Frost and More Fall Color

Yesterday morning was the first frost that I have noticed. When I went out to take photos, Heidi was in the back yard, and she was a little unhappy with me for being out there without her. 

This is Golden Alexander.

The Wild quinine foliage looked sparkly in person, and the Salvias I can't think of the name of, had lines of frost on the leaves, but the blooms are still holding on so far.

Looking at the Aster blooms makes me shiver!

Narrow leaf mountain mint:

Brr!  It looks like winter!

Lanceleaf coreopsis:

I forgot which kind of perennial Geranium this is.

A wider view:

I've mentioned this is the first year I've grown Sweet black eyed susans, and I'm loving the fall color.  I guess the frost didn't show up as well in the photo.

Prairie smoke geum is native to the states near Nebraska.  It is one of the early spring bloomers, and the foliage looks good all season.  The seed pods are Wild senna.

Later in the day, I took Heidi out to take more photos.

The Jupiter's beard still has blooms.  I don't remember if it normally does this late.

Snapdragons have a long bloom time, too.

This is an area by the curb where I have been taking daylilies out.  I hope the new plants, such as Amsonia hubrichtii, Big leaf aster, some grasses, and such grow well next year.  This is an agastache that I moved from somewhere else in the yard, where it had volunteered.

The frost did not harm anything that I could tell.  I hope the plants that are in the area in front of the fence leap next year, as most of them will have been there 3 years.

I like the color of the Switchgrass, 'Heavy metal'.

I've noticed that Mexican hats like to reseed.  I think I'll let them fill in any bare spots left in this area.

Please bear with me as I seem to like to show photos of the Grayhead coneflower and Riddell's goldenrod.  Oh, and there is some Little bluestem in front of the goldenrod, and the goldenrod on the far right is Rigid.

The east front bed also still has some nice color.

I am amazed at how well these irises are doing.

I've really come to appreciate the Heuchera richardsonii.  It has a nice fall color, and I'm thinking the foliage doesn't die back.  I'll have to watch and see.

I don't remember if I have mentioned that I clean up the garden in the spring.  There are some insects that overwinter in the stems of plants, and birds eat many of the seeds on the plants.  Plus, I like the look of plants, even if they are dormant or finished with their lives. 

This turned out to be a bit of a hodge podge post.  I hope fall is treating you well.  In case I don't post again before Thanksgiving, I hope you have a nice one!