Beyond the garden gate lies a world of secret beauty and passionate obsession.
Another fall favorite autumn crocus….
The turning foliage of Hamamelis Diane, (witch hazel), Acer circinatuma (native vine maple), and Rosa Rugosa from a different angle.
The decks boxes still look pretty and I haven’t had the heart to clean them out and plant winter pretties.
Cyclamen persicum a carefree, slowly increasing autumn beauty.
Japanese anemones in wither white or pink shades grace most of the borders, because I’m weak-willed they have a long season of bloom, usually July to November, offer lovely grace notes. Their only fault is too much enthusiasm, spreading a tad too exuberantly. The alba version is more restrained, but it’s hard to resist the pretty pink.
The turning leaves of a Japanese tree peony, Hamamelis, Diane (witch hazel), and Acer circinatuma (native vine maple).
As the excesses of summer are cut back the garden’s bones, like these native granite rocks emerge. Variagated dwarf holly to the left of the rocks are actually Osmanthus hetrophyllus. The sedge is a unnamed volunteer, that seeds it self here and there.
Erica carnea, Porter’s Red, a favorite heather begins blooming in January, but these baby heathers already looks good nestled in front of the dwarf blue fescue and tolerating the naturalized columbine.
Just for fun, here’s last year’s view of the same corner, sans heathers (added this past spring) but with a wider angle and better lighting for the pretty blue fescue.
Choisya ternata Sundance is just getting ready for its second season of fragrant blooms.
Purple dome asters are the last blooms of the year in the purple haze section the mixed border.
