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Fall
Hillside Gardening
A canopy of color . .
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. . . cascades down the
hillside
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Pyracantha berries ready
for holiday
decorations |
Our severe summer
drought required an
additional rain barrel
to water summer
container plants.
Sundance, our gardening
cat, likes the view.
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The late blooming Pentas,
of the Rubiaceae
family of flowering plants, put
on quite a show once the
drought broke in late
September of 2009. |
Containers of fall color
include orange crotons
and Purple Heart,
Setcreasea pallida,
surrounded by English
Ivy at the
base of American
arborvitae tree,
Thuja occidentalis |
A pot of cold-hardy
Peturnias tuck into a
background of plumbago
with a thornless prickly
pear cactus in the
foreground. |
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Mutabilis, a China
rose, in two stages
of bloom.
The repeat bloomers
go from yellow to
pink as the blooms
age. A native cedar
fence provides
support for the
sprawling canes.
These antique roses
need lots of room
but are carefree.
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An overflowing pot of
Impatiens spills through the porch rails. They'll be gone after
the first freeze.
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The
American smoke tree, Cotinus obovatus,
is a regional native
plant, that
offers subtle fall
shades of burgundy, autumn foliage and unusual fruit. |
Texans love their
native Texas red oaks, Quercus texana,
despite their
susceptibility
to the a
deadly disease in
the Hill Country. |
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Seed pods of purple
hyacinth bean vine, Lablab purpurpeus, add color
focus to a trellis. This vine doesn't bloom until late
summer or early fall here in the Hill Country. Where the
seed pods fall, they will re-seed freely. |
Autumn sage,
Salvia greggi,
provides a splash of
hot pink between bush germander,
Teucrium fruticans,
a silver-leafed
evergreen and Texas
sage,
Leucophyllum
frutescens, a
grey-leafed
evergreen. |
Purple
fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum, forefront, the
yellow Copper
canyon daisies,
Tagetes lemmonii, the spikes Salvia leucantha,
and the red berries
of a yaupon holly
tree, Ilex vomitoria, are a beautiful fall color mix. |
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Dormant bluebonnet
seeds
sprouted following
an abundance of fall
rain.
A prediction of more
rain throughout the
winter promises a
gorgeous display of
spring wildflowers. |
In the fall, our southern
exposure gives us
fantastic sunsets
beyond the golf
course pond.
City lights begin to twinkle, and
another day in
paradise comes to a
close. |
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