Not exactly a bloom (and not exactly in focus either) but here's a J. Maple (Mikawa yatsubusa) showing off her fall color.

That is really a lovely J. maple. How old is it? Just wondering how slow it grows.

Beautiful pictures everyone. When the rain stops( maybe slows) I'll go out and see whats going on here.

Raining but went out. I should be use to this after living here all my life but this "pineapple express" doesn't stop for long. I was thinking there wouldn't be much color but, found some great things out in my garden.
These are from my front deck, looking across the lake.
This is my last basket from summer . Hate to take it down. Soon the frost will kill these beauties. All was grown from seed in my greenhouse.
The hardy hibiscus is toast. Was not hot enough this summer to get a good bloom. This is my first year with these.

Last of my echies. 'Hot Papaya'
This is a new Rodie for me. Sure putting on a fall show. Will bloom pink in the spring. Too wet to look for the name.
Love to garden in containers. Here are a few that look good today.


A blueberry
This is my rose garden on the right. Not much left. I'm going out of growing roses, too much black spot.
These will be gone soon too.
My shade garden. The hellebores will show after the holidays. Right now the fuschia is looking good.
This is my fav. container the season.

I love rhodies with that kind of foliage! Is it R. stenopetalum 'Linearifolia'?

Wow, that begonia in the first photo is still going great guns.
Spring you still have so much color in your garden.

I went out and pulled the tag. Rhododendron macrosepalum Linearifolium on the tag. Also says Spider Azalea. I just bought it because of the different foliage, who new it would turn these beautiful colors in the fall. Very happy with it. Zuzu, will it turn colors in your area.

Lynn, thanks. Spring starts for me Jan. 1 in the greenhouse planting seeds. I'm going to try winter sowing this year too. I have been collecting jugs.

Winter sowing in milk jugs is like watching magic. I still remember my first year of doing it. And it still blows me away at how amazing it is.

Yes, mine changes color in fall too. I would bet we both have the same plant. Unfortunately, according to ITIS, macrosepalum and stenopetalum are no longer accepted names of rhododendron species, so they're both something else now.

I found this on Pahat's Garden "When first introduced to western gardens in 1980, it was known as Rhododendron macrosepalum 'Linearifolium.' That is now ammended to R. stenopetalum 'Linearifolium'."
http://www.paghat.com/spideraz...

I saw that on Paghat's Garden too, but it doesn't explain why ITIS says R. stenopetalum doesn't exist. Maybe because it's Japanese? ITIS is such an American chauvinist.

I have a hard time with the Latin names.
Deb, I forgot to tell how beautiful you J. maple is in your picture. You photo is what prompted me to look around my own garden. How are your other maples doing? You have some beauties.

Most of my 'scratch-n-dent' J. maples are doing well. Many of them have some really odd growth patterns, but I think a couple seasons of pruning and seeing what is alive and what is not will do the trick. Per my cousin, they are pretty forgiving so I am hopeful in a few years I'll have some really nice trees. Here's one I'm particularly fond of - Grandma Ghost:

Wow, Love that! The color on that is beautiful. I googled his Amazing Maples the other day and drooled all through his video. Wish I had more room.

Beautiful foliage!

That is stunning, so interesting the pattern of color. Is it that way throughout the growing season. Or is that just it's fall color?

I finally was able to take some photos this late afternoon. Here is what is blooming at my place right now.
Geum coccineum 'Cooky', one lone bloom.


A miniature rose that I lost the name of. : (


Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate'. You can see the foliage is dying from a combination of cold and wet.


Tanacetum parthenium 'Flore Pleno' doesn't seem to be bothered at all by the cold, wet weather.


Acer palmatum 'Crimson Queen'


Unknown barberry shrub. The birds feed off of it in the winter.


Cyclamen hederifolium and C. hederifolium 'Alba' love this cool, wet weather. They are sure good at reseeding themselves.


Two blooms left on this pitiful looking Toadlily. It's on it's way to dormancy.


Epilobium canum


Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'


Delosperma cooperi, still going strong. What an amazing succulent. It has bloomed all summer.


I can't believe this species penstemon is still blooming and setting buds. Penstemon x mexicali Pikes Peak Purple

Gorgeous, Lynn. I didn't make it out to the garden yesterday before it started raining, so everything's weighted down by rain now. Maybe something camera-worthy will dry out by tomorrow. My rain lilies went absolutely nuts. They haven't had any water for months and all it took was one good rainfall. They're all pointing downward, though, and I don't feel like lying on the ground to get a picture of them.

I would love to see photos of the rain lilies. Wonder if they would grow here?
My Strike it Rich rose is still blooming, but the photo didn't work out, the wind started blowing.

The picture of 'Grandma Ghost' was taken mid-summer. The fall color deepens a bit. I am trying to capture photos of early spring - mid summer - and fall for all my Japenese maples so I can remember what they all do.

In answer to another post, I don't know how old the Mikawa is - fairly old based on the thickness of the trunk. My cousin assured me it is very slow growing as I do not want a large tree in that particular spot.