Fall Report

All the perennials have been taken down in the front except for the mums. They are still looking fairly good. We'll have to remove those later. The spirea are a wonderful orange. The pear trees are turning red and the barberry have turned scarlet. We dug up some daisies to take to Bowling Green and we dug up all the Star Gazer lilies to move to the back.

Along the north side the grass is still green so that hasn't been cut yet.

In back we dug up a chunk of bleeding heart for Bowling Green along with some candy tuft. We cut down the lily of the valley and dug up some of the columbine. We also dug up part of the large hosta that was too crowded. That will also go to Bowling Green.

From the sun perennial garden we moved the coreopsis to the waterfall and a chunk of the cheddar pink dianthus. We cut down the iris and dug a chunk out for Bowling Green.




The one real surprise of the day was the QE2 rose. It is still in bloom. Evidently, this bush has been bred for cool weather in the English country side. We have had many heavy frosts and still not only is it in leaf, but has wonderful pink blossoms. This was taken near mid day and you can see how far the sun is to the south by the long shadows. What a wonderful surprise!