Well friends I have turned the corner and have said a proper goodbye to summer with the last rose bokay I picked this week. I am embracing the fall beauty around me!
Side Note: One garden friend on seeing my recent bokay asked if I should be still cutting my roses. She has heard me say on more than one occasion that we should stop deadheading our roses several weeks before the first frost to encourage them to begin to make hips (seeds) and go to sleep in protection of the cold to come. That is true. However, once a week I do scour the garden of nearly 200 roses to find the best of the best. My Cherry Parfait rose had about 25 blooms and 15 or so buds and I just picked one. So I do limit my cutting during this time! (But, it’s super hard to do so.) I’m so glad she asked!
WHAT I’M LOVING…
The most beautiful thing right now is the Heavenly Blue Morning Glory vine… that has completely invaded the Potting Shed’s personal space.
Morning Glories (Ipomoea) are natives albeit “very happy overachieving natives” who can spread their beauty around in ways that look like an invasive! 😳 Their ability to self seed gets them into trouble!
Yes, it is heavenly!
Bees love, birds love, butterflies love and even my camera lens loves these amazing blooms. A fall highlight!
NOT SO HEAVENLY
A morning glory family member, Bind Weed, is a much more aggressive plant and drives our farmers crazy. Do do check your variety and your local cooperative extension for information on growing any of these vines in your area.
Birds do contribute to the problem! As I mentioned in a previous post. I have a very healthy vine of Grandpa Ott blooming this year and I have not planted that variety for many, many years! I suspect some little bird left me a present.
POTTING SHED PUTTERINGS…
Hudson’s African Violet is still going strong and has been blooming for several weeks. Cooper’s African Violet is smaller but it’s on the verge of another bloom cycle too. (Both started from a single leaf.)
Still haven’t potted my roses. Maybe tomorrow! 🤦♀️ But we have new tiny leaves.
And, I bought one new plant ….. a cute little peperomia.
And lastly, this beauty is bringing me all kinds of happy — but alas I can’t remember her name. Do you know it???
I think the plant is Moses in the Cradle. I have one also.
Helen
Thank you Helen. I’ll check it out!!
Your grandsons are just handsome and adorable (baby). You and your husband are very blessed! We are having gorgeous weather here in VA. My Heirloom (lilac color) and my First Crush roses are large, scented, and utterly beautiful. And I am still picking cherry tomatoes from my garden, too. We have had lots of rain recently. I love white roses, and they are still blooming. So pretty at night. Your bokay is beautiful.
Re: The photo next to the last one – Is that a Peperomia clusiifolia Jelly with a Jade plant behind it?
It is peperomia obtusifolia variegated
That is impressive for an annual ‘Heavenly Blue’ morning glory! It looks like the perennial blue dawn flower (morning glory). The annual sorts really do not do well for us. I do not think they like the minimal humidity.