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Fall comes to the Texas
Hill Country.
My favorite season brings
crisp days and cool nights.
Gardening doesn’t get any
better than this!
— Vickie, HCMG |
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Hillside Gardening -
Fall
A canopy of color . . .
. . . cascades down the
hillside |
Pyracantha berries ready
for holiday decorations |
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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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Late-blooming pentas put
on quite a show
once the drought broke
in late September |
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Containers of fall color
include orange crotons
and Purple Heart,
Setcreasea pallida,
surrounded by English
ivy groundcover at the
base of an
American arborvitae
small tree, Thuja
occidentalis |
A pot of cold-hardy
petunias tucks into a
background of plumbago
with a thornless
prickly pear cactus in
the foreground
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Mutabilis
roses in two stages
of bloom.
The repeat bloomers
go from yellow to
pink as the blooms
age. A native cedar
fence provides
support for their
sprawling canes.
These antique roses
need lots of room
but are carefree. |
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An overflowing
impatiens pot spills
through
the porch rails.
They’ll be gone
after the first
freeze. |
Texans love their native Texas red
oaks,
Quercus texana,
despite their
susceptibility
to oak wilt, a
deadly disease in
the Hill Country. |
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American smoke tree,
Cotinus obovatus,
a regional native
plant,
offers subtle fall
shades of burgundy |
Seed pods of purple
hyacinth bean vine
add color focus to a
trellis |
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Autumn sage,
Salvia greggi,
provides a splash of
pink between
bush germander,
Teucrium fruticans,
a silver-leafed
evergreen and Texas
sage,
Leucophyllum
frutescens, a
grey-leafed
evergreen. |
Hill Country
gardeners were
rewarded after a
scorching summer of
record-breaking
drought. My purple
fountain grass in
the forefront is
followed by copper
canyon daisies,
Tagetes lemmonii.
The purple spikes of
Mexican bush sage,
Salvia leucantha,
and the red berries
of a yaupon holly
tree add to the
color palette. All
of these
drought-tolerant
plants survived
strict watering
restrictions. |
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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.
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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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Photos by V Killeen |
