autumn peach
If fall has one saving grace it’s got to be its color, every hue in the earth tone palette is usually represented, including, as you can see in this picture, rosy peach.
Considering the general conditions that encourage brilliant fall foliage we should be in for a treat this year: we had plenty of moisture during the growing season and it shapes up to be a cool autumn without temperature extremes. That is if the rain doesn’t ruin it. There is no fall color when it rains.
The second we crossed the threshold of the equinox, as if on a schedule, fall showed up, wrapped in a dreary drizzle, boasting dim light and dropping temperatures by twenty degrees overnight. Really? That precise?
The pampas grasses and the sedums do their best to cheer up the landscape while the late summer flowers are starting to wrap up their bloom.
So far the weather doesn’t bode well for colorful foliage: it’s raining. On the other hand the grass is so lush and green it makes me forget we’re heading towards winter, which is no easy thing. I’m going to miss summer. A lot.
On a more optimistic note, even though it’s a little early, mid-October is the time to plant spring bulbs so I started perusing the plant catalogs for beautiful new additions. One can never have too many daffodils.
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