Hello GPODers!
We’re beginning this week on a vibrant be aware due to Bonnie Plikaytis in north Georgia. Bonnie has shared her lovely woodland backyard a number of occasions over time (A Spring to Bear in mind in Bonnie’s North Georgia Backyard, Backyard Stumperies, Winter Magnificence in Bonnie’s Backyard, A Photograph Journey By means of the Seasons of 2022, Autumn Colours in North Georgia, and extra) and right this moment we get to take pleasure in highlights of her all the time radiant fall shows. Regardless of the difficult circumstances she will face in her mountainous woodland panorama, she has crafted a fascinating backyard with plenty of fascinating crops and a wealthy palette of shade.
Anybody who enjoys gardening accepts that gardening is a journey not a vacation spot. That is actually the case when coping with nemesis equivalent to voles and deer. Simply whenever you suppose you’ve gotten a spot trying excellent, these critters will present as much as placed on their unwelcome ending touches. One should benefit from the course of and deal with the sweetness despite the fact that it could be fleeting.
I can by no means predict the autumn shade of the varied Japanese maples. This yr was a spectacular yr for the good yellow shade of the coral bark Japanese maple (Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’, Zone 5–8).
Joyful Single Date dahlia (Dahlia ‘HS Date’, Zone 8–11) has a simplistic bloom in comparison with most Dahlias and was a contented spot within the backyard this summer time.
Crimson Daybreak full moon Japanese maple (Acer shirasawanum x palmatum ‘Crimson Daybreak’, Zone 5–9) has lovely shade in each spring and fall. This fall it developed an intense crimson shade that was distinctive within the night solar.
This stubby Lion’s Head Japanese maple (Acer palmatum ‘Shishigashira’, Zone 5–9) has had a tough life. Not lengthy after it was planted, deer or possibly it was a bear who got here through the night time and rubbed its branches, breaking them off close to the trunk. I dug it out of the bottom and put it in a container the place it was secure from the wildlife. After a number of months it confirmed indicators of restoration, so I put it again within the floor with a protecting fence round it. After eradicating the fencing, you may see it grew fairly effectively this summer time creating lovely orange leaves within the fall.
Feather Falls™ sedge (Carex ‘ET CRX01’, Zone 5–10) is a flexible evergreen carex with a cascading kind. It really works fantastically in a container accentuating the size and type of the foliage.
‘Jordan’ golden full moon Japanese maple (Acer shirasawanum ‘Jordan’, Zone 5–9) has a brilliant neon yellow shade within the spring then settles into glowing lime inexperienced in the summertime. This fall it was an excellent deep yellow however earlier than it may develop the attribute orange shade the temperature dropped to 25 levels freezing the leaves. At the least we bought to benefit from the intense yellow as it’s seen from our kitchen home windows.
Crimson flag lily (Schizostylis coccinea, Zone 7–9) blooms in fall offering a pop of shade after most perennials have completed blooming. It’s a bit arduous to search out however I discovered it from a west coast nursery.
That is the primary yr that ‘Backyard Glory’ full moon Japanese maple tree (Acer shirasawanum ‘Backyard Glory’, Zone 5–9) has developed intense deep yellow/orange fall shade. I defend the trunks of all our younger bushes with a tough plastic tree guard, so the deer don’t rub the bark off with their antlers. The ferns beneath the tree are the deciduous bamboo fern (Coniogramme japonica, Zone 7–9).
‘Osakazuki’ Japanese maple (Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’, Zone 5–9) has a number of the brightest fall crimson colours of all Japanese maples. It could be arduous to consider however this yr the unseasonably chilly 25 diploma temperature stunted the colour growth.
In fact, no put up is full with out my gardening compadre, Cody. Right here he relaxes on the patio whereas finishing up his duties as guardian of the backyard.
Thanks a lot for sharing your backyard with us once more, Bonnie! Your panorama is a feast for the eyes in each season, however your assortment of fall foliage is especially beautiful.
Fall shade could have come and gone, however we will nonetheless rejoice that fabulous flash of shade on Backyard Photograph of the Day. In case you have photographs of your backyard in all its fall glory, please take into account sharing them with the weblog. Observe the instructions beneath to submit photographs by way of e mail, or ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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