I'm happy to report that using Sevin dust on the dahlias to combat the 'corn bugs' is working. The downside is that it needs to be replaced whenever it rains. It's also not without some expense as we have forty large clumps of dahlias in the gardens and as noted previously, some are mammoth in size. I'm on my second container this week. The best success seems to be acheived by dusting just as the buds start to show color and open. We really have to consider whether we'll do dahlias in the future as I don't care for using chemicals in this manner. Anyone wanting the tubers are free to give me a call and then stop by and dig them out prior to frost or my disposing of them.
I liked that the Sedum 'Autumn Joy' has grown so compact this season... we must have pruned them back at just the right time.
I started Vinca Cora 'Strawberry Cascade' from seed this spring and really should have used it in baskets or containers as it's spreading nature isn't all that effective as a bedding plant. This will probably be my last time to use vincas in the gardens as fully 50% of them were dessicated by earwigs and didn't have a chance to properly develop. The ones that came through, especially the non-cascading cultivars, are marvelous however. The earwigs are very hard on the petunias as well... at this point, the only annuals in this year's garden not bothered appear to be fibrous begonias such as the 'Big' series and geraniums.
Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer' starts so slowly that it's hard to imagine it getting three feet tall after three months. These were from seeds started this spring.
I must say that I enjoy a quiet clematis gently coursing into a blue spruce... it's a very calming effect at this time of the year...
I especially like blues in the gardens and this 'Elijah Blue' fescue combines nicely with four cultivars of blue spruce and 'Double Delight' roses.
Miscanthus 'Morning Light' is a favorite grass...
I'll close with a couple examples of the colorful fruits of September... first, the seed pods of Magnolia 'Red Baron' and secondly the apples on a Sargentii flowering crab apple...
Take care, Larry
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