Well it's September and my little meadow's fall blooming species have started to become very showy. Everything was started here as a bare root plug. Most of the spring and summer blooming species didn't flower at all, some even went dormant or died. Hopefully they'll all be back in force next year.
Tall Coreopsis,
Coreopsis tripteris, is about 3' tall and topped with lots of flowers. Not bad for two bare roots that cost $5 each. I could see going nuts with this plant in the coming years. When they become better established I'm sure they'll reach that 5' to 8' tall I read on the internet.
Showy Goldenrod,
Solidago speciosa. This plant gets it's name for being showy. The internet does a better job of
showing that off than my blog though. All four of my plants fell over and are sort of slinking along the ground. The orientation of the flowers is somewhat more uniform than on other Solidago's also the really tiny flower petals are slightly larger too, making them look more brightly yellow.
There are a few Asters popping open now too but nothing showy enough to take a picture of.
The butterfly weed,
Asclepias tuberosa, flowered well and has now gone to seed. Over the summer that awful grass has come back in force, I'll need to start weeding it out again.
The Ozark Coneflowers,
Echinacea paradoxa, have particularly neat leaf clusters. They're nowhere near native to New Jersey but frankly nothing in
Echinacea is anyhow. What drew me to it was it's yellow flowers, without having to be a cultivar.
I need to weed out some grass but I'm overall happy with what's out there.
