November 13 - Extra Post

It's November 13, and there aren't any new blooms; but I'm amazed at how many flowers are left... in November... in Minneapolis.

Some color along the fence and in the foreground


Close-ups:





Some more spots of color left rear and right foreground


More close-ups





The yellow rose of Minnesota



Some brave little plants






Another last rose


and the late clematis

October 13 - Real Last Post

So I lied.... The last post wasn't the final one after all. Marie planted some autumn crocus that we did not expect to come up this year - but we were wrong.

Autumn Crocus

October 3 Last Post

The last bloom of the year opened today - well, it's been raining for a couple of days so it could have been yesterday or even Monday.

Monkshood


And close up


Here are two shots of the second-to-last with more blooms





Here is a gallery of most of what is still blooming. Many of them are annuals, which I did not track during the year, and some are in pots:

this one has a die-hard bee
































It's been a great year - see you in April.

September 28

I've been out-of-town for a couple of weeks so I was eager to see if either of the last two blooms had arrived. To my surprise, a small flower has appeared on the plant I thought would not bloom at all.



Here's a close-up


Now there's just one remaining - and it looks like it will go into October.


Here is the clematis in full array.

September 16

Our late-blooming clematis has started to bloom.



That leaves two to go for the season

This one may have another couple of weeks to go


I don't think this one will bloom this year - it's looked like this for over a month and it was moved to its current shady location a couple of weeks ago. Too much sun earlier; too much trauma now - at least it's still alive.

September 12

There are no new blooms, but the promised picture of additional boltonia is below. There are three flowers left to bloom: I expect one in a day or two, another I can't predict, and the third doesn't look like it's going to make it at all.

September 8

Two new ones today

Anemone - I wasn't expecting this one.


Another much larger, and slower Sedum


It's debateable whether it's actually fully bloomed yet, but since the bees think so, I'm posting it
(click on the picture for a larger version where the bee is more visible)

September 5

I can't believe that I got this all ready to post on 9/5 and then never finished it.


Obedient plant

September 4

We have another new one!

Boltonia - Marie thinks I should wait until more of the individual flowers bloom, but instead I will post the first bloomer now and catch the crowd later when it shows up

September 3

I think this is the last one we're going to get from the boulevard garden

A small, late-blooming hosta

September 2

We have one previously overlooked bloom today. It's getting late in the season, but we expect to get another seven or eight this month - maybe.


Flower-that-came-out-of-nowhere [we don't know what it is; we didn't plant it; it looks like others we've already posted, but it isn't]



I also noticed a lone, isolated blossom on the Gooseneck
Here it is in context


And up-close