ear Clients and Friends,

Already, the dogwoods are beginning to turn their red fall color.  They are always the first—sometimes prematurely, even in August, if we’ve had a dry summer which we did this year.  The Winterberry Holly berries are ripe; the Tea Olives are beginning to bloom; the buds are forming on the Fatsias; the Sasanqua Camellias are ready to pop; and the ornamental grasses are in full bloom.  My fall perennials are all putting on a show:  perennial Begonias, Toadlilies, Turtlehead, Asters, and Anemones.  And the Impatiens are at their best right before the downhill tumble into frost.  It’s always a bittersweet time for me—I love the fall weather and colors (and the mosquitoes go away—finally!) yet it’s the end of the gardening year and I don’t look forward to winter, as most of you know!  In the last few years, however, it seems that gardening is becoming more year ‘round than ever.  I rarely go for a walk in my garden at any time of year that something isn’t putting on a show.  I like that gardening has become interesting in all four seasons.

The Pink Anemones are blooming now at Woodland Cottage.

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