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<\/a><\/p>\nI\u2019ve been partial to these trees since they started from the seeds borrowed from the arboretum. \u00a0While at the cabin, I perused the leaf book Leon bought me a few years ago<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nand I found the name-the are Idesia polycarpa! \u00a0And they are putting on quite a show.<\/p>\n
Striking yellow leaves with the red petioles still bright.<\/p>\n One of the blueberry starts colored up nicely\u2013it has grown well this year.<\/p>\n Aronia leaves.<\/p>\n Witchhazel flowers. \u00a0These don\u2019t have a sweet smell\u2013more like a clean, astringent one.<\/p>\n Alpine strawberries loving the cooler weather.<\/p>\n The black raspberry threw some major wandering canes. \u00a0I put a pot in the garden to catch this one so I can have a start next spring.<\/p>\n Raspberry leaves coloring up in the cooler weather.<\/p>\n This crow came to cheer me on as I took pictures around the yard. \u00a0Actually, it was looking for a handout, but Leon fed them yesterday, so I wasn\u2019t inclined to oblige.<\/p>\n Another view of the witch hazel flowers.<\/p>\n The Iochroma in the driveway bed grew eight feet tall this year, but it still didn\u2019t bloom!<\/p>\n Lamium looks its absolute best this time of year.<\/p>\n Dahlias are blooming a sigh of relief for the cooler, wetter weather.<\/p>\n Another late bloomer.<\/p>\n Campanula poscharskyana throwing a few blooms of its own half a year past its usual bloom time.<\/p>\n Huge white mushroom in the bark growing next to the veggie raised beds. \u00a0My foot is included (size 10.5 ) for size perspective.<\/p>\n I put the bulbs for forcing in the cold frame. \u00a0I\u2019ll leave them uncovered to get some rain, then cover them with leaves and put the lid on for a few months before pulling them into the greenhouse for forcing.<\/p>\n Another HUGE mushroom\u2013this one in the raised veggie bed where I planted lettuce seeds that have resulted in no lettuce plants that I can see.<\/p>\n The kale plants are finally snapping out of their year-long doldrums. \u00a0I had pruned these virtual shrubs back early in the year and they pouted since then.<\/p>\n Curly kale, looking fresh.<\/p>\n Here is the head of the Kalette plant\u2013it is lovely and has some great looking leaves, but the brussel-spout like kalettes haven\u2019t formed yet.<\/p>\n A close up of the leaves with their purple veins.<\/p>\n This dahlia is actually more orange than pink (at least to my color-blind eyes). \u00a0They are putting up some great flowers late in October!<\/p>\n Again, the colors are off\u2013the larger blooms are orange, and the smaller ones are a lighter orangey salmon.<\/p>\n This euphorbia from Brother Tim is happy as a clam in the greenhouse and blooming up a storm\u2013a snow storm!<\/p>\n Deeply colored flowering maple\u2013so gorgeous! \u00a0These shrubs are enjoying a resurgence in the cooler weather, as are the streptocarpus behind them.<\/p>\n More flowering maples.<\/p>\n When I went out to move the cymbidiums and clivias into the greenhouse, I was greeted with at least four spiking orchids! \u00a0This one is almost ready to burst\u2013the others are just starting.<\/p>\n A little blurry\u2013but another cymbidium spike!<\/p>\n And another really fat one!<\/p>\n And yet one more.<\/p>\n Here is the greenhouse\u2013stuffed to the gills with all the winter tenants.<\/p>\n Another plant enjoying the cool, wet weather\u2013impatiens in a pot on the back patio.<\/p>\n This is a great color, too, and the leaves look fantastic this time of year\u2013nice and dark.<\/p>\n The wonder berries are blooming still. \u00a0There are lots of berries and lots of flowers. \u00a0I grabbed some berries today for Brother Tim to have some seeds.<\/p>\n The Hakone grass is looking like a fountain of color right now. \u00a0I need to divide it in late winter, as it is incredibly pot bound and it dries out far too often in the warm months. \u00a0But it is hanging in there an still making a show.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m travelling for the next few weeks, so I figured it makes sense to make sure the potted plants are safe. \u00a0I finished that today, potted some hyacinth bulbs for forcing and then wandered quickly around the garden and too the following pictures: I\u2019ve been partial to these trees since they started from the seeds … Continue reading End of October–Potted Plants Moved In<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0Prime Ark blackberry is trying really hard to ripen these berries before frost.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n