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| Aster laterifolius, Rudbeckia maxima |
I'm still waiting for those mornings with hoar frost, or at least a covering of snow. But no such luck yet.
At the end of November, when I looked closely, after a week away in the deep South, I found quite a bit of color. The kind of color Rick Darke documents so carefully to explode the myth there's no color in late fall and winter.
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| Sanguisorba canadensis, Lysamachia ciliata 'Firecracker' |
Light too. These photos are interesting for their use of backlighting in some cases, and for direct sun light in others--but the warm, low light of autumn, so different from the harsh overhead summer sun.
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| Silphium perfoliatum |
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| Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' |
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| Mettuccia struthiopteris |
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| Inula racemosa 'Sonnerspeer', Miscanthus 'Gracillimus' |
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| Eupatorium purpureum, Rudbeckia maxima, Silphium perfoliatum, assorted miscanthus |
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| Miscanthus, a true lover of wet clay - it's everywhere |
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| Sanguisorba canadensis, Scirpus cyperinus |
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| Hydrangea quercifolia |
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| Miscanthus again |
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| Acorus ogon |
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| Aster laterifolius, Aster tartaricus 'Jin Dai', Eupatorium perfoliatum, Spartina pectinata marginata |
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| Bergenia and Box |
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| Sanguisorba canadensis, Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker' |
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| Miscanthus 'Gracillimus' |
