Dregs of Summer, Part 3 of 3

Liriope
Foliage tips show evidence of drought.

Surprise Lily, Resurrection Lily
(Lycoris) going to seed.

Magnolia seed cone.

Nasturtium and Zinnia

Perilla and Hosta

Miniature Pumpkin

Sedum in the Terrace
Sedum spurium ‘Fulda Glow’

A vignette by Nature

Little pear tomatoes

Old bloom heads on Leatherleaf Viburnum

This is the only wild aster I have.
Its blooms look much like Daisy Fleabane.

Yucca filamentosa
is a native plant in Eastern U.S.A.
The curly filaments are visible in the photo.

The tiny pool contains:
Pickerel Weed (blue) and Equisetum hyemale, and
a hardy, white water lily (not shown).

Dregs of Summer, Part 2 of 3

Columbine and Sedum acre

Daisy Fleabane
We have Common Fleabane in the spring and Daisy Fleabane in summer.

Soon to hit the frying pan as fried green tomatoes.

Native plant: Fameflower (either Talinum calcaricum or Talinum teretifolium)

Goldenrod

Elder berries

Spirea believed to be Goldflame

Jewels of Opar/Ophir :
Talinum paniculatum (KP): Jewels of Opar or Jewels of Ophir
Biblical references to the land of Ophir are found in 1 Kings 9:28; 10:11.
Another nickname in the south: Old Lady's Hat Pin.
It is another (larger) "fame flower".

Same thing only closer to see the fruit and buds more clearly. I love to see it with the sun low behind it. The flowers are panicles of same as the small Fameflower, tiny and dainty. They all open in late afternoon.

Larkspur going to seed.

I love it and let it scatter its seeds as it will. The seedlings are already up that will bloom next year.

Sweet William (Dianthus)
I have read that it was named for King William, whom the Scots hated, so they call it Stinking Billy.

A member of my garden staff in charge of catching grasshoppers and such pests.

To Be Continued

Dregs of Summer, Part 1 of 3