Persian shield first and what my wife calls "snake root" but google calls Actea racemosa, second pic.
Someone posted pics on FB yesterday and called that snake root or black cohosh. Seeing your picture and reading your disclaimer that google called it differently, I googled snakeroot and came up with white snakeroot. After looking at pictures and reading about its habitat, I'm pretty sure I have the white snakeroot growing in the treeline out back (picture is not mine, it is from Arkansas Native Plant Society). And, BTW, it is poisonous to people and animals (birds can eat the seeds). But when I googled black cohosh, I found that it is also called "black" snakeroot (link to NIH). The Black snakeroot plant is generally thought of as non-poisonous in small doses, but can cause some symptoms. Thanks for giving me the chance to learn something - even if that knowledge probably won't stick with me long
Thanks for the clarification! It is a perennial. We put it in last summer and it didn't do much until this year, by the looks of it next season will be even better. So far it seems it will be a late summer bloomer which is also something we like about it.
An entire field of native goldenrod. I’ll have to collect seeds in a few weeks to propagate some at home.
Some Fall color - pics taken last Sunday (9/29): Giant Autumn Crocus Husker red penstemon Burgundy Bell maple is starting to turn Pincushion flowers Autumn Fire sedum
What is the deal? A few weeks ago I catch this lilac blooming, and today a seen a bloom on our one rhododendron...what the heck?! Here is the lilac... haven't got a pic of the rhody yet...
Some lilacs will rebloom, and it is usually a much lighter bloom than the spring event. However, it does seem a bit late in the season for a 2nd round. Some one here in NH posted pics on a local FB page of their lilac putting out a few blooms last week too. I don't believe I've ever heard of a rhodie reblooming
Made me second guess myself on the rhody...thought maybe I had seen a morning glory flower since I know there is some in there...so I went out just now, nope, rhody flower...it's been cool here this week, we have a lil frost this morning too.
The trees to the north and east of the house are nearly bare (thank goodness - I've mowed leaves 4-8 times plus done some leaf blowing into the tree line 2-3 times already). I took care of all the leaves on Tuesday, and Wednesday you couldn't tell it. Oh well, it is almost over. Anyway, the trees on the southerly side of the house are the stars now. All of these are close to the drainage ditch, so did not suffer from the last 3 months of dryness we've had. October Glory Maple with burning bush beside it. The second pic is a close up of the maple's leaves. October Glory Maple in the forground with a couple of wild maples behind and to the side. This maple was shining gold in the sunlight The Lace Leaf Japanese maple is burgundy color during summer, but it was on fire in the sunlight Interestingly, the Thanksgiving Cactus threw an early white bloom. There are no other buds and when this starts blooming in a month or so, the flowers will be salmon colored. This cactus started throwing one white bloom just a couple of years ago, but I don't recall it ever having done that out of sync with the rest of the blooms.
Gorgeous colour in the trees. We missed the fall colours back east as we had to leave before campgrounds starting closing and summer weather hung on longer than expected.
I always thought drought years were supposed to be bad for fall foliage colors but in our 6 years being in this house this year is the best we have seen here. We have mostly oak trees.
I went to Concord, NH yesterday and between the duck's Sporting Goods and Petsmart there were a row of stunning maples. Pictures are straight from my phone with no manipulation (and I don't use filters). The closer up one, I was nearly under the tree. Taken at 9:35am, so the sun was still fairly low in the sky, but strong.
The foliage around here has been meh. The only leaves left on trees are the oaks. The maples came and went quickly. With some, the leaves just dried up and dropped quickly.
We have a few trees down here that can show off some color This is a skinny sweet gum that has dark red leaves...
