Flowers are available until first frost, which is the first or second week of November. In addition to dahlias which thrive in October temperatures, the garden has echinacea, agastache/hyssop, verbena, fragrant abelia, roses, celosia and soligado that keep on giving, I have magical toad lilies whose flecked flowers match the underside spores of the ferns, late blooming Montauk daises, and have added spoon tipped and Japanese chrysanthemum, October skies asters, temple asters, and limelight hydrangeas, all of which are in their glory in October. Some of my favorite bouquets are these glorious late season flowers in vibrant hues, or muted tones with tall grasses or the rich burgundy tones of oak leaf hydrangea leaves added in. I just added two varieties of St. John’s wort for foliage, flower, and seed head interests.
I also have created some whimsical front door fall festiveness, with a mixture of glass and real gourds and cold hardy plants. Bud vases brightened a first communion party. And it is quite a trick to not have the deer devour my hostas by October. These are things I help people with as a garden coach.
October 18th 4 more gorgeous arrangements featuring the magnificent Dahlias October 112 regular vases, 8 smaller baptismal Celebration flowersMontauk daisies echoed white and yellow with white asters, anemone, lots of dahlias and a few zinniasSimilar to the one above. In love with the penhill watermelon Dahlia.Bridal shower centerpieces Oct 1Pastel request early OctoberThis image and the one below, bridal shower flowers with a statement piece and smaller arrangementsOctober 16-18 beautiesCelebratory flowers for a birthday luncheon, October 2Slapwrist corsage for a teen fall harvest dance in requested orange, blue and yellowMagical DahliasAut5 arrangements to go down a long rectangular table at a restaurant for a mid October birthday celebrationEarly October magicOctober 25th Dahlia magicPeach centerpiece, spoon-tipped chrysanthemum is a perennial that only blooms for a few weeks (an accent flower in each of these bouquets from mid-October). My garden has been designed to have perennials blooming from March through November. It makes every bouquet seasonal to those few weeks, mixed with annual blooms. Mid October centerpieces, with beauty berries soaked in glycerin for 10 days prior, and laurel leaves3 vases October 26 with oak-leaf hydrangeas, fragrant Abelia, dahlias, Celosia, and zinniasFour square vases were placed down a long table on a pink tablecloth to celebrate a 90th birthday, October 23. The coral pink Dahlia with golden highlights is Pennhill watermelon.One regular sized vase of happiness, two small mason jars; a customer is gifting to friends, October 1Two small square vases and two regular to celebrate Jewish holiday, family gatheringsThree gorgeous custom arrangements inspired by a client’s vases. October 6th, with magical monstera leaves and beauty berries on the bottom right.Late bloomer: giggles a collarette dahlia. The garden continues to surprise and delight. In addition to pre-potting Dahlia tubers I had dug up and stored last winter, I mail ordered new tubers varieties that arrived late Spring and had to keep turning over chunks of soil and amending it to get them in the ground. I was also working on several customer landscapes in the spring so the Dahlia picture today was one of the very last to get in the ground and its first bloom is today October 11. Three views of a glorious October 4 bouquetDahlias, Asters, Daisies, Roses…October 1stWeekly pickupCreams (sensational cafe au lait), pinks, and blush roseDahlia magic on October 8Client’s vase and a request for tall flowers is the jumping off point for this tall arrangement of flowering secretia, toad lillies, laurel, dahlias, and anenomeThree more vases of happiness October 3October 10thOctober 26, Oakleaf hydrangeas leaves, Abelia, dahlias, Zinnias and a roseOctober 26 overhead view3 beauties to brighten a home while a gardener mother visits. October 13October 24October 20October 30October 28thNovember 4Front door fall happiness with a twist for a fun customerNeutral tones requestedChampagne themed birthday partyNovember 8Bud Vases1st Communion Bud VasesPeach Spoon-tipped ChrysanthemumFollow me on Instagram at BluebellgardenjoyMonarch in OctoberMontauk DaisiesPerennials for Fall plantingEarly NovemberEarly NovemberEarly NovemberNovember 5
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