For the past month or so, the garden has not been very exciting, mostly because it has been a very monochromatic green. With the onset of fall, things are starting to colour and the garden is coming alive again. Not only are the leaves changing colour, but various seeds are forming and making themselves known. The above is a shot of our poor, old dying Sugar Maple with a young, brilliant red offspring in front of it as well as some mauve Asters and a reddish Bladdernut shrub.
Although we have four different colours of Asters - mauve, purple, white and pink; the mauve ones predominate and are swarming with different kinds of bees and wasps. The look especially beautiful contrasted with the yellow Black Eyed Susans.
The Sumacs are just starting to turn red and I love their pinnately compound leaf structure, and their gnarly stems that remind me of arthritic fingers of the elderly.
In the backyard, we have Kentucky Coffee Trees that resemble the Sumacs in leaf shape, except they turn lemon yellow and they are on upright stems. As well there are the Walnut Trees that are dropping their astringent "bombs" all over the back yard and are a favourite of the squirrels. Above is an Allspice that has had a great year for seed production. The fruits/seeds turn bright red and the leaves yellow nicely.
We have brought a lot of the houseplants in for the season as there have been frost warnings, although we have yet to have a frost. A lot of the Geraniums have been put back outside, by the potting shed of the garage, so they can soak up some more sun and create some contrast with the reddening Virginia Creeper.
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