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What's blooming in October?
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Posted by motria z5 Chicago (My Page) on Tue, Oct 4, 05 at 0:39
| Just thought I'd ask before the cold weather swoops in.
Toad lillies, japanese anemones, and my token mum are just starting to open up. Asters are in full bloom (Prof. Kippinger and Purple Dome) and the following are still hanging on: tall phlox, speedwell, geranium 'rozanne', and balloon flowers. My garden highlight is dahlia 'bishop's children' - only one made it through the drought and is now putting on a bunch of burgundy flowers. |
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RE: What's blooming in October?
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-Geranium 'Rozanne'since June
-Aster 'Moench' - been blooming since July
-Aster Bluebird
-Aster 'October Skies'
-Aster - several unknown
-Colchicum
-Fall Crocus
-Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
-Helianthus maximilliani
-Roses
-Dahlias
-Lamium maculatum
-Rudbeckia hirta
-Rudbeckia triloba - tired looking now
-Caryopteris 'Worcester Gold' - still some left
-Phlox 'Little Boy'
-Mums
-Honeysuckle
-Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' - the seedheads looking very good
-Viburnum opulus 'Compactum' - bright red berries
-Geranium - perennials - a few flowers here and there
-Clematis jacmanii, violacea
-Canna finally bloomed a couple weeks ago. Hostas & shrubs look great - the Dogwood stems are getting deeper now. Yucca has been looking good all season. The 'Goldsword' is beautiful right now. Dwarf conifers are at their best coloring. And I am stuffing 2300+ more bulbs in my garden. :-D |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| My favorite time of the yr.! (except for the knowledge that winter is on its way :) Blooming here, in no part. order- Agastache rupestris & foeniculum
Chelone
Russian Sage
Delosperma cooperi
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Asters Purple Dome, Monch, Woods Blue, Prince, Bluebird
Knockout Roses
Caryopteris Dark Knight
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Gaura
Anemone Robustissima
Geranium Rozanne
Eupatorium coelestinum
Eupatorium Chocolate
Eupatorium Gateway (winding down)
Rudbeckia Herbstsonne
Echinacea, few stragglers
Buddleia Nanho Purple & Royal Red
Coreopsis Creme Brulee
Canna
Tender Salvias guaranitica, Indigo Spires, leucantha
Salvia nemorosa
Sedum Matrona
Nepeta Walkers Low & Six Hills Giant
Helenium Mardi Gras (winding down)
Solidago Fireworks
Fallopia japonica Variegata
Dianthus, unknown
Verbena Homestead Purple
Boltonia
Verbena bonariensis
Ornamental Grasses, many (LOVE them!)
Various annuals still going strong Yet to bloom- Autumn Crocus, Allium Ozawa & some very late planted Gladiolas |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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Aster "purple dome"
Big Leaf Aster
White Woodland Aster
New England Aster
Bottlebrush Grass
Zigzag Goldenrod (almost done)
Blue Stem Goldenrod
Boltonia
Peach Leaf Bellflower "Telham Beauty"
Mistflower (eupatorium coelestinum)
Anise Hyssop (going to seed now)
White Snakeroot 2300 bulbs??? I was proud of myself for my 10 alliums, 100 daffs, and 80 tulips this fall. Seems I need to aim higher. |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| All my Hydrangeas are still blooming, colors have pinkened all the way. I usually have a late resurgence this time of year with my perennials - not yet. Hardy Fuschia looks best it has. Annuals still Ok |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| Hi. I'm new to this forum. After spending a year in the southern US we are back home in Ohio. We live in a very tiny town right in the middle of the state. Since we moved the last week of June it was July until I was able to do anything about gardening. I'm ecstatic to have a variety of sunflowers, calendula, roses and cosmos blooming away. I realize their days are numbered (we're supposed to have a frost by Friday) but I'm basking in their glory for the meantime. I'm going to try to cover them. Wish me luck. Grimmy |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| In my Kansas City area garden: Blue Mist Shrub "Worchester Gold"
Butterfly Bush, 'Black Knight'
Chrysanthemum,
Cornflower, Blue
Daylily, 'Stella'
Gaura, 'Whirling Butterflies'
Geranium, 'Rozanne'
Hosta, 'August Moon'
Hosta, 'June'
Hosta, 'Stained Glass'
Hosta, 'Stilleto'
Hydrangea 'Endless Summer'
Hydrangea 'Lady in Red'
Red Mexican Hat
Rose, Carefree Delight
Rose, 'Double Knock Out' Shrub
Rose, Knock Out Shrub
Toad Lily, 'Moonlight'
Virginia Spiderwort "Sweet Kate" |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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After a hard frost ...Happy Halloween!
From my Illinois garden
salvia victoria (A)
mum
aster
'chocolate' eupatorium
asarina (A)- yeah, I can't believe it either
ornithogalum saundersaie- unbelievable!
honeysuckle
marigolds (A)
allium ozawaka (or something like that) and the lovely...
delphinium- pacific giants Karen |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| There is so much blooming around me right now. My neighbor has tons of roses that are going strong, cannas and too many other things I don't know the names of. In my yard the only thing still blooming is the nearly wild rose bushes. But then again I only have two things that bloom. LOL. |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| Iris! Have heard they sometimes have a second bloom in fall, but it's a first for me! |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| Iris! Have heard of them going into a second bloom in fall, but it's a first for me! |
RE: What's blooming in October?
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| Roses: National Parks, Tuscan Sun, Disneyland, Betty Prior, Bonica. Country Dancer is filled with buds, hoping that she has a chance to put on a show. This next week is supposed to be unseasonably warm, there's a good chance of this. I also have a cutting of an unknown rose from home that is trying to do it too. Few sporadic blooms from Distant Drums and Double Delight. Others: Toad lily, salvia, yellow laterna. All blooming bigtime. |
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