Welcome to the Squirrelhaven edition of Foliage Followup, the once a month showcase of all things foliage suggested by Pam at Digging. The festival of fall foliage is coming to an end, which means the most intense colors right now, such as the bright red of the Penstemon 'Dark Towers' pictured above with an edge of frost.
Most of the woody plants are blown but those still waving their flags are zingers.
Cornus kousa possibly 'Beni Fuji'
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| Paeonia suffruticosa 'Ofuji-nishiki' |
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| dark-leaved smokebush |
Believe it or not, this is a Forsythia.
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On fire is the best way to describe the fall foliage of the former smooth aster 'Bluebird'.
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| Symphyotrichum laeve 'Bluebird' |
While I'm drawn to the autumn reds,
this Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa has shades of pink as well.
Of course red and yellow together are even better.
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| Aquilegia vulgaris seedling |
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| Geum triflorum |
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides and Bergenia cordifolia 'Bressingham White'
And then there are the yellows:
You don't hear much about the fall color of the native wild ginger, Asarum canadense. There are pools of gold across the woodland garden now.
Can you name the following plant?
Here's a hint, it grows in full sun and has blue flowers.*
Hylotelephium 'Becka' is surrounded by the fallen beauty of the smokebush and the maple from across the street.
These plants were lost under a Symphyotrichum oblongifolius until I cut it back.
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Little bluestem 'Carousel' (also a free trial plant), seems to float in a sea of maple leaves.
The foliage of the Baptisia is still green, while the grass provides the color.
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee', Viola labradorica, and Heuchera 'Lime Rickey
I failed to include this Geranium nodosum 'Svelte Lilac' in my post about Geraniums' fall foliage.
There are other plants showing their fall foliage colors, but I'm out of time and out of room. I hope you enjoyed the show.
*The mystery plant is Dracocephalum 'Fuji Blue'.
11 comments:
Beautiful fall colors here...love the frost tips. Snuggling in for their winters nap.
I did... enjoy your show. I love Autumn.♥
Zing! I love your fall color at Squirrelhaven.
I enjoyed seeing all the colors of your foliage, both old and new. I have some new growth coming up, too. I didn't think to take photos of that for bloom day.
My baptisia is dark colored. I don't remember if it has gotten dark like that in other years.
I forgot to say something about that fat lady getting ready to sing. I am not looking forward to that. I do hope to go into spring with an uncluttered house so I can focus on gardening next spring and summer.
I am surprised that your Baptisia is still green. The one in my garden has long been colorless. It is the native tall variety though. I like your short one.
Lovely photographs--a lot of shade plants which is what I am interested in. I don't see a place to subsribe to your blog by email. I am new and may have missed it. Carolyn
My Asarum canadense doesn't get that great shade of yellow...or at least it didn't earlier, it's pretty much covered by leaves now. You've got lots of great color going into winter! (And yes, I would love some 'Sheffield'!)
Definitely colorful out there!! :-) I'm ready to "call it quits" for awhile. We're getting ready for our two families to be here this weekend - for a few days!! Lots of dust flying indoors! ha.
Utterly glorious - who needs flowers!
My goodness, MMD, you have quite a show of beautiful foliage here. I think you're right I need some geraniums to add some color to the shade garden. I did plant a new dwarf forsythia that has some intriguing fall color--definitely a bonus to a plant that usually looks good only in the spring. Oh dear, did sedum get a new name?? I'm still learning the original botanical names:)
I love all the rich warm tones of the leaves in this set of photographs. My favorite is the forsythia- I just love the deep purply brown with the gold in the background.
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