Itea ‘Henry’s Garnet |
Viburnum ‘Shoshoni’ |
Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’ |
Viburnum ‘Aurora’ |
For real, you couldn’t have waited a few more weeks? There is plenty of time in late September and all of October to get all Fall foliage-y and stuff. Enough already.
Luckily, we still have some who are acting much more weather and seasonally appropriate:
Variegated Weigela and Petunia |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
And it wasn’t only foliage changes occurring way ahead of my preferred schedule. Viburnum berries could hold off for at least a few weeks and be just fine:
Viburnum ‘Emerald Lustre’ |
Viburnum ‘Emerald Lustre’ |
And Miscanthus blooms before September is simply a travesty:
Miscanthus purpurascens (Flame Grass) |
Even the deer seemed out of whack. They didn’t move a bit as I approached them:
It was in the low 90’s and humid today and I loved every minute of it. It is Summer and this is what Summer is. Autumn will be here in due time and we’ll enjoy it when it arrives.
But for now, back the hell off and wait your turn.
I noticed sumacs in Somerville turning red on my train ride home. My grasses are tasselling now too, and the beautyberry is starting to set berries. I’m not ready yet!!!
The deer in my neighborhood are nearly fearless too, I had to actually *bark* at a young buck last summer to get him away from my veggie garden.
Here! Here! And imagine my reaction when the school sent home a school supplies list prohibiting the “Trapper Keeper”! Not that she knew what that was anyway.
My daughter that is…
With premature coloring going on…could this be signs of cool
nights and/or severe lack of rain? This is what’s happening in
MY area.(East coast of MA). Some leaves on trees and shrubs are
literally turning color, or not..and dropping off.
Weather nonsense, yes!!!
In previous years your Shoshani Viburnum’s leaves curled/twisted after it bloomed. It doesn’t look like it did that this year. I ask because my Shoshani has done that the 2 years that I’ve had it and I suspect some kind of insect causing it but I can not see any bugs or mites. I have googled this hoping to find an answer but the only info I can find about curling Shoshani leaves is a post that you made previously casually mentioning this. How did you stop yours from curling? I saw a bunch at a nursery that were also curled last year but I think that those had insect damage also. Whatever is causing them to curl has also spread to my Viburnum Newport this year. They leaf out with normal leaves but then after blooming all/most new growth is twisted. There are no aphids or obviously visible bugs.
By the way, it brought me to your blog and I have been reading it ever since.
Laura B
Love your garden, your writing and your sense of humor! Always a lovely visit…