End Of Summer
Please enjoy this guest blog post by Kathy at Purple Bears Purple Flowers And Plants.
A delightful read!
End of summer thoughts for those of us who love gardening.
The end of summer is always a bit of a sad time for me since it means the end of gardening is drawing near for the year. There’s still those flowers which will continue to bloom until the first frost but for the most part it means the end is near for many. We still have flowers and plants we can enjoy through the fall but sadly our gardens will become awfully sparse as each day passes for those of us in cooler weather areas.
I noticed the other day my honeysuckle has just one lonely little bloom that’s yet to come. This was the first year for me to have this type of plant. Normally my garden is a very purple garden consisting of shades of purples with some pinks and whites that manage to blend in, but because of the little hummingbird fellas I decided to plant some flowers just for them this year.
Technically speaking, my honeysuckle is named Lonicera, John Clayton and is yellow. It’s actually a container plant on my deck and is growing up a small trellis. You can grow it along a fence or even as groundcover if that’s what you prefer, though. Lobelia Cardinalis, Queen Victoria kind of fits into the purple category since the stems and leaves are a dark purple, burgundy color. The flowers are the reddest red I’ve ever seen. It’s planted in the ground and definitely needs lots of water.
Planting both these plants was a great idea. Might sound silly to anybody who doesn’t appreciate hummingbirds, but spotting the little fellas for the first time feeding off both these plants was a joy to see. Several of my flowers were just introduced to my garden this year, next year watching them grow will be even better.
What to do though now that gardening for the year is almost over. Plot my gardening strategy for next year. ( Gardening books and gardening magazines are a great source for gardening ideas. I’ll learn a gardening tip or two and usually spot a new flower or plant I hadn’t known about. So, I’ll probably spend my time thinking of new flowers, researching them a bit and daydreaming of getting ready for next year. I suppose just thinking or looking at my Pictures of Purple Flowers and Plants will have to do.
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