Flowering in October 2009

[mark smyth]

Ampelopsis looks like bird eggs

I learn something every day. I didnt know cotton had flowers

[johnw]

And the seed pods on Enkianthus campanulatus var. sikkokianus.  This var. is one of our most spectacular autumn colourers.

johnw

[Ragged Robin]

Autumn colours are only just turning here after the warmest September anyone can remember - lovely to see autumn colours elsewhere  

[Anthony Darby]

I learn something every day. I didnt know cotton had flowers

Cotton (mostly from the plant Gossypium hirsutum, although there are other species in the same genus) is a member of the mallow family.

[Gerry Webster]

Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva' with brilliant pink pods (technically fruit aggregates) a foot long and giving more than 100 seeds per pod.  They are quite stunning when more mature and the orange covered seeds dangle from the fruit aggregates. I collected perhaps 2000 or more seeds.
johnw

Fascinating John - I love magnolias & Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva'  is possibly the most beautiful of all.

[Geebo]

Lovely pics from all,
Lorri i like that colour in Your Agastache.Is it proved Hardy ? 
Just a few more who are showing some of there colours,
Cheers Guy

[Lori S.]

Lorri i like that colour in Your Agastache.Is it proved Hardy ? 

Yes, it has, Guy.  There are 3 or 4 plants out in the dry, exposed front yard that have fended for themselves for a few years now. 

Your photo of Saxifraga rubrifolia has made me realize that mine went AWOL this year!  Amazingly, it survived outdoors here since 2005, though it never bloomed in our short season and rather inhospitable conditions.  Gone now, oh well.

[cohan]

A few recent ones from the tail end of our season... 

7) Euonymus nana 'Turkestanica'

we also have dodged the snow that was forecast, no rain even, so far, though there is still tomorrow...

very funny that you have the euonymus pic right now---you may remember i was trying to figure out an odd little evergreen plant here that my mother called fire bush or burning bush or something; somehow i'd got the idea it was a euphorbia, but i had never seen flowers on it; the other day i happened to push into the crabapple branches to pick some fruit and saw these odd--flowers? seeds? and then had no idea at all what it was...
just now i came across some euonymus on google and realised thats what it is! previously only knew this genus as common flowerless plants in toronto; had no idea of species, but yours seems to have the same foliage as mine.. what does this plant do for you?
 here it scrambles around under an apple tree, and up the trunk a bit..quite sparse and sprawly... should i move it to sun? give it support?

[Lesley Cox]

Presumably the Euonymus comes from Turkey? Does it extend further south and east? I have seedlings which have the same foliage but I believe it is a Chinese species, name unknown.

[Ragged Robin]

Guy and Lori you have some wonderful flowers still giving colour, what a pleasure to see them, thanks   

[Geebo]

Thanksa lot  Robin,
Try for more if I make it out tomorrow.Just a few now to wet the appetite.

[Lori S.]

Beautiful photos, all, and thanks for the comments on our end-of-season ones.

7) Euonymus nana 'Turkestanica'
very funny that you have the euonymus pic right now---you may remember i was trying to figure out an odd little evergreen plant here that my mother called fire bush or burning bush or something; somehow i'd got the idea it was a euphorbia.. what does this plant do for you?   here it scrambles around under an apple tree, and up the trunk a bit..quite sparse and sprawly... should i move it to sun? give it support?

Ok, euonymus, as per my suggestion back then  ... (based on your comments about it being somewhat evergreen and woody, and with a name sort of like "euphorbia".    It's an upright, 3'-4', sparse shrub in our conditions, which is in part shade.  If in full sun, it would be a lot fuller and would get better fall colour.   Quite commonly grown across the prairies, along with E. alatus.   Edit: And "burning bush" is a common name for Euonymus spp., for their fall colour... at least when planted in sun.

Presumably the Euonymus comes from Turkey? Does it extend further south and east? I have seedlings which have the same foliage but I believe it is a Chinese species, name unknown.

The sources I have (nothing detailed) say Central Asia to China.

Who said the "s" word??

[fleurbleue]

Hey Lori, I have never seen Clematis under snow     

[pehe]

I went to the greenhouse this morning and was greeted by an awful stink. Thinking something had left me a present I looked around the floor of the greenhouse. It wasn't till I had searched the ground level that I looked and found this flowering. Not sure I am going to keep it - the smell is really disgusting

Nice photo! I grow mine outside, then I can enjoy the flower without any unpleasant odor. The only drawback is that it flower rather late. It is barely visible now.

Poul

[pehe]

Not so many flowers in the garden, but some berries.

Poul