-green summer leafage , which turns to a stunning Au coloring material in fall , is what attracted me to this sun - lovingnative perennial . Another significant attribute is that the cervid have never bothered it .
Japanese maple(Acer palmatum ‘ Osakazuki ’ , Zones 5–9 ) is best known for its intense deep red fall color . During most of its growing season the leave have a rich dark-green color . The leave even hold their color for several days after they have fall from the tree , search like crimson confetti .
Leopard plants(Farfugiumjaponicum giganteum , zona 7–10 ) require full tone and are evergreen in meek winters . It seems odd that this tropic - bet flora with leathery kidney - shaped leaves has yellow daisy - shaped flowers on grandiloquent chaff in November ! The bright yellow prime are a much - involve delight when few other flora are flower . The leafage is evergreen to about 20 ° fluorine and brings a variety of bod and grain to the garden . The bench was a natural endowment from a dear gardening Quaker who is a noteworthy artist in all his endeavors . He design and created the bench from a crimson oak tree tree diagram that had light in his garden .
Japanese maple(Acer palmatum‘Mikawa Yatsubusa ’ , zone 6–9 ) is a very slow - growingdwarf tree . It has a unique figure due to its leaves overlap each other like shingles on a ceiling . It is a dense compendious tree that typically remains less than 5 feet tall . In fall the leaves can range from yellow to deep red .
The‘Shishigashira’Japanese maple(Acer palmatum ‘ Shishigashira ’ , Zones 5–8 ) is sometimes called lion ’s caput maple . Its leave are typical in that they are crinkle and curled . They are arranged tightly on the stubby compact sprig , give the tree diagram a shrubby character . The unusual look of the tree can be accentuated by pruning . Some folks do not even recognize this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as a Nipponese maple due to its alone appearance . Its capitulation color can range from orange to red to gold white-livered , but it is always bedazzle !
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