Category Archives: General Gardening

Last night was the first hard frost.

The paulownia tree has dropped most of is large leaves over night! They dwarf the bird bath and The Buddha.

The Acuba plants and other evergreens also curl their leaves in a process know as abscission. It is thought that this may prevent moisture loss and prevent the leaves for freezing.

The basjoo bananas usually are not damaged until temps reach 25f so last night was right at the point of which they may have some damage.

The temperature will be up in the 50s by midday and 60s by midweek. This means a final leaf clean up and the beginning of winter maintenance!

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Here in The Middle South I enjoy the Fall. Usually, Spring and Fall are short seasons but Autumn can be very colorful!

The basjoo bananas bloom and fruit!

Eastern Red Maple

Chinese Pistache

Red Twig Dogwood

Sugar Maple

Hardy Citrus

And camellia sasanqua

And walks around downtown Raleigh

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So much color at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market this time of year! Pumpkins, gourds, and mums are all so bright and festive!

Even the eggplants are colorful!

I especially like the white pumpkins!

In the garden, the Korean daisies are beautiful!

And I think the vegetables have given up their last!

I am enjoying the cool nights and the falling leaves…