Garden Journal
Hardy mums still hanging in there
even after overnight freezing temps.
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Spent a few hours this morning reorganizing craft supplies in the basement
which was good and useful, but also a lot of basement time, with more to come. Taking a lunch break now, so you get some pretty flower photos before I head back down there. Thanksgiving cactus in full bloom. Is it worth them being sort of boring for eleven months of the year to have
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Um
Mary Anne, maybe you should close the writing shed doors and windows in autumn, if you don’t want to have to sweep it out every time you want to work there. (On the plus side, it was PERFECT outdoor raking / sweeping weather yesterday.)
This common mallow
(malva neglecta), growing in a sunny, sheltered spot, seems to think it’s still the middle of summer.
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A native flower hanging on.
A few last blooms of purple poppy mallow. This one is such a do-er in my garden; it just keeps going and going, and slowly spreads. Takes a little patience to get it established, but very rewarding.
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Usually once we hit first frost and the dahlias blacken
we’re done with flowers outside until March, but we’re having a last lingering warm week now, and some of the perennials just keep going. Groundcover rose “Lovely Fairy.” New in my garden this year.
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