Minnesota has experienced an extended Indian summer this year, with nearly two weeks of 70-plus degree temperatures and sunny skies. Since forecasters are predicting a snowy, tough winter, enjoy these October blooms while you can! As a result of the warm temperatures, some of perennials and annuals are still looking great. Here are October blooms I’m especially pleased to see….
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A week ago, I visited my oldest daughter who is working in Washington, D.C. We had a great time, but because she had to work two of the days I was there, I had a chance to visit some gardens in Washington, D.C., on my own. I lived in D.C. for three years in the 1980s and have visited many…
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I took this photo of a moon flower last week, before our first freeze hit, so the foliage on this moon flower is a bit bedraggled now, though it is still blooming. Moon flower (Ipomoea alba) has always been a lust plant for me. There are plenty of plants that do not grow well in Minnesota, but for some reason,…
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I’m kicking myself for having lost the seed packet for these sunflowers growing in the meadow behind my house. I believe they are Helianthus maximiliani Heliopsis helianthoides. Whatever their name, botanical or otherwise, they have brightened up our meadow for several weeks. They’re tall — sometimes over 6 feet — with bunches of these bright yellow blooms on top.
This past weekend, I dug up some of the plant thugs from my garden. It was an odd group, including cucumber plants, daylilies and giant ragweed. They have little in common except that I was sick of them. Each plant earned its spot in the compost pile and garbage for different reasons. Because it is a weed The ragweed came…
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