End of Summer Blossoms: Perennial Edition
Last time I showed you what was blooming in the vegetable garden. Of course, they are many other flowers around our house that are unrelated to eventual eating. Here's what's opened up in the perennial border: The Dublin Bay climbing roses I put in early in the summer are still way too small to require a trellis, but they have put out some fall blooms. This is a bloom of the hardy geraniums I got at half off at the beginning of August. They managed to survive their root-bound state and less-than-optimal planting time. The leaves are supposed to be brilliant red in the fall, so that is another thing to look forward to. Echinacea blooms. These are also doing well for having been planted in August, and for having been purchased from the Home Depot , of all places. I'm not deadheading these as the blooms fade so I can see if the seed heads last in an interesting way through the fall and winter. These are along the driveway, and that's a spot where winter in...