The pink betony is finished blooming, and the foliage is continuing to look pretty good.
The bear's breeches I planted last spring hasn't bloomed yet.
The amsonia hubrechtii foliage is starting to turn colors.
The amsonia tabernaemontana has bushed back out after its trim awhile back.
The rue is looking pretty good. Swallowtail caterpillars like to eat it, but I've only seen a couple on them the several rue plants I have.
This is a white blooming cypress vine on the veggie garden fence. This is my first time growing this color. This one escaped being eaten by rabbits. The red blooming ones in the front are starting to come back after being chomped to the ground.
The name of this dusty miller that I believe is new this year isn't coming to my brain right now. I think I have it named in another post somewhere.
These coleus plants have grown quite tall, and have only had a few flower buds that we've removed so the foliage will stay nice. I think I'll try taking some cuttings and see if I can keep some over the winter. (That's morning glory foliage to the right.)
I planted ornamental sweet potatoes without flowers to see if there would be more tubers to eat. There are people who find my blog by looking online to see if ornamental sweet potatoes are edible. There is not much information that encourages folks to eat them. What I can't figure out is if any are actually not edible, but so far, the ones I've tried were fine to eat. I plan to try all of these.
I hope you are experiencing cooler temperatures like we are. I just hope it rains tonight. Thanks for stopping by!
I have only started to explore coleus. I have had 'Henna' for the last two seasons which take sun very well. The strong colors of coleus tend to intimidate me - I have a hard time mixing them with other plants.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, woman, your greenery is as brill as your flowers. I have never come across a garden with so much diversity. And I think it might be Sinecio White Diamond? Or Cineraria? I believe it had a name change recently.BTW, I know the feeling: what you knew yesterday is escaping you today :-)
ReplyDeleteI love when plants have foliage as interesting as the flowe3rs. That amsonia hubrechtii is a fine example of that. I just googled it and find it has golden yellow foliage during the fall. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSue, you have inspired me to use coleus next year.
ReplyDeleteThey are very easy to root in water.
Should try rue for the swallowtails too.
Everything looks great as usual.
Sure wish I could grow that amsonia. It's wonderful how much color can be had from simple old sweet potato vine, isn't it? I love both the purple and the chartreuse.
ReplyDeleteLovely foliage on those plants. I forgot to plant my Cypress vine seeds this spring. :( Oh well there's always next year.
ReplyDeleteWow - you have some great foliage. I love your coleus, and the sweet potato vine -- love those colors.
ReplyDeletereally pretty foliage. Love the textures and subtle shades of green and silver.
ReplyDeleteI really need to find a place for Amsonia. Someday I'm going to get serious about lots of color for fall. Your coleus and sweet potato vine will contribue to your fall color for a while - when is you first frost? Ours is usually in mid-October. Not much time left!
ReplyDeleteOh Sue, your foliage is every bit as colorful and lovely as blooms. I love all the varied textures and colors you have.
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Hugs,
Jenny
Very beautiful greenery!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue - thank you for the visit and comment on my blog. Your flowers are lovely. I love your foliage. We are sort of neighbors, so it is nice to meet you in the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteGreat Plants! Beautiful- In My Garden I need to get outside and weed so i can appreciate all the wonderful foliage that might be hiding!
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Your plants still look so nice. We haven't had enough rain lately, and I'm battling powdery mildew on everything. Well, battling makes it sound like I'm actually doing something about, which I'm not. Priorities. What do you do to keep yours looking so healthy?
ReplyDeleteit's neat to concentrate on foliage only- at times- I see it as the the entire plant- but its uniqueness sometimes escapes us
ReplyDeleteI've grown ornamental sweet potatoes in the past but read that they aren't good to eat. How do you prepare them? Do they taste like regulart sweet potatoes?
ReplyDeleteYou have such lovely use of color in your flower garden. Looks like a painting.
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