My roses and other garden plants must be quite dumb.
It’s getting colder and colder here in Toronto, yet my garden is still very much alive. Smart plants would have shut down and begun to go dormant by now …. but no, not my roses! Some of my other plants seems to be on the dumb side too.
Along with several other roses, my Compte de Chambord is still putting out lovely rose buds. Oh and they smell heavenly! Compte de Chambord has a beautiful old rose perfume scent and as I said, the roses and rose buds are still full of their lovely scent.
Compte de Chambord rose bud
I took this photo last weekend. It was quite windy so I had to hold the rose stem while taking the picture, but the leaves and other plants near it were blowing in the wind, hence the interesting blurred effect in the background.
Even my Lavender has started to bloom again … I have no idea why. It’s not like I’m out there watering, amending soil or putting my secret sauce (Alfalfa Tea) on my plants. I’m not doing a thing to my garden .. yet it’s thriving.
Here’s a single Lavender bloom …
Lavender bloom
And here’s one of my Lavender plants, blooming (a little bit) and looking terribly healthy for this time of year.
Healthy blooming Lavender plant - October
Is your garden asleep for the winter or is it still struggling to perform as if it were summer?
Mine refuse to stop blooming as well. I’m curious to see how long they can keep it up. I figure towards the middle or the end of the month when it starts to get colder, that will be it for them.
I have one rose bush, which is potted on our deck, that is struggling to keep producing blooms. We’re definitely in fall mode here and just had a big storm this weekend. But as long as the bush is willing to make blooms, I’m willing to enjoy them.