Sept 6th, still going strong
By leaving some elephant garlic to bloom and self seed outside I have had an endless supply.
Abelia is one of my favourite shrubs. Lightly scented, blooming until the hardest frost hits, providing food for insects and hummingbirds. It can be pruned into a compact form or allowed to grow, as I do mine, free form with branches arching and mingling with the rest of the hedge.
An ordinary chive glowing in the evening light.
So hard to take good pictures in a small yard sometimes.
September 10th
With tomatoes over, salvias can be protected from rains for a while and be available for hummingbirds and bees, too.
Even now, mid November, salvias and cupheas are still providing for any bees still out there. Hummingbirds use them until the end. I will leave them until they die back enough to bring them in or until a heavy frost warning.
The Spires type salvia on the left is still out there in its pot, next to a Japanese maple.
The red pepper on the right had sunscald. I left it just to see. It ripened perfectly, with no hint of rot, until a slug moved in and I got rid of them.
Hotlips goes on until frost as well.
