Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for September 2021.
Here in my USDA hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the colchicums are up and flowering. They are a nice, bright surprise, blooming where little else is showing color. These are multiplying enough that next spring, I may dig and divide them in the green and put some in my front garden.
Because when flowers like these bloom in my front garden in the fall, my neighbors mistake them for the crocuses that bloom in the spring and think I have magical powers, or at least a pretty good green thumb.
Elsewhere in the garden, zinnias are holding steady and staying strong.
I don’t really deadhead them. Other than cutting a few to enjoy inside, I just let them bloom themselves to frost.
Steady and strong is not how I’d describe the lone sunflower that wasn’t pecked out and eaten as a seedling by the rabbits or birds or whomever.
I should have maybe featured it in August! Oh well. I’ll leave that seed head for the birds. It’s fun to watch those little birds hang upside down to get to the seeds.
Elsewhere in the garden, the hardy begonias are blooming.
I like to let these go to seed so that they spread themselves around a bit. In fact, these came up from seed from another bunch of begonias on the other side of this flower border. Those original begonias have died out in that spot, so I’m please to have these.
Okay, okay, okay. The garden fairies insist I go back to the Vegetable Garden Cathedral to show how nice the nasturtiums I grew from seed look.
They demand I grow them from seed now every year, along with marigolds.
Now I insist you look up on my violas, some Sorbet varieties I planted out last week in hopes they will overwinter and return in the spring.
Then gaze upon the lone viola that has so far returned from the heat of summer, which I think will be more of an issue for me than winter will be in getting these violas to perennialize.
And that is enough for this bloom day post, which I shall end with apologies to tall sedum, toad lilies, mums, and leadwort which didn’t make the cut this time around. Maybe next month!
What’s blooming in your garden in mid-September? Join in for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and show us! It’s easy to participate. Just post on your blog about what’s blooming in your garden on or around the 15th of the month, then come back here and leave a comment about what you have blooming in your garden, plus put a link in the Mr. Linky widget to show us how to get there.
We can have flowers nearly every month of the year. ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
I love all the colors you still have in your garden. Very beautiful. You’re further north of me, and my fall bulbs haven’t made an appearance as yet. The first part of September has been more leaves than flowers here, as the aromatic asters, swamp sunflowers and others are still growing and forming buds. Lots of colors from berries. though. Wishing you a good rest of the week, and I hope your violets will bloom beautifully next spring.
Beautiful colors, I am missing those pansies in my garden . I love those colchiums since I have never seen them before they are quite identical to crocus. Thanks for hosting this lovely link up theme every month for avid gardeners .
Those Begonias are beautiful! I’m really surprised that they’re hardy to zone 6, they look so tender.
Beautiful colors. Zinnias are my favorite because I use them as cut flowers all season. I am not sure Colchicum is hardy in my zone but I would love to have still another fall flowering flower.
I always enjoy seeing your colchicums blooming this time of year and your nasturtiums look so beautiful. Growing from seed suits them well. Summer is winding down here as well, as the grasses have formed their plumes, Dogwood is forming its fruit and Sedum are blooming away. It is a nice time of year as temperatures start to cool and the garden starts to kick back a bit. Enjoy the onset of fall in your lovely garden!
Beautiful, Carol. My zinnias and cleome are great. I love cutting the zinnias.
I share your love for voilas and, while they’re already appearing in garden centers here, planting them now would almost certainly be a death sentence. Our forecast is cooler weather than “normal” weather through this week but our hot Santa Ana winds are expected early next week. I’ll probably wait until November to plant any pansies 🙁
I love the idea your neighbors think you’ve got special powers!
I don’t deadhead my zinnias either, and I am so excited that we had SIX Monarchs playing and sipping on them today.
I just love those colchicums! Happy Bloom Day my friend. ~~Dee
I’m a fan of summer-started nasturtiums too. The fresh flowers and textured leaves really stand out now and they often hold up into frost. Thanks for the chance to share among all who enjoy the blooms! Brenda in South Dakota
I have never had Colchicums but enjoy seeing them pop up in other gardens. They show up in some unusual places! TB
Nice colchicums – mine all disappear! I may try a few again if I feel like spending the $s.
Meanwhile, my bloom blog share this month is on the Autumn Daffodil – do you grow that bulb?
Nice colchicums! My fall surprise is Cyclamen hederifolium. I love seeing the little pale-pink flowers popping up in September. Happy Bloom day!
The garden fairies are quite right–there should always be nasturtiums grown from seed. And marigolds… but especially nasturtiums!
Nice to see the Colchicums so early, ours will be a while yet. — john
Every fall, I promise myself that I’ll plant some colchicum bulbs, and every year I forget. Maybe seeing your beautiful flowers will motivate me to remember this year!
Sooo,…these are some beautiful flowers.
I am curious, what did you do to condition the soil? Did you fertilize the dirt or add compost?
I missed my autumn crocus blooming! Went away for a week and when I came back, there were just the telltale white stems laying on the ground. Love your violas!