Parthenocissus in autumn colors. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
Autumn equinox has passed and it is getting darker and darker and darker… and colder and wetter too.
Plants and trees are starting to get their autumn colors. Beautiful, but I prefer summer…
Sunflower. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The one and only sunflower that I kept is in full bloom. It is an odd kind with several flowers on the same stem. The birds planted it.
Autumnflowers. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The flowers in the flowerbeds are starting to look a bit tired. Some bloom their best in the autumn, and others are on their last legs and almost dead. The red pelargonias along the fence of the patio are still alive, but they do look tired.
Echinacea. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The echinacea is almost done for the season. This (above) is how they looked on September 24th, 2018. The seed-balls are hard, thorny ones until they are ready to let loose their seeds.
Vicious fly. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
Some vicious flies that bite have appeared like the one above (called “broms” in Swedish, unable to find the english name for it). There haven’t been much flies this warm and sunny summer but they have come now. Some days the air is full of the small ones, and in the afternoon the regular house-flies often sneak in if the door is open. As weather is getting colder, door isn’t open as much as it has been though.
Rudbeckia fulgida. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The rudbeckia fulgida (above) has been in bloom for several weeks already. It is an autumnflower, but it started to bloom early this year. Fortunately it still blooms now after several weeks.
Japanese anemone. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The double japanese anemone is taller than ever and have a lot more flowers than previous years. I had a regular one here as well, with simple flowers, but it has disappeared. My neighbours regular japanese anemone is still alive and in bloom though (below) in our joint flowerbed by the parking.
Japanese anemone. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
Orpine. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The orpines (kärleksört in Swedish) is larger, redder and wider than ever. It has really loved the warm and sunny summer it seems. Soom years the flowers have almost not had time to bloom before the real autumn weather started. But this year …
The newest flowerbed. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The newest orpine, which we moved from flowerbed one to the newly redone one, is alos in full bloom. And also large. That’s why we moved it to here (above) as it was a bit crowded in its original location.
Rhubarb in flowerbed two. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The rhubarb, which didn’t like its location in the box, has finally been moved to flowerbed two. What was there is now in the redone flowerbed. We hope the rhubarb will like it better her. Not as much sun as in the previous location. Maybe better to be directly in the earth. We will see in spring how it works out. It has company of 2 tulipbulbs and one allium in this flowerbed. No point in putting anything else in here as long as we don’t know how the rhubarb will grow. Or not.
Oregano. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
In the box where the rhubarb used to live, there are now six plants of oregano. Five of them have lived in pots on my patio, and one in the other box. I have harvested these plants and am drying the oregano indoors now. The plants are in the box just over the winter and we will see how many of them survived. If they do, I will move them to elsewhere.
Giant verbena with bumblebee. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
I have one giant verbena which planted itself from last years verbenas. The bumblebees love it. This one hung there for a couple of hours before moving on. There are still some bumblebees around, but most of them have disappeared by now. Normally we have a lot of bumblebees around as we have the kind of flowers that they love.
Japanese forget-me-not. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
A new acquaintance in the garden is the Japanese forget-me-not. Sown by the birds. Asked in one of my FaceBook groups what it was and got the name Japanese forget-me-not. Very nice flower. Got two plants of them. Letting them bloom and spread as they want in the hope that they will reappear next year.
The garden, 24th September, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The grass is green again after having been yellowish-brown the entire summer. As soon as the rains started again after a brake of several months, the grass came to life again. But now autumn is here and the garden is loosing its colors. The grapes are harvested (and eaten). We presently have one poppy there in the picture above.
Poppy, September 24th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
This is probably the last of the big poppies for this season. A bit late in the season for insects to find it so there can be seeds.
Mushrooms in the grass. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
Talking about the grass… After the last heavy rain, suddenly the grass was full of these tiny mushrooms. They grow in the grass in a quite large area approximately where the roots of the former mirabelle tree once were. Yesterday I ran them over with the mover, but some still remain.
The larkspur is blooming for the second time. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The larkspur suddenly re-started and is blooming for the second time this year.
Helenium Moerheim Beauty. Photo: ©nini.tjader.20118
The Helenium Moerheim Beauty has been in bloom the entire summer and restarted with new flowers a couple of times. I let the seeds fall off it in the hope that it should spread. So far it has only spread at the foot of the original plant and not from the seeds. I’ve had it for some years by now. I love these flowers. And so do the bumble-bees.
Honeysuckle. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The two old honeysuckles (which started their life on the balcony of my previous flat) have got autumn-colors. At the same time they both also have flowers for the second time this year. That is not unusual. They usually bloom twice a year. I had a third honeysuckle, a yellow one, by the patio, but that one died in early summer after having had troubles for along time. So I cut it down. When all the leaves and plants are gone for the season I will look for it. It used to grow there behind the orpines… (picture below).
Greenery at the entrance from the garden, September 24th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
Due to some strong winds and stormy weather lately I’ve just started to move the pelargonias and the figtrees indoors. How much of them I will keep I’ve not decided yet. It is time now to move them indoors. Nights have become colder. It was close to zero centigrades the night before yesterday.
Autumn equinox has passed (on Sunday last). Autumn is here. Soon there will be no greenery outside. The light is disappearing and the season is getting darker and darker. I much prefer summertime… I already long for next summer…
Plants. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
Like this:
Like Loading...
Recent Comments