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.
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.
矮牽牛車道Petunias on the driveway
一年生草本植物,現有多種花色品種單或重瓣,容易從種子種植,種植時要注意蚜蟲危害,會自行結籽再生,一般需全日照,但少數新品種耐陰–有看起來類似植物在花市叫她’非洲矮牽牛’或’小花矮牽牛’學名是Calibrachoa ‘Million Bells’花色品種繁多,雖然中文名自有’矮牽牛’可是和真正的矮牽牛學名是Petunia hybrid是完全不同屬喔!不過他們都一樣漂亮,我的希臘婆婆不知為何每年對此花情有獨鍾,矮牽牛會自行用種子繁殖,我家車道上的矮牽牛經過下雪的冬天,它的種子於春末時候會自行長出來
Annual flowers,they like to grow in full sun area. Petunia can self-seed easily even through snowy winter. Calibrachoa ‘Million Bells’ looks like mini petunia but they are not the same genus, both are pretty!
My Food And Flowers 