{"id":13518,"date":"2025-09-27T21:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?p=13518"},"modified":"2025-09-27T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:30:56","slug":"a-second-blooming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?p=13518","title":{"rendered":"A Second Blooming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I don\u2019t know if it was the long hot dry spell followed by a week of heavy rain but just about every flowering plant in my garden has put out a second set of blooms. Followers of this blog will notice the differences in the following pictures.
I had a worry about the Cosmos wintering in our garden and the boffins online say it\u2019s not generally a perennial in this climate. But not only have they bloomed again, but there are additional plants coming up that can only be a result of the seeds of the first bloom falling into the pot. I wish I had thought to harvest some of them. I think I will move the pots from the fence into the greenhouse before the low temps are here to stay. I DID acquire some poppy seeds, and some Colombine seeds for next year. And some from the Venus fly trap, but those I\u2019m very uncertain of. I don\u2019t think I can provide them a place with the correct conditions. I guess I\u2019ll know next year. But knowing me, I will be out in the greenhouse come February trying to get an early start on spring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juliet\u2019s roses continue to bud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here you can see roses in every stage of development . She has newly formed buds and everything in between to the last falling petals. That corner of our garden also houses a few spiderwebs that the petals get suspended in. It makes it a bit magical and I am certain the pixies dance nightly there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a marigold that was one of those mystery seeds I planted in the Spring. It was slow to grow, drooped a bit but produced two flowers in late June. Here it is again, one spectacular flower with another bud awaiting in the wings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A determined butterfly is taking advantage of the new blooms, I think he may be the last of the summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ceanothus bloomed again, a bit more sparsely than before but always welcome its unique blue coloration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pyrocantha has not bloomed again, but is an absolute cascade of red berries down our garden wall!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And not to be outdone, the Willowherb is continuing to wow with its tiny flowers though most have become white wisps of seeds that are blowing around in the garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I do not know what this all means for our coming winter, or even spring beyond. I chose to believe that Nature has given us a few more reasons to enjoy our gardens before it becomes too cool to enjoy at leisure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even my Mexican orange plant has bloomed again, I’m sure it first did so back in May. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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