Garden Pic Wednesday: Fall Flowers
Today's Garden Pics of the day are "Fall Flowers" currently in my garden beds: First up: Purple Button Mums. These are new, just planted about 3 weeks ago. Seems like I have to replant them every year. I keep hoping they'll spread and make a home here. Next: This weeks Hydrangea Vase Arrangement: Here, "pink and purple" are fall colors. My garden beds are full of Vinca: dark, medium & light pinks! I've got purple Mexican Heathers, purple mums, burgundy Basil blooms & purple Clematis. You wouldn't believe this arrangement is comprised of only 2 Hydrangea stems. It's an old shrub that has been recently putting up a single stem with multiple smaller heads on it. About 5 medium size heads. So I just cut that apart for this vase plus one additional hydrangea head that was a single and about 5 Vinca stems. The Vinca bloom one bloom a day, but are loaded with several buds and make a nice greenery fill between blooms. Neat thing is, if I re...