5:07 am
7:09 am - Pontadera cordata in the pond
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7:10 am - Sanguisorba canadensis
7:11 am - Spartina pectinata 'Marginata'
7:11 am - Hydrangea quercifolia
7:11 am - Salix koriyanagi 'Rubikins' - these I coppice (cut to the ground) every spring - graceful, light-catching verticals
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7:13 am - Lobelia siphilitica
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7:15 am - Aster tartaricus 'Jin Dai'
7:20 am - Rudbeckia maxima seedpods
7:21 am - Silphium perfoliatum seed heads
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7:21 am - native aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) with Iris pseudacorus
7:22 am - New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
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7:29 am - toward the house, Eryngium yuccafolium seed heads in foreground
7:29 am - Molinia caerulea 'Skyracer'
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I really do like the 'naturalness' of your garden, James, however much what you've planted is indigenous, and however much, exotic. Its autumn 'dying' is very garceful indeed, and if that aspect wasn't taken to be part of the whole, you'd have something artificial. Gardening can teach you to let go, as much as it can teach you to embrace, perhaps the two most significant opposing forces in which we are embedded.
ReplyDeleteThe dying-off aspect of autumn actually has a beautiful 'devolving' character to it, as much as the jubilant nature of spring has something fraught about it
Lovely evocative photos, they give a real sense of place.
ReplyDeleteI always like the pictures from your garden, but I ABSOLUTELY love the first one, it's so much light in it. Great!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes from Austria,
Katrin
patientgarderen, thanks for the comment. I know the term is overused, but my garden doesn't make "sense" out of the context of its place. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThank you Katrin. I see some quite similar photos on your blog!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I like the stone wall by the way.
ReplyDeleteInteresting colours in the bracket fungus.
You have the precision of NASA with the timing countdown, ha.
That fungus is pretty, isn't it. Wish I knew more about them. The countdown was just curiosity. I found it interesting that the pics were taken in such short order (apart from the sunrise one).
ReplyDeleteI really like that willow, and it photographs well too. In fact, all the photos are nice. Perhaps you have been enjoying the same spate of weather we have seen recently. Clear blue skies, temps in the 70's and this has gone on for a week now. Tomorrow, however, something wet is moving up from the south.
ReplyDeleteThat willow works best cut every year. Some others of the same I haven't cut for 5 years and they're not nearly as nice. If I cut them, I should really learn to make something with the whips--so long and flexible. We've had the same sunny, mild days for almost a week. What a change!
ReplyDeleteMorning light is pure magic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, James! I'm still waiting for a sunny day to get out and finish some bulb-planting/general cleanup...hasn't stopped raining since I got back from Nebraska! Love that first shot of the backlit grasses, so stunning and evocative of fall. The Salix koriyanagi is new to me...love that delicate texture, especially in a plant of that stature. As always, totally jealous of all our space :-)
ReplyDeleteHi, Scott - that Salix is available from Bluestem Nursery in British Columbia, a good place. I haven't ordered bulbs yet ... a little behind.
ReplyDeleteJennifer, thanks for visiting.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post - nice idea, the countdown. The pretty fungus is a turkey tail, Trametes versicolor...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the name of the fungus. I hope some day to learn the world of fungi, perhaps to be able to forage for edible ones in the woods.
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