What’s Still Blooming in Our Garden
As the daylight hours dwindle in autumn, so do the blooms in our garden. But a few of our plants are still managing to put on a nice show of flowers. Some of our rose bushes are producing their last bloom of the year, including our black magic roses as shown in the first picture. I pruned off most of this season’s growth from this particular rose bush back in mid-August. In just two months, it grew back rapidly and produced another flush of flowers.
Last spring, we planted cockscomb flower seeds in a pot and in our raised bed vegetable garden. They grew better in the pot. It took them 5 months to grow to full size and begin to flower, which they began to do in September. They are still looking good and holding on to their red flowers (if you can call them flowers).
October 18 2009 08:30 pm | Cockscomb and Roses
Jenn on 03 Nov 2009 at 2:08 pm #
Hi!
I saw an old post about you buying some Chandler and Seascape strawberries to supplement your Sequoia strawberries. How did you like them, and are they really everbear?
I live in coastal So Cal, and have a couple of Sequoias. I would really like strawberries all year round, and it appears Sequoia only has fruit during summer. I was thinking of Seascape so would love to hear whether you like them.
PS: hope you can reply to my email above.
Thanks!
Jenny
admin on 04 Nov 2009 at 5:03 pm #
Jenny,
I don’t have Chandler strawberries. This year I planted ever-bearing (i.e., day neutral) Aromas and Seascape strawberries. I like them, because they are vigorous growers and produce large-sized strawberries that are much larger than Sequoias, although they are not as flavorful as Sequoias. In my garden, the Seascape and Aromas varieties are continuing to produce strawberries in early November. Although the cooler and damper weather and shorter days we have been having in the past few weeks have caused most of the berries to rot before they are fully ripe. However, Aromas and Seascape produced many good quality berries throughout the summer months and into early October, while the Sequoias mainly stopped producing berries after about mid-August. Chandler and Seascape will probably produce berries for a longer season in your climate though.