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October Garden十月花園

October Garden十月花園

Luckily I still have a lot of flowers in my garden, considering some trees have already changed colour.

I am no longer seeing humming birds around. My yellow zucchini is growing slowly and small tomatoes are slow to ripe as well.

十月了,還好花園還有許多花在開,有許多樹已經有秋色了. 蜂鳥已不見芳蹤. 我的黃色夏南瓜和小蕃茄因為溫度降低而熟成大大減慢了速度.
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十月花園October Garden

十月花園October Garden

十月份花草仍然綻放的種類已經大大減少許多,但是你仍然會發現花期超長的植物真的是從春末開到秋末!  像是金銀花,我的兩種蔓玫,無刺玫瑰花,鐵線蓮,大理花,多年生石竹,Coreopsis,紫錐花,矮性荷包牡丹,毛地黃,天人菊,塊莖小芝麻,風鈴草,貓薄荷,矮性大葉醉魚草,管香蜂草,大花鴨跖草,大波斯菊, 多年生福祿考,金盞花,蔓長春,香堇菜, 矮牽牛…會特別讓人珍愛它們的開花性如此之好–尤其是前一陣子第一次低溫霜降後仍然不減熱情照開!

當然還有當季才新開一個月的台灣油點草, 蕕,銀蓮花,菊花和景天科的秋季花草. 不知道今年新買的花草的開花性如何? 只有來年才會知道了.

In my October garden, there are lot of less flowers still in bloom, but it makes you appreciate those plants with long blooming periods which bloom since late spring, such as: honeysuckle, climbing roses, thornless rose, Dianthus, Dahlia, Clematis, Coreopsis, purple coneflowers, dwarf bleeding heart, foxglove, blanket flower, Lamium, bellflowers, catnip, dwarf butterfly bush, bee balm, Cosmos, garden phlox, Calendula, Periwinkle, viola, petunia…especially after the first frost few days ago.

Of course, also the recent bloomed autumn sedum, toad lily, blue beard, Anemone and mums.

矮性大葉醉魚草Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii ‘Nanho Blue’)

矮性大葉醉魚草Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii ‘Nanho Blue’)

小型灌木,花序長且大,小花眾多,有蜂蜜香氣,可作切花.  花期很長.  是蜜蜂和蝴蝶的蜜源植物之一.花色一般有:深紫,淡紫,藍,粉紅,白色…等.

此品種耐寒.  又因是改良的矮性種,很適合小庭園種植.  非常容易栽種,需要全日照,土壤不拘.  可用扦插或高壓,或種子來繁殖.  成熟植株高度約3-4呎高.

矮性大葉醉魚草Butterfly Bush-1

矮性大葉醉魚草Butterfly Bush-2

矮性大葉醉魚草Butterfly Bush-2