The Bidens are winding down now, but there are still patches in full bloom. With American beautyberry.
With Buddleia 'Potter's Purple' and Panicum 'Cloud Nine' in the background.
Dotted horsemint has such intricately beautiful blooms, and the foliage
has an interesting fragrance -- part herbaceous and part woodsmoke.
has an interesting fragrance -- part herbaceous and part woodsmoke.
Swamp tickseed (Coreopsis helianthoides) really glows, like its
cousins Rubeckia fulgida and triloba and swamp sunflower.
cousins Rubeckia fulgida and triloba and swamp sunflower.
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Hi Sweetbay
ReplyDeletelove the beautyberry. I've just been googling it.
That cloud nine makes a smoky backdrop. Coincidentally I was looking at Panicum 'heavy metal' just yesterday.
Dotted horsemint, what a lovely and new acquaintance. I have never seen it before. Thank you! Would like to have one in my garden, but probably, it does not grow in my climate. Have a nice week end!
ReplyDeleteDotted horsemint, like that one ! Coreopsis are a true blessing now in Autumn, makes the sun keep shining even on rainy days :)
ReplyDeleteThe combination you have achieved of the flowering plants is very alluring and charming.
ReplyDeleteI grow Coreopsis and love them in my garden as they appear early summer and flower for a long time.
Sweetbay, thank you so much for your nice comments.
Since I am new to this gardening stuff, is the tickseed a perennial or annual? It is so pretty!
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I always love seeing flowers from your gardens. I can't grow Buddleia down here so have a small Vitex growing larger every day, that I grew from seed earlier this year. I love all of your purples and the Biden and coreopsis always make me feel happy.
ReplyDeleteSweet bay... it seems your Buddleia is a non stopper and blooming in front of your 'Cloud Nine' Panicum ... wow... so lovely like a mist. Your horsemint both in flower and photo is stunning. Woodsmoke is a comforting fragrance... alas! I will be weary of it after a few months. I love your Beautyberry too and the yellows in Biden and Coreopsis are so bright. When we northerners have been touched by frost, we will look to your garden for warmth and cheer.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to echo what others have said-neat horsemint! And beautiful fall in your area.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely gardens! This time of year I love the Beautyberry bush...mine are going to get reshaped this winter. Love the magenta berries.
ReplyDeleteLove that dotted horsemint. I've never seen it before. Very unique flower.
ReplyDeleteDon't you hate to see that sunny color disappear from the landscape? I do. I love walking or driving by fields of goldenrod or helianthus.
Marnie
Lovely pictures. The Beautyberry is new to me but it looks very attractive in your picture.
ReplyDeleteThe dotted horsemint is really pretty (as are all the flowers!) Do you know what the botanical name might be? That soft colour looks great in the garden this time of year.
ReplyDeleteYou always have something wonderful going on in your garden Sweet Bay. These plants/photos are beautiful. The beauty berry and dotted horsemint are my favorites. I'm like many others, not familiar with the latter. It looks a touch like a Monarda at first glance?
ReplyDeleteI like your combination with yellow and purple. Panicum 'Cloud Nine' is my favourite amongst the one you´ve presented this blooming friday.
ReplyDeleteLovely, lovely, lovely flowers Sweetbay! You have me completely intrigued with the horsemint fragrance...I like its looks, too. Bidens is a perfect background for the callicarpa berries! Have a good weekend. gail
ReplyDeleteThe Bidens and Beautyberry look really pretty together. I can't believe how good your Buddleia still looks.
ReplyDeleteHow I adore your Buddleia with the Cloud Nine! Perfect!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend!
I just love the Beautyberry! Mine didn't make it overwinter:( My Buddleia is pretty spent right now too.
ReplyDeleteHi Sweet Bay, your flowers are in such a perfect setting, natural and spacious. We have Potter's Purple too and think it a fine one. I always wonder why we don't see it offered or featured more often. You have sold me on the Bidens too, will add it next year, thanks! :-)
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Hi Sweet Bay!
ReplyDeleteLovely clourful flowers you are showing!
American Beautyberries, seems to be an intresting plant...
Have a nice weekend!/
AnnA
Sweetbay, that 'Cloud Nine' is really a lovely backgdrop for brighter flowers. I bet it picks up the light in all kinds of ways.
ReplyDeleteI can almost still smell summer when I look at your blog :)
I love the dotted horsemint. The fall garden with all the lovely grasses in the background is a delight.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments everyone!
ReplyDeleteRosey, Swamp Tickseed is a perennial hardy to zone 6.
Marnie, yes, it's always a bit sad after the Bidens finish, but now the Swamp Sunflowers are in bloom. September thru mid-October is a very golden time of year and I miss it when it passes, like I miss the iris when they are finished. The very last flowers to bloom will be Aster 'Miss Bessie' and the wild Groundsel Trees in late October/ early November.
Barbara and Kathleen, the Dotted Horsemint is Monarda punctata, so Kathleen you were right! I just found out that this plant grows on the NC Barrier Islands, which I did not know. From this site http://ncnatural.com/wildflwr/coastal/index.html:
"Dotted Horsemint is another plant of the dune area. It is relatively common throughout the coastal plain and tapering off into the piedmont. Horsemint has been used medicinally by Native Americans as well as doctors in more recent times. Oil from the plant is high in Thymol, an antiseptic and local anesthetic used in liniments, lip balms, toothpaste, mouthwash.
Thymol is produced synthetically these days but used to be derived from the Thyme plant. During World War I the European commercial Thyme fields were destroyed and Dotted Horsemint from the US replaced Thyme as a source for Thymol."
Stunning Sweetbay I must say you must have a wonderful garden!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend/ Tyra
Your garden is still beautiful and full of flowers! Have a great weekend!/Eva
ReplyDeleteHi Sweetbay,
ReplyDeleteI'm learning a lot as I read your blog - such interesting plants - and lovely blooms! The Dotted Horsemint is fascinating and another new one for me.
Hi. Here I see the difference between our climate. Lovely flower with you, here is the autumn now. /Margareta
ReplyDeleteAll is lovely but I am very interested in Dotted Horsemint. I love learning about native to an area plants. I grow many that are from the Tall Grass Prairie since my area once was part of the prairie before development and farming.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the information about Dotted Horsemint. The Native Americans knew all about the healing properties of plants.
The gardens are beginning to wind down. I shall be gathering seed now for next year.
Happy October, season of the ancients.
Sherry
Beautiful flowers. Your blog always makes me wish I could trot on over to see and smell those beauties.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen dotted horsemint. It's gorgeous, and its scent sounds so intriguing.
Lovely autumn flowers! I wasn't familiar with the Bidens, so I checked them out in my Illinois Wildflower book and found they are natives here, too, also known as a "swamp marigold." I've probably seen them around here and didn't realize it--there are so many yellow wildflowers, I can't tell the difference between some of them:)
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. I'm such a fan of American beautyberry. Love the way the berries are eaten by birds and other critters. Thanks for sharing. Teresa
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