"The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum,the loose husks whisk skyward in half-playing swirls, and the wind hurries on....
A tree tries to argue, bare limbs waving, but there is no detaining the wind."
- Aldo Leopold
November is a busy month both in the garden and in my artists studio and I am behind in my blog posts. The first two weekends I host an open studio that has hundreds of visits from the entire county residents. As visitors walk to the entrance of my studio through the garden they are awed by the view of November's rich colors and blooms.
Above, left to right : Autumn sage, Japanese iris, Hardy mums and Euphorbia grace the November garden.
The long-blooming Coneflowers and Asters are gone but the lovely Dianthus is still flowering. I added more Euphorbias and Coreopsis in early Fall and some new varieties of Blackeyed Susan.
My favorite 'hana jiman ' Camellia ( below ) was very prolific this year and the blooms lasted a long time. One of the South's favorites, Camellias can be seen around town in so many different colors.
The weather forecast is predicting a warm winter and thus far it seems to be rather mild. A few days of below freezing but daytime temperatures are in the high 50's and 60's .
Now onward to the last month of the year.
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