10:03 AM Fri, Oct 12, 2007 | Permalink
Sheila Lennon  Email
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October is just beginning to be chilly, but the garden doesn't notice.
Green tomatoes continue to ripen, the tuberoses I planted in pots in May are 3 feet tall and trying to bloom.
And the morning glories growing up twine on my screen porch have filled in and are going nuts. Nasturtiums in the earth near them hitched a ride on them, and the combination of the "heavenly blue" of today's morning glories, the magenta of yesterday's faded blooms and the spots of red-orange nasturtiums really works.
I hadn't planned it that way. Most of my nasturtiums trail along the ground, but these grabbed on and climbed. It's something to remember for next year.
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October is when I start to think about planning my decor around some of my plants that I bring in on plant stands.
Being from the northern US, you just gotta plan for this stuff.
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Roses are blooming in my and my neighbor's gardens.
Every garden place seems to have mums, mums, and more mums. Are there no real alternatives this time of year?
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Those morning glories are so pretty! Any tricks for getting them to bloom so much?
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Benign neglect, I guess.
I haven't fed the garden in a coupla months. But these vines are now tall enough to get more sun than the ground-level plants, and the nearby squash succumbed to powdery mildew, so maybe just have more of what they need. The heavy twine worked well.
I'm always surprised at what thrives and what doesn't. In the spring my care matters a lot but, beyond watering through dry spells, I'm not that important to them this late in the season.
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