| September 25, 2025:Still blooms,Rain!,Frost,Beauty in the fall,Dante gets wet |
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We still have daylilies blooming! They look a bit bedraggled as we’ve had a frost and strong rain. But they’re still blooming along. I expect bloom into October.
But once we get hard frosts, that seems to really do in any developing buds.
I’m done shipping for the season. But I’ll be working on inventory in a bit and that will include daylily Naming opportunities!
If you have questions, feel free to email me
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| We’ve had (and are still having) some glorious rain. It’s that nice long slow rain that doesn’t cause any flooding trouble and gives the ground a nice soaking.
We’ve really been in a severe drought with no rain for all of September up to this point. and I think that we still haven’t recharged the groundwater supply.
But it’s still wonderful!
My Nasturtiums are still growing fine and beautifully collect rain drops! |
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| We did get a frost, not a super heavy one, but enough to do in the Basil. I always consider Basil to be the Frost “Canary in a Cold Mine” plant. If there’s any frost Basil will be affected. In fact I use Basil to gauge how bad a frost. This was a wide spread frost, as the Basil is killed to the ground. Sometimes just light frost hits the Basil and only the top leaves are affected. Not so in this case.
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The Canna Lilies, while frosted they weren’t completely or severely frosted, and so I know it wasn’t too bad a frost. Eventually the Canna leaves will be killed to the ground in a mushy mess. That’s when I’ll dig the tubers for storage. Being in the ground insulates them from the cold, so they will be OK.
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I suspected the frost to be on the lighter side and so I put my overhead sprinkler on one of my Zinnia patches. The water in the air and on the leaves was enough to prevent any frost from affecting them.
The first picture is of a Zinnia bed that I didn’t water, now nothing but brown and withering plants. The second picture is of the watered bed, growing and blooming fine. |
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| My Marigolds were of course frosted, but interestingly a portion in the center was not. This is an example of a “micro-climate”. In this case a warm or protected spot. I’m not sure why it didn’t frost, possibly because it was in the center of the patch and thus protected on all sides. However, there is a tall Cosmos growing over that spot as well and that might have acted as a “blanket”. |
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| This is of course the time of yellowing leaves. I actually love the color patterns that can emerge from the yellowing and die back of plants. Here a Hosta makes a wonderful tapestry of greens, yellows and browns.
My suggestion, enjoy what you see, each facet of growth and dieback has beauty! |
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| Dante is still insistent about going out, even in the rain. I figure wet days are perfect as he doesn’t want to stay out long.
And then he needs a nice warm comfortable lap to sleep on! |
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