September Garden

We're home from our getaway and I'll tell you more about that tomorrow, but Fall is now officially here.  That means our flowers are rapidly fading, things are starting to look kind of dry and brown.  However, a few things are getting a little Fall color. Before it's all gone, I thought I'd show you what the yard is looking like right now.

On the side of the garage, these hosta are getting a little bedraggled and yellow.

Things are doing ok in the wooded area on the side of the house.

This is our hydrangea tree and it's loaded with big flowers this year.  The leaves are starting to change.

This is one of the blooms.  They turn from kind of a lime green to a antique rose color, and will often hang on through the winter.

There's just a few flowers left on our spirea bush.  I thought this two toned one was so pretty!

Here's part of our back yard.  You can see there's still a little color back there!

The purple you saw in the yard shot is this plant.  It's call Fall crocus.  It comes up with green shoots in the Spring and then dies back.  We see nothing all Summer, then all of a sudden these purple flowers pop up and give a splash of color for the Fall.

The sedum is turning pink too.  In a few weeks it will be dark red.

We've got a few coneflowers still blooming.

Our roses started blooming again! They took a short break, but look at those flowers.

The purple phlox are nearly gone.

I don't think I've ever shown you this part of the yard.  It's in the back, behind the flower beds and bushes. Bob has a trail back here and last Spring he planted wild flower seeds here.  It's been fun to watch them, and this is what's left in September.

The flowers may be going away, but the acorns are increasing!  This is a picture Bob took on the drive to his woodshop. Look at all those acorns!   They are falling from our oak trees like crazy.  Sometimes we think the squirrels are throwing them at our house, because they hit so hard.  It looks like the acorn harvest will be plentiful and the squirrels will be happy.  And on that note - Welcome Fall!