Fruit And Flowers

 

Summer is ending. How sad :(  Flowers at the end of August - September are already different. Delphiniums, daisies, nasturtiums, gladiolus, lilies, clematis etc. have finished blooming. 

It's time for marigolds (tagetes).

It's amazing how marigolds withstand heavy rains! Their strong stems do not sway, do not bend. Dense ornamental leaves and branches are tightly closed and hold each other.

 

On the other hand, the end of summer is a delicious time, apples, plums, pears, veggies ripen. Perhaps in your climate these fruit have long been on your table. Now is the most fruitful time in our northern climate. 

 

I decided to grow this apple tree, attached its branches horizontally. At first, the tree did not like it and there were few apples. Now most apples ripen on horizontal branches. The apple seeds have turned dark and I will pick the fruit.

Insects like the bright flowers of marigolds. Many bumblebees, wasps, bees and butterflies collect nectar from the flowers.

The berries on the viburnum are ripening. I wrote about it here. The berries are turning red and filling with juice. I tried several berries - they still have a bitterness that will disappear after the cold weather.

 

 

 

The tomatoes and peppers are all picked. Every day there are fresh vegetables and greens on the table. I will make a seasoning with tomatoes, basil, black pepper and mint. It will not be too hot.

 

I picked and then will put the green peppers in a dark place so that they ripen and turn red. The peppers could not be left on the plants because of the cold nights that came after the end of August.

This yellow plant is called Ligularia variety 'Othello'. It loves shady places in the garden and blooms in the fall. This bright plant attracts insects.

There are few plums on the tree this summer. Because it got cold in the spring when it bloomed. Plums are all very sweet and will be eaten quickly.

 

I am finishing the story about my garden in September and I hope that the next year will give me a lot of harvest and joy. Nature is generous and does not forget about gardeners.

I wish all the best to you!

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Granny's Flowers

 Many of us love fragrant flowers, and phlox is no exception. I recently learned that they are called "granny's flowers." Probably because phlox are grown in a village front garden, cottage garden, used in groups, arrays, flower beds, mixborders, parks since the time of our grandmothers.

 

 The flowers are fragrant, white, pink, red, lilac, scarlet, blue, carmine with an eye in the center.

 

The popularity of phlox is associated with unpretentiousness, frost resistance, as well as bright lush flowering, a unique aroma. Phlox can be used in landscape-style flower beds, in imitations of a flowering meadow, romantic compositions, in shady gardens, when decorating forest edges, in rock gardens, near ponds.

 

 

These unpretentious perennials bloom from July to the end of September, winter well and do not require constant care, like roses.

To tell the truth, I pay little attention to phlox. But they are not offended and bloom in various corners of my garden. I walk past, inhale their scent and think: it is already August and the phlox have bloomed.

Blue, Pink, Red, Yellow, White

 There are many different shades of color in July and August. Plants bloom non-stop. Some fade, others fill their place with their flowers. 

Look at this display of colorful plants .

This is how blue and light blue delphiniums and Austin rose bloom in my garden.   

  

 This little hydrangea was sick after winter. Now it pleases with large inflorescences.

 

Сream pink and white astilbes bloom in a shady corner.

 

 

Aquilegia is finishing blooming, but the spray roses will continue to bloom for a long time.

 

  

 

 

This summer's lilies are red, white and orange oriental and martagon.

 

Clematis do not lag behind the others, clematis climbing up the trellis.

 

 Nymphaea  in my garden pond.

 

This is my new gladiolus. I wrote that I put new gladiolus bulbs in “quarantine”. The bulbs are completely healthy and bloom beautifully.

 

 

These phlox have been growing and blooming for almost 20 years in the garden. They are called "grandmother's flowers."

Cornus alba Elegantissima also participates in this show. Simple flowers 'cosmos' look beautiful in a small flower bed.

Summer brings joy and tranquility, plants try to show themselves in all their glory.