We all cleaned up from last week's storm, and the warm weather returned. I'm still in denial about the upcoming winter. Here's some of what I came across:
In College Terrace:
white-berried nandina,
fallen camellia petals,
and impatiens still blooming like crazy.
I also found the last of fall's harvest: cherry tomatoes, colorful squash, and green gourds. And gourds weren't the only things drying out.
Around town:
clethra with yellow-edged leaves.
In my yard: cranefly orchids are putting out their winter leaves.
I've heard of Christmas cactus before, but not Thanksgiving cactus. This was at the William & Mary greenhouse. In CW:
flourescent fothergilla,
winter vegetables,
and pomegranate. I didn't realize it had such nice fall color.
Love the gloves on the fence. With the way the weather has been, wonder if they ever dried? Beautiful fall foliage colors. Is that Clethra a variegated foliage specimen or is it yellowing as the fall season progresses?
My grandmother gave me both a Christmas and Thanksgiving cactus. Have had lots of luck with the Thanksgiving one. It's coincidentally blooming now as well.
I'm a landscape architect in Williamsburg, Virginia. I'm a graduate of the University of Virginia and currently employed with Hertzler & George. I'm also President of the John Clayton Chapter of the Virgina Native Plant Society.
-Phillip Merritt
9 comments:
Like the flavor of fall in your pictures! Looks like those veggies need a little harvesting! Lucky you.
Beautiful plants and photos. I didn't know that pomegranate had that kind of fall color. I have a small one but I haven't noticed the color lately.
Yes, this was the fall I learned to like Pomegranate foliage and Aralia spinosa fruit and foliage.
Thanks for the comments!
Love the gloves on the fence. With the way the weather has been, wonder if they ever dried? Beautiful fall foliage colors. Is that Clethra a variegated foliage specimen or is it yellowing as the fall season progresses?
Janet, it's not variegated, that's just the way the fall color was developing.
thanks!
Mother nature was mean to those camillias! Beautiful photos.
I'm headed back to see about that orchid, thanks for the link!
My grandmother gave me both a Christmas and Thanksgiving cactus. Have had lots of luck with the Thanksgiving one. It's coincidentally blooming now as well.
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