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<\/a><\/p>\nThe yellow snapdragon in the pot just outside the front door is still blooming a bit in the wet, cool weather. \u00a0It hasn\u2019t been cold yet and nowhere near frosting. \u00a0I went quite a few years having neglected Antirrhinums as garden flowers, but they are workhorses and they bring an optimism that few of the borderline hardy perennials possess.<\/p>\n
Not a great photo (it was pouring rain all day, so I was worried about getting the camera wet), but this is the seed-grown hardy geranium that I started last winter. \u00a0It is still trying hard to bloom after about five months of putting out flowers.<\/p>\n The arboretum rose on the Jeff Tangen arbor is still blooming. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t smell it through all the rain, but my memories of the fragrance are still strong from its summer-long blooms.<\/p>\n I think the rain was affecting my photographic abilities. \u00a0Here is a late dahlia. \u00a0The flowers of dahlias change colors with the weather\u2013they get mellower and more pastel as the weather cools.<\/p>\n A better photo of the same dahlia flower.<\/p>\n I think these are the annual form of dianthus, but they are sticking around through the cold and wet.<\/p>\n Brother Tim and I both like the single-flowered Matricaria cultivars best. \u00a0These stalwarts are throwing a few blooms here and there.<\/p>\n Probably the biggest surprise in the garden is the wonderberry blooms. \u00a0These plants don\u2019t seem to have any clue that winter is just a month away.<\/p>\n The strawberries are all breathing a sigh of relief for the cool\/wet weather.<\/p>\n Fuchsia \u201cMachu Picchu\u201d blooming in the greenhouse. \u00a0This has been a favorite of mine for \u00a0nearly thirty years. \u00a0The original plant came from Brother Tim many years ago.<\/p>\n A few Streptocarpus flowers are poking up in the greenhouse. \u00a0The plants look ratty, but the color of the flowers is a welcomed contrast to the green, yellows and browns as winter approaches.<\/p>\n Mom\u2019s Cymbidium blooming big in the greenhouse. \u00a0There are three or four more orchids with spikes in various states of expansion.<\/p>\n This Euphorbia from Brother Tim keeps expanding and blooming in the greenhouse as it goes.<\/p>\n Fantastic flowering maple (Abutilon megapotamicum) from Brother Tim. \u00a0I pruned the mother plant last year and stuck all the trimmings into a pot and they rooted\u2026so now I have two pots of these great plants!<\/p>\n Another picture of this festive flower.<\/p>\n Persicaria capitata has a few blooms in the greenhouse. \u00a0I want to try this plant as a hanging basket, as the leaves and growth pattern would be perfect for that.<\/p>\n Another rotten photo, but this is documentation of the blooms of a scented pelargonium.<\/p>\n Plectranthus blooming in the greenhouse. \u00a0The flowers are intricate, white with maroon mottling on the lips.<\/p>\n A holiday cactus blooming in the greenhouse. \u00a0This bloom isn\u2019t quite open\u2013I should be able to get a better photo in the next few days.<\/p>\n Another Machu Picchu pic\u2013you can see some Botrytis on a leaf. \u00a0I noticed a lot of it around the greenhouse today, so will go in this weekend and do some clean-up and get another fan going for air circulation.<\/p>\n A cheery Verbascum in the orchard garden.<\/p>\n Not flowers, but worth noting: \u00a0Prime Ark blackberries trying very hard to ripen before frost. \u00a0I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll make it, but their effort is impressive!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A tradition that Brother Tim and I have honored through the years is to take an inventory of what\u2019s blooming on the fall\/winter holidays. \u00a0So, for Thanksgiving, the below blooms are some bright spots that I\u2019m thankful for. The yellow snapdragon in the pot just outside the front door is still blooming a bit in … Continue reading Thanksgiving Blooms<\/span> <\/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><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n