Late Fall Blooms in Charlona’s Houston Garden

The plants that survive harsh summer conditions reward a Texas gardener with sensational blooms long after northern gardens have gone dormant

Hi GPODers !

Today we ’re getting a variety of footstep from the fall foliage and late - season flush we ’ve been seeing a lot of lately from northern gardens . We ’re inspect Charlona Ingram in Houston , Texas , who has a garden absolutely fill with vibrant blooms and exuberant green foliage when the harsh weather of summer has subsided .

Hi GPOD – My name is Charlona , and I garden in Houston , Texas . Fall is one of the best sentence of the year for my garden . If the plants can survive our corpse land , hurricanes , floods , summer drouth , and high-pitched humidity , we are pay back with a long growing time of year . It is almost December , and we are still enjoying lots of fall blooms , and sometimes will have rosiness all winter unless we get a freeze . Hope you enjoy the garden !

First up in Charlona ’s collection of beautiful bloomers is a staple in many southern gardens , Mexican bush sage(Salvia leucantha , zone 9–11 ) . The spiky foliage on this plant is such a rattling direct contrast to the spires of delicate , light purple flowers .

Charlona ’s garden is certainly looking lush and tropic this dusk . A bright pinkish bougainvillea brings a bold pa of people of color to the bed and a staghorn fern ( Platycerium bifurcatum , Zones 9–13 ) is always a fascinating plant to admire . I love that Charlona chose to string up the fern , the various ways you may mount these works are another cause they ’re so interesting .

Celosiais a popular industrial plant to grow as an yearly in summer container in the Union . Their out - of - this - reality anatomy and fuzzy texture makes it an optic - catcher in just about any compounding . In the southward , these beauties can be grown as a tender perennial and you may find assortment that are n’t as plebeian in nurseries up north . These pink ombré blush take care to be a diverseness of plumed cockscomb ( C.argentea , Zones 10–11 ) .

All of Charlona ’s plant are outstanding to savour come together up , but it ’s even more telling when you soar out and get to see her combinations of color . Hummingbird bush ( Anisacanthusquadrifidusvar.wrightii , Zones 7–10 ) , regal porterweed ( Stachytarpheta frantzii , Zones 9–11),vinca , and Gregg ’s mistflower ( Conoclinium greggii , Zones 7–10 ) are a rarified combining and pure rainbow of color .

While the flowers in Charlona ’s garden tend to slip the show , she is not neglecting the pauperization for leafage in her beds . Turnera offers some suneshine xanthous , and pink genus Vinca blossom belt down , but bright foxtail grass ferns ( Asparagusdensiflorus , Zones 9–11 ) , and silveryTexas sage(Salvia coccinea , Zones 8–10 ) foliage gives this plant a whole new level of interest .

Vines in Charlona ’s garden make an average wooden fence something magical . More bright yellow turnera creeps along the bottom and pair perfectly with a depressed tumpet vine ( Thunbergiabattiscombei , Zones 9–11 ) clinging to a post .

Hibiscus are popular garden flowers across the land , but Charlona has some really gorgeous specimens in her garden . fringe hibiscus ( Hibiscusschizopetalus , Zones 10–11 ) is so unparalleled , the treat petals and long , tag stamen definitely break the mold of the more common variety show . Another southern garden classic , peewee plant ( Justicia brandegeeana , Zones 9–11 ) , has a flurry of blooms in the background .

Another hibiscus with a more “ classic ” shape , lemon yellow rosemallow ( Hibiscus calyphyllus , Zones 9–11 ) still stupefy with it ’s crinkly , glowing yellow petal and dark , high - contrast gist .

Another sentiment of the bed we saw a wider view of above . In this shot , Charlona devote us a better view of the howling , louse - like spire of purple porterweed . This pollinator attracter is supported by vinca , foxtail fern , blue plumbago ( Plumbagoauriculata , Zones 9–11 ) .

Lastly , a plant with a very apt name , firespike ( Odontonema strictum , Zones 8–11 ) flowers are of burst of glossy , bright red from a backdrop of vivid unripe leaf .

Thank you so much for sharing your late - season garden with us , Charlona ! I sincerely hope we get to see your gorgeous plantings again , and that the time of year brings you many more flowers for months to do .

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