I love the Fall bloomers. Not only do they herald cooler temperatures but all have unique flowers!
Colchicum: like a giant Fall crocus
Lycoris: often called Hurricane Lilies in The South as they bloom during the season.
Hidden ginger – Curcuma petiolata
Blue mist flower: Conoclinium coelestinum
Pampas grass: these sharped leaves grasses can reach eight feet in a moist location.
Blood lilies
Crinum
And visitors to the patio from the garden.
And my favorite, passionflower Incense
Clematis seed heads
Autumn clematis – very fragrant but a heavy vine. This is a six-foot metal lamp post. The vines are cut back to two leaf-nodes in November and grow through the winter such that they are five to six feet in length by spring. The reseed around the garden to the point of weediness.
I have had problems with my Black Dragon crossvine. A large limb fell last January in a snow and ice storm and pulled the 40 foot vines from the Loblolly pine. I cut them back expecting the rapid growth replace them in one season. Something has eaten them to the ground each time they have reached a few feet up the tree. I wrapped hardware mesh around the tree to protect the vines.
The cooler nights are perfect for walking around downtown Raleigh.
And the seasons change.
Arthur in the Garden! 