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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

September Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!

When I started thinking about September Bloom Day I thought I wouldn't have much to take pictures of.  I still see lots in bloom, but many have been blooming for quite awhile now and are beginning to look a bit tired or faded.  I did manage to find some that are in their prime now and adding some  nice fall color to the garden.

Sedum 'Autumn Joy' which seems to blooming in almost every garden I pass right now.

Japanese Anemones are just starting.  They really are not tall this year.  They are spreading like crazy, maybe that's where all their energy went.

Asters 'Monch' are full of flowers.

Rose 'Gertrude Jekyll' surprised me with this bloom.  After I made her a special bed the weather got very hot and dry and the rose wasn't looking good at all, I was a little worried.  But since the recent rain and cooler weather she seems to be bouncing back, a couple of more buds are forming too.

Mums in a planter.

A Monarda that I found under an overgrown daylily.  It also surprised me with a bloom.  It was just foliage when I discovered it a few weeks ago.

Sunflower 'Lemon Queen' from seeds we saved last year.

Sunflowers 'Mammoth' are blooming all over the yard.

Zinnias continue to put out new blooms.  This is 'Apricot Blush'.

Cosmos 'Bright Lights' are huge and covered in flowers.  They are more bright orange than most flowers I would normally plant.  The seeds were free and so I just sprinkled them around, never guessing they would be so big.

Cimicifuga 'Atropurpurea' is finally getting established enough to get tall and lots of blooms.  It is supposed to repel bugs, and is sometimes called Bugbane, but it really has a very nice fragrance.  The foliage is a purplish color.

 Carol at May Dreams Gardens hosts Garden Bloggers Bloom Day the 15th of every month.  Visit her to join in or see other blooms around the world.
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33 comments:

  1. The 'Lemon Queen' seeds you saved from last year, were they taken from a plant growing in your garden with other different types of sunflower? Or did you just have Lemon Queen?

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  2. Chuck - Good question. I'm pretty sure it was just Lemon Queen in the area that they were in, but I honestly don't remember. These are smaller flowers than I had last year, but I thought it might be because they are growing in the shade of 'Mammoth'.

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  3. Hi Catherine, these blooms are wonderful examples of the beauty of fall. Monck is one of the best asters, too, so sad that it is sterile so cannot seed about. Your sunflowers are the prettiest things ever! Mammoth looks positively behemoth! :-)
    Frances

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  4. Hi Catherine. Your September Sedums are fantastic. So lively and graceful. Your Asters are a real pleasure.

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  5. You always have such beautiful flowers and great photos of them!
    Happy GBBD!

    Hope you have a great fall season,

    -Cathy

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  6. Your sedums look very picturesque against that blue fence. And all the compositae look very well composed. Are the mums really that shade? It's a red I've never seen in real life, but would snap it up if I did.

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  7. Gosh, how did you get your pictures so big? They look fabulous. Love the sedum in front of the blue wall.

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  8. Such a gathering of Autumn color. The anemone looks so delicate and beautiful. I love the close-ups of the sunflowers.

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  9. Gorgeous blooms, I love the color of the mum.

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  10. I love your Japanese Anemone - that color is awesome! 'Gertrude Jekyll' is such a beautiful Rose, I can just imagine how wonderful it smells.

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  11. Okay....I want a blue fence like yours. I think anything planted in front of it will look gorgeous. As usual, your blooms are some of the best.

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  12. Thank you for the beautiful photos to brighten my rainy Tuesday Catherine! I love the asters especially.

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  13. I love that blue behind the sedum too ~ is it your house or a fence? Really makes that photo "pop!" All your blooms and photos are gorgeous today. I just love how large the photos are ~ you get such a good look at everything. Happy bloom day Catherine!

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  14. My orange cosmos Bright Lights are very small and tidy, isn't that strange? I didn't plant any this year, just let them reseed themselves.

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  15. As usual you have beautiful blooms and I enjoy seeing the pictures you take of them. I reall loved the picture of your mum.

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  16. Helen - Those mums are pretty close to that color, maybe not quite that red, but pretty close.

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  17. Tina - I changed something in the html before I publish. I can send you the info if you would like.

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  18. Wow! What beautiful flowers you have! I planted cimifuga this Spring, but I see I neglected to record it in my little book! I'm pretty sure it's not the same variety that you have, but I wish it would hurry and bloom! It's seeming ready! :-)

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  19. I was typing along to you and heard a boom of thunder which scared the ba-gee-bees out of me. I wasn't even expecting a storm.

    I was studying that seed pattern on your sunflower and marveling at how good the picture quality is. I'm forever looking at flower patterns do you?

    Your garden is very pretty.

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  20. Thank you for your beautiful pictures. I am continually amazed at the beauty of your garden. What are you doing to prepare for fall?

    Laura

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  21. Catherine, did I tell you I am from Chehalis? TY for popping over. TTFN ~ Marydon

    my email ~ blushing_rose_boutique@yahoo.com

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  22. Everything is so gorgeous. The Monarda is especially pretty and it's on my list but I never see it when I go to the nursery. Love the Cimicifuga 'Atropurpurea' - is that beautiful or what?

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  23. So many beautiful flowers Catherine. It made me so happy to see them.

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  24. I'm not a big mum fan but the one you pictured is pretty. Like the asters, they remind me of fall.

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  25. Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for the sweet comments. Marydon has been a huge help and I still have so much to learn! OMG all of your flowers are stunning! And the sunflower ~ WOW!
    Gail

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  26. Soooo pretty! All of these flowers blooming so late in Autumn is so nice. I hardly have anything left but Sedums.

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  27. I love your asters and sunflowers, especially the Mammoth. The picture of the Mammoth is amazing. I keep seeing pictures of Cimicifuga and hearing about the fragrance -- it looks like a really nice plant.

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  28. Stunning photographs...! How do you manage these visuals each time? What colors!! Beautiful!

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  29. I think your photos are just so beautiful....I am falling in love with those asters!!!! what a perfect shade of periwinkle!

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  30. Your Sedum is so pretty. The deers ate my variegated one. Nasty varmints.
    Your anemone is such a pretty one. Maybe the dry weather kept it shorter this year.
    Just look at the pretty foliage around the bloom of your Monarda.The ting of pink is so lovely.

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  31. Your fall blooms are bright and pretty. I love to watch the bees enjoying the Sedums.
    Aren't those orange Cosmos a standout? I don't plant much orange, but those are so lovely, and easy to grow too. I'm going to plant more of their seeds next year.
    I love the color of your J. Anemone.
    The photo of your littlest gardener is precious :) Happy birthday to her!

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  32. Sorry I'm late to the show. We had server issues for two days.

    We think of Zinnias as summer annuals. I think they should be reclassified as fall annuals. My summer zinnias are toast; the late planted are just coming into glorious bloom. Your zinnia is a beauty, such a luscious color.

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