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| Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake' & Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad' 9 October 2026 |
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| Rosa sericea subsp. omeiensis f. pteracantha - 9 October 2026 |
Autumn –
Emily Dickinson
The morns
are meeker than they were,
The nuts are
getting brown;
The berry's
cheek is plumper,
The rose is
out of town.
The maple
wears a gayer scarf,
The field a
scarlet gown.
Lest I
should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a
trinket on.
Garden plants
have a habit in my garden to surprise me. I had the same pleasant experience in
finding stuff about my Rosemary long after we had been married. Nine years ago
we went to New York City to see a Michelangelo exhibit at the Met. We arrived
at opening time at 10. We left at closing time as Rosemary wanted to see the
David Hockney exhibit, one by Renoir and when I asked her if she was interested
in mediaeval armour she went crazy using her iPhone on horse armour. How was I
to know that she was interested in art? Perhaps because she allowed me to spend
money on buying cameras and framing my photographs for shows I should have
suspected.
There are
two scans here that reaveal how plants always seem to have one over me.
The
hydrangea (lovely in Spanish – hortensia) has nice fall colour. That is to be
expected. But my A Shropshire Lad rose does not seem to understand that winter
is almost upon us. Can pink be an autumn colour?
More
surprisingly is this little white rose that has a habit of being the first in
my garden on May 1. It is now in bloom?
Emily
Dickinson is nicely out of town on this one!