If you want colour, this week's winner was the witch hazel beckoning from way off in the NE corner of the north garden. I think this is Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise' - there are several cultivars together here. Definitely in the competition were the Boston ivy/Japanese creepers. There are three Parthenocissus tricuspidata cultivars on the bower. And I think it's Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Robusta' on the wall. The Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' is asserting some dominance on the North Garden lawn. Here are some flowers. Hesperantha coccinea is still looking showy on the entrance plaza. The Aconitum uchiyamai has been in flower for more than a month too. This is the normal blooming time for Impatiens omeiana. A small clump of Nerine bowdenii is plenty showy, in the African section of the Alpine Garden. Nearby, and not nearly so showy, is this South African foxglove, Ceratotheca triloba, with beautiful fuzzy flowers. Last year in August I posted Diervilla rivulari flowers, and I described the location as "all the way at the end of the Carolinian Garden, across from the fence." That's where I found these plants, but Pl@ntNet gives that ID 01.24% likelihood, today showing 84% likelihood for an ID of D. sessilifolia. I think I remember the location for the D. sessilifolia being nearby but on the east side of the bed.
