This week mine all get put to sleep. We have had 5 days in a row off frost It is time............

Temp 30° at the moment. If I were a plant, I wouldn't bloom.

They aren't big blooms, but my cold season plants India mustard and Hailstone radish are still blooming here. I left a plant of each to grow out for seeds. Very bright pretty yellow and hot vivid pink; and the foliage is healthy green, not gooey black - for the moment anyway.

Got a lot done yesterday,3 tractor carts full ,Amazing amount of plant debris,that was just the west side!!! Now to get the walk down to the house done .Also blew the last bit of maple leaves,oak trees still holding tight ,hoping those leaves stay in the woods...

I love my kale ,Ill have to take more photos of it,cold crops are too cool.

My Knockouts and Cl. Cecile Brunner rose are still blooming here too, Cherie, as are the Gaillardias, Gomphrena, one butterfly bush, sedums, daisies, and a few other odds and ends.

Good work there, Tam. I have one ornamental kale this year ... and my leeks and onions are still doing well. So is the Nepeta, rosemary, English lavender, and parsley In fact, I had discarded an onion bulb, pitched it on the ground a long time ago, and just notice it's sprouting.

What was blooming sure isn't anymore. Still have one Norway Maple hanging tight to its leaves. The other two Maples, the Honeylocust and Quaking Aspen are leaves free....................

But on the bright side, planting of semps in planters on the deck (they love winter and are hardy up to Zone 5, in some cases) and winter pansies
can begin.
Been working on that this weekend. They are so interesting to watch, as they change colors through the seasons.

Those are so sweet, Janice!

I'm pulling out annuals and cutting stuff back today. It's a great thing, 'cause now I can see the weeds to pull them! My beds are so jam-packed with stuff that summer weeding is nearly impossible, at least right around the plants. This is one of my favorite times, actually, just because the ground is nice and moist, the worms have the soil loosened, and it's easy to get all of those pesky roots out....even the ten thousand or so tree seedlings. We had a mast crop of tree seeds for some reason this year - there's plenty of sproutlings if anybody wants some.

Love your semps! :)

S. Kalinda

Thanks, Chelle!! I know what you mean about weeds and trees sprouting! I like this time of year also, for the same reason....you can really see what is there. My beds are jammed like yours.

Thanks,Tee! You are a semp lover, too!!!
Wonderful collection you have going!
Your Kalinda is gorgeous!!
I have too many pots going. I like the stones you used. Very pretty.
Aren't they amazing little plants!!

some pics today

Beautiful pictures of late bloomers...This year has been good for that...I have most of the annuals pulled a few more to go...Trying to put things away for the winter...I love all the semps and didn't realize there are so many named ones...Going to get to for looking more next year.

sheryl said:Love black kitties. Well, I love almost all kitties, lol.
I had quite a few out in Phoenix but have only gotten a few in co-ops since I moved here 6 years ago.

OK so where are the kitty co-ops

huggergirl said:

Cinda nice photo,love your little shelf area and green house.

Thanks , but I am embarrassed to tell you the ''shelf area'' is suppose to be my potting bench
Most of the time it is too full and I have to use the patio table.

LOL, Cinda - the last part was in answer to Tee's question as to where I get my succulents, smarty!

Nice, Janice. I still have mums, hardy geranium "Rozanne" and salvia "Coral Nymph" blooming. Everything else is shutting down.

Nice cosmose and arbor Janice.

The winter pots of sempers looks neat.I am looking for "Living Stones" or the little semps that have the webs in their centers.

Just a nursery would do,I am not able to trade.

ive put my semps in the garage,afraid they will get soaked an freeze and break the strawberry pots..ill pull them out for today an tomorrow. I never realized how many different ones there are janice an tee.love Lantana..didnt plant any this year taking camera with me today,my barrels at the office are just beautiful this year,they are well protected by the brick building,Im so proud of them. I need to do some fall sowing of seeds,Ive been dumping flower heads arcross the road on the ditch bank trying to get flowers started over there....I have Larkspur sprouting YAY ,lets hope the rudbeckias take off and the cones and....

Yes, Janice, I am a semp lover. I have a lot more but couldn't locate the pictures. Well, that's enough for now anyway since it's probably time for a new thread. Beautiful photos of your late bloomers up there! I have a few Cosmos still going. Bottom middle ... is that a hardy Geranium or?

I'd go with the Arachnoideum semps, Jo Ann, Living Stones (Lithops) are very tricky. They like it warm and dry ... period. Absolutely no tolerance for anything else. But they are from South Africa so that's their mother climate. About one extra drop of water and they are history. :(

I finally coaxed a bloom out of this one. I love them but they try my patience.