The light is changing, evenings are cooler, and mid-September has arrived. The last of summer's blooms remain, as autumn's blooms begin to appear. Here's some of what's blooming in our garden this month.
Phlox paniculata 'David'
smooth blue aster
tall bellflower, blooming since May
impatiens in a hanging basket
Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima'
Hosta plantaginea 
purple oxalis
'Happy Returns' daylily with Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Hill'
Sedum 'Matrona'
Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'
Four-year-old pelargonium
Calamint
Echinacea 'Magnus' with noid phlox
Agastache 'Blue Fortune' still going strong, looking good
Lobelia siphilitica (Great blue lobelia)
Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed)
Echinacea 'purpurea'This has been the best year yet in our young garden, and it's still lush with bloom. That will be changing over the next few weeks as we move into fall. By this time next month we'll be at our first average frost date. Tender plants will be making the transition indoors as perennials wane. Moving and dividing will be in high gear in the next few weeks, as the garden gradually prepares for its winter slumber and life here transitions from chilling and grilling on the patio, open windows and summer breezes, to autumn leaves and warm wool sweaters.
Enjoy beautiful September and the last fleeting days of summer. Breathe in the last of summer's fragrant blooms. Let time stand still and enjoy each moment as beautiful autumn's refreshing breeze kisses summer's heat goodbye. Happy September Bloom Day.
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Your plants look very healthy and happy. Beautiful garden.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautifully written post. We woke to a chilly morning...dressing warm so we aren't tempted to turn the heat on. It will be in the 80's again soon. I'll enjoy Sept.too.
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Lovely plantings and I envy your lack of frost... we were at 33 degrees this a.m. and colder tonight, although the canopy will afford a lot of protection. Larry
ReplyDeleteHow lovely everything looks in your garden right now! LOVE the Echinacea 'purpurea'! Happy GBBD :)
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to the coolness of fall. Your blooms are lovely! Happy GBBD!
ReplyDeleteLovely blooms. I was only thinking today that I need to start moving tender plants indoors
ReplyDeleteGreat advice, Linda. Summer passed by so quickly, yet I was glad to see the end (I hope) of 90+ degree days. I'm really enjoying the cooler evenings and mornings of September. I'm amazed at some of the blooms you still have; my echinacea and rudbeckia, for example, are pretty well done for the year. But I'm most impressed by your four-year-old pelargonium: you are the guru of over-wintering!
ReplyDeleteI always cherish these blooms before the first frost...they are all so very precious!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers! Aren't tall bellflowers the best? I have white in my garden and they bloom for months. They're definitely one of my favorites
ReplyDeleteGlad to see your lobelia is doing so well! Happy Bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteHi Gardengirl
ReplyDeleteI love September! The light is so wonderful warm, as in your pictures. You still have many beautiful flowers in that time of the year. It looks lovely.
Have a nice Sunday!
Alex
Love your photos int he fading light. I did some similar pix a while back. It's interesting how white/light flowers really pop! Helenium is one of my favorite flowers. :)
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