The Honey Locust by the front porch provides lovely filtered shade in the summer, but millions of tiny, tiny leaves to deal with come this time of year. They get tracked inside the house and basically, you find them everywhere if you're not careful.
I must admit that once daylily season is over, my enthusiasm for the garden wanes. I have tried adding later blooming flowers, but most of them don't grab my interest. One nice one is the Japanese Anemone. It's agressive though, and is already taking over the small space I allotted to it in the garden. Still, I guess it's worth it to have some blooms in September and October.
This 'Red October' is one of my favourite hostas, and its flowers come out (as its name suggests) in late September and early October. But the poor thing is always looking a bit chewed up by this time.
The thriving Bloodgood Japanese maple in the back yard died this year. I know that Japanese maples are iffy, but I felt like, since it was doing so well, it should continue doing so, you know? In the garden it's located along the back fence, to the right of this vine which is looking quite showy in its autumn colours.
This area actually looks better than what you see in this picture. These photos were taken with my cell phone camera, and so I have little control over the settings used. They are not quite the quality I am used to from my DSLR, but still, you get the idea.
I'll leave you with another look at those Japanese Anemones. They are quite pretty and delicate, really.
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