Bittersweet Reflections (Acer palmatum x dissectum)
November arrived quietly this year; creeping in with melancholy whispers of fog and chilly rain. Bittersweet leaves glow along back roads and pile up in water-logged ditches. Suddenly, the skeletal lines of late autumn have reappeared. Winter is coming. We can feel it now, in our bones. Dia de los Muertos. From our Mexican neighbors I’ve learned to appreciate and celebrate the beauty of death in life. The cycle is coming to close. Embrace it. Spring will come again . . .
Miscanthus purpurascens with Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Henry Eilers’
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Henry Eiler’s Conflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Henry Eiler’s) & Flame Grass (Miscanthus sinensis purpurascens), Catch Late Summer’s Low, Golden Rays
With daylight hours diminishing, and evening chill settling in, the garden’s hues are changing quickly now. Leaves are taking on autumnal tints of red, orange and chartreuse and berries are brightening to shades of wine, purple, vermillion and cherise. It’s brilliant, beautiful and always just a bit melancholy as summer’s bright heat gives way to the glowing embers of autumn.
Fairy Candles (Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ & ‘Brunette’), sweeten the Secret Garden’s air
Leopard Plant (Ligularia dentata ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’) Shines in Gold to Rival the September Sun
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