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| I think I have one perennial remaining to bloom for the first time this year...a late flowering aconitum ("Monkshood"). It will probably not happen until sometime in October. What perennial(s) are still to flower for you for the first time in 2014? |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z7b V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Sat, Sep 20, 14 at 18:14
| I don't know if this one counts but my bush clover 'Gibraltar' is forming flower buds now and several of the Campanula primulifolia I seeded this spring have just started flowering along with some colchicums and cyclamens. I also have a monkshood, not sure which one that will flower in October. How could I forget about the perennial Asters, they're just starting to come into their own now. Annette |
This post was edited by aftermidnight on Sat, Sep 20, 14 at 23:48
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a N CT (My Page) on Sat, Sep 20, 14 at 19:25
| My toad lily is loaded with lots of buds but none have opened so far. Geranium 'Rozanne' continues to bloom as it has since June. |
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| My season is not over yet (I hope). If the weather cooperates, I am expecting lots of new blooms in a week or so: 1. Phlox “David”: after deadheading, it sent another set of blooms that are just beginning to open 2. Roses “Knockout” and “The Fairy” are covered in buds 3. Hydrangea “Twist & Shout” 4. Japanese anemone - still 2/3 of flowers are not yet opened 5. All of my brugmansias are covered in buds and flowers 6. Bellflower 'White Wonder' - still in buds 7. New England asters - just beginning to open 8. Mums (pink) 9. Rose of Sharon 'Red Heart' 10. Dianthus (pink, double) |
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| these are perennials. Rouge, that's a short list! Do you think you'll expand your holdings? 1. japanese anemone |
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| I forgot allium Ozawa calamintha nepata nepata all the sedums' colors are changing the old reliable echs Magnus |
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| Rouge, that's a short list!. Don't worry 'ida' ie we have lots of perennials still in flower or with new buds getting ready for a re bloom. (See "September Stalwarts" thread.) This thread is slightly different in that I am interested in what late blooming perennials others have; those that have yet to give one flower...yet in 2014. So for me, as far as I can tell off the top of my head, our "Monkshood" is the only perennial remaining that hasn't yet bloomed for the first time. And for relative of my partner, invariably it is mei-kyo chrysanthemum. It can sometimes be in bloom with snow on the ground! |
Here is a link that might be useful: September Stalwarts
This post was edited by rouge21 on Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 5:46
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| I hear you Rouge. Here it's asters that are all budded up and just starting to open. I have a few flowers on Purple Dome and Wood's Pink, but only buds on Alma Potschke and Bluebird. I also have a couple of sedums that have yet to open. Neon got clipped by deer and have re-budded. Autumn Delight and Elsie's Gold are just showing some color. I'm curious to see these bloom for me for the first time since I planted them. My last blooming plant used to be boltonia asteroides 'Snowflake,' which was brilliant when I lived in NY. But here it bloomed so late that actual snowflakes would arrive much sooner than it did. We have lots of September stalwarts going strong too. We got an uncanny amount of rain in late August so things are astonishingly lush for this time of year. Normally it's pretty desert-like by now, so we're loving this! |
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| Still waiting for my monkshood as well. It is always the last bloom and often gets frosted before opening. Also waiting for Alma Potschke and Purple Dome asters. Most of the mums are blooming but a couple are in the bud stage. Fireworks goldenrod buds are coloring up but not open. |
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- Posted by greylady-gardener 6 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 13:23
| white bomb mums are budded but not open as is anemone pamina. My purple mums are just covered in unopened buds, too. NOID mums which are like brown/rust daisies with a bright yellow centre are not open yet either. My 'new to me' monkshood (hopefully bicolour) won't flower this year so I am going to have to wait until next year. |
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| I'd have to go check for others but for now the Eupatorium 'Chocolate' (Joe Pye weed) is still in bud--if I remember correctly, to this point it's been my latest blooming plant. I love 'Chocolate'. It would get taller with more sun but it's in some afternoon shade. The foliage remains pristine throughout it's cycle--a bonus for sure. It's been in my garden for years and has never reseeded although I've read many times that it has become a nuisance in some gardens. I have a mystery perennial that I planted in a newly renovated section earlier this Spring. The person adding up the sale at a nursery took many of the tags off my purchase--I was distracted viewing plants nearby--so I have no idea what it is! Would've gone back but it was too far to go. I still have three or four plants that won't bloom this year and I don't know what they are. Only the mystery plant has budded so I'll need to wait till next year for the others, I suppose. The mystery plant with buds is going on 3 ft. tall, has deep green, shiny, needle-like Rosemary-ish type foliage--although much longer, it's quite a monster--2-1/2 ft. across but is only now coming into bud. It's fairly dense with many stems, definitely not a see--through plant. The buds sort of look like they may be a daisy/Rudbeckia type bloom and it's taking seemingly forever for them to open! I've tried searching perennial plant foliage but haven't been able to recognize it. I was surprised that there weren't any sites dedicated to foliage only. If anyone knows any, links would greatly appreciated! Took pics but am unable to post any yet--sorry, I'm working on that in the near future. Any clues what it might be? Thanks ETA Crocus! |
This post was edited by catkin on Mon, Sep 22, 14 at 1:12
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| I have one aster, perhaps oblongifolius 'October Skies or laevis 'Bluebird'. One of them is blooming and one is just getting ready, but I am no longer sure which is which. My rusty orange mum won't bloom for another couple of weeks. My colchicums (center) are just starting to open as is Chrysanthemum weyrichii 'White Bomb' (upper right.) |
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| Still got aconitums to flower but am waiting for the frost asters and white wood asters (symphotrichum pilosum and eurybia diviricata (although I am vague on the constant botanical changes to the nomenclature....I just call them asters) |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 18:15
| Today: Further to Rouge's specifics: Besides a hydrangea and an hibiscus: Have a number of perennials with a few surviving blooms (e.g. several Echinacea, bits not cut back) and a number of spotty reblooms. These don't add much. There's a number of perennials which still provide a lot of flower colour, especially 'Goldsturm', 'Gold Star', various heleniums, a few garden phlox and Persicaria 'Firetail'. Also in full bloom, or coming into bloom, are some Chysanthemum x morifolium (which I planted I this spring), plus some scraps of Chrysanthemum serotinum and of C. 'Clara Curtis'. The New England aster 'Alma Pötschke' (below), which we have lots of, is in full flower and smooth aster 'Bluebird' is coming into flower. The 'Purple Dome' is almost all still closed buds, though there's the beginning of a very few flowers. Still completely closed buds: Arend'a (fall) monkshood and Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate; also Chrysanthemum 'Mei-Kyo'. Further to the above, the latter cultivar is just about useless; it always blooms when the garden's been cleared and when it's very cold outside and it's usually snowed. We don't have calico aster ('Lady in Black') in our own garden at this time, but it's a great late blooming aster which the bees love. Today:
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 18:23
| LIke me, my workmates, the bees, love 'Alma Pötschke' and so do Monarchs. Today:
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| The last thing to bloom here I'd always the 'White Pearl' bugbane which doesn't bloom until the first week of November. It's nice to have those fresh white flowers when raking fallen leaves is the main garden activity!
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