Bees on nameless aster |
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I don't need to look back at past bloom day posts to know this is one of the best growing seasons we've had in some time.
I know it, the flowers know it, the lawn knows it and the bees and butterflies know it. We've been blessed with rain throughout the summer and the fall garden has never looked so fresh.
When it comes to September blooms, I learned along the way that we must choose late blooming plants on purpose if we are to have new blooms this time of year.
Otherwise we have to make do with floral flotsam left over from summer.
Here in my garden, the first of the asters, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, are beginning to bloom. (Let's call them asters even though the botanists changed their name. Okay?)
The aster above is a nameless passalong just beginning to bloom. Behind it, are even more passalong asters which won't really reach peak bloom until the end of the month, around the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel.
Michaelmas daisies are just beginning to bloom |
Their bloom time is one of the reasons some gardeners call them Michaelmas daisies. Once their flowers open, bees and butterflies will flock to the blooms grabbing all the pollen they can before the first frost.
On the other side of the garden, another aster, 'Alma Potschke' is in full bloom.
Aster 'Alma Potschke' |
Aster 'Purple Dome with Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' |
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' |
Seating in the garden |
Instead, let's go up to the patio and look across the garden and admire all the green.
Green as green gets in September |
What's blooming in your garden on this lovely day in mid-September? Join us for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and share with us what's blooming in your garden.
It's easy to participate. Post on your blog about your blooms on the 15th of the month, then leave a comment below to tell us about your blooms and add a link on the Mr. Linky widget so we can find you. If you have any problems with the links or commenting, shoot me an email, and I'll help however I can.
As Elizabeth Lawrence once wrote, "We can have flowers nearly every month of the year."
Comments
Marian
Those sedums are stunning, too!
Here's to a lovely start to the Fall season. Thank you for hosting Bloom Day!
Thanks for hosting the monthly celebration.
I would sit with you in those chairs, and I'm sure it would be lovely among the butterflies and the bees. :)
Thank you once again for hosting GBBD
Actually, the holdovers seem to dominate in our yard. Some of those flowers just keep going...
I hope to be able to share some of my floral photography soon. I have a page on my site that you can use to share your home url (rather than that of an individual post). You can share it so that folks will be able to find you each week.
Take care, and have a great week!
Sue
A late GBBD entry from me - it went up on the 15th, but I was away at the time, so popped in as soon as I got home to add my post to your list.
I loved all your photos and the color of the pink aster is amazing! I'm going to look for that one.
Thanks for hosting the monthly Garden Bloggers'Bloom Day. It's nice that we're able to see what blooming in other parts of the country/world at the same time.
Your photos were beautiful and I love all your asters. I'm going to see if I can find the Alma Potschke. That one is awesome.