It is the 15th of the month, which means it is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Hosted by Carol of
I don’t have any blooms – but my garden has texture and colour.
Please click on the picture below for my slide show.
To visit those who do still have blooms in November – please visit May Dreams Garden.
I was trying to work out where the stems cuttings ready for propagation?
I can’t get the slide show to work
I suspect (although am not sure) that Firefox things its a Popup and has banned it from opening. Boo Hoo!
Hi Karen, what a beautiful group of photos. This is the time of year that the mosses come alive and brighten the dullness of the landscape. Although you still have lots of autumnal foliage, all lovely. I was thrilled to see the persicaria, a plant new to me this year. Yours looks like it has spread nicely, love it.
Frances
Hi Karen – I suspect we’ll be following your lead and posting lots of texture next month! Lovely photos – the mosses and little details really come into their own at this time of the year don’t they?
Hi Zoe – I am sorry that this is not working for you – if anyone else has this problem, please can you leave a message here so I can look into it.
Frances, thank you for your comments. I hope your persicaria does well for you.
Hi VP – I am not joking when I say I have no flowers (sigh) – maybe next year, but then I enjoy the texture very much too. Thanks for visiting.
K
I really enjoyed your slideshow which has brightened up a dull and damp November afternoon. I think foliage and texture have a big part to play in the garden but even more so at this time of year. I wish that I had paid more attention to this a good few years ago and planted more shrubs. There are very few blooms left in my garden in the north west of England and what there is is very sodden and droopy. The moss looks good though !
Karen,
Isn’t nature grand! The gift of rainy gray days is the finer appreciation of bark, leaves and moss. They pop. I very much enjoyed your fall textural display…I need a big note to carry with me at all visits to nurseries….it would read “TEXTURE”! gail
Hi Karen, during certain months of the year (when flowers are few and far between in the garden) one is allowed to show the flowers one has in bloom inside.
Love your entry though, very pretty and tactile.
Happy GBBD!
Despite not having any flowers, your garden is still beautiful and full of color. I particularly admire the shot of the knarled Apple trunk with the fallen apples. That really fits my mood today!
Hi Anna, Gail, Yolanda and Mr.McGD
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
Anna – We are very sodden and droopy here in Wales too – glad the slide show brightened your afternoon.
Gail, The light was just perfect for photographing texture – which I do find quite inspirational in my artwork. I think you do already have lovely textures in your garden
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Yolanda – I don’t “do” houseplants
– mostly because there is never any space to put them, plus I am never in the house for long enough. Glad you like the entry.
Mr.McGD I love the gnarled apple trunk too – it is only a little tree – and probably not very old – but it seems ancient – if you know what I mean.
Karen,
You don’t need any flowers; your garden is still lovely with those different leaves and textures. Great slide-show!
Katarina
Hi Karen – I love your slideshow photos. They’ve reminded me that flowers are only part of the beauty of a garden, and if we look closely there is beauty in a garden even in November.
Hi Karen – I enjoyed your slideshow though am amazed that you dont have anything in flower. I was also ashamed at the effort you had obviously put into your GBBD post compared to my 5 min wonder
Can I just clarify that last comment – I’m ashamed at MY lack of effort not yours!!!!!!
What a lovely slideshow.
Karen .. what a beautiful slide show of your trees and shrubs ! .. I also am a texture person and I appreciate seeing that in other people’s gardens. You have some wonderful plants and trees !
I don’t have blooms either. Your leaves are lovely and more than make up for the lack of flowers. I enjoyed all the textures.
Karen,
The slideshow is breathtaking: In that I mean when one looks at it there are images, one after the other that are so meaningful and poetic that I drew in my breath and then exhaled slowly while contemplating them. Visually,intellectually and emotionally satisfying. You achieved what you set out to do for yourself as an artist to examine what you found, and it is appreciated more than half way around the world from me in San Francisco.
There is something about what you have shown that speaks to me. I know this. I feel it. I have been there: You have in this essay of images spoken to people who love the natural world know in their heart, but cannot always express.
Sincerely,
Philip
Who needs flowers with all these beautiful sights? The slide show was stunning; I love all the interesting looks at the tree trunks as well as the different foliage. Great post–I will look at my non-flowering garden with a new perspective thanks to you.
It was just lovely. Beautiful photos. Color in the garden doesn’t always need to be flowers. In fact, green is the predominant color in any garden. Thank you for sharing your texture and beauty.~~Dee
I couldnt get Firefox to play ball irrespective of how I altered my preferences( I think Adblock is over sensative and took exception to you despite the fact I Whitelisted) ! I used IE in the end – beautiful! Especially like the shots of the bark and lichen covered branches.
Got there in the end,
Zoë x
My link is very slow at the moment, so looked at the show on Karens computer. Stunning. The shots of the bark are my favourite.
I love your photos! You have awesome colors and textures in your garden.
You may not have blooms but you have beautiful color & texture still in the garden. Lovely slideshow!
Hello Karen it is the same here NO flowers. I have started to read the seed catalogs and found a lot of goddies…oh I have an itch in my hands. / Tyra
Thanks very much – although doing a slide show involves a bit of extra time – I do like the effect of seeing all the textures in the garden “close up and personal” at this time of year. I am happy that you all enjoyed it too.
K