These are last of the garden pictures for the season. It was a beautiful Autumn. The dogwoods and crepe myrtles were spectacular this year. The sourwoods and sassafras were gorgeous red and orange, Even the forsythia put on a show. Most of the leaves have fallen now so I'll wait patiently through the winter, looking at garden catalogs and dream of next years garden. I do want to try to have some tomato plants next year. If you've been following, you know I battled the deer with sprays, hot peppers and chili powder, wind chimes, cages. Nothing would stop them. I learned from a neighbor that she used ivory soap cut up in chunks around hers and that worked. So next time, I'll give that a try.
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| Red orange sassafras trees |
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| Forsythia will turn this pretty purple the more sun it gets in the fall. Talk about a southern staple. It grows everywhere and doesn't need anything. Just cut it back occasionally if it gets too big. Pretty bell shaped yellow flowers in the spring, a carefree, open shrub in the summer and then this lovely purple in the fall. What's not to love? |
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| Heading around the curve in the driveway and this sugar maple greets me |
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| Crepe myrtles line one side of the driveway |
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| This is an azalea. No, really! It blooms in the spring, off and on in the summer and then this show in the fall |
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| Some garden mums in a pinky purple. There'a a little bee taking a nap in this one. |
