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They're just trying to get in one last hurrah before winter...

I have four more coneflowers shipping on the first: summer solstice, mellow yellows, tequila sunrise, and prima berry. They'll go up front on the steps with the other two coneflowers and three poker plants. Tomorrow I need to replant the ice plants, so this evening I'll hose down the ground again.

Yes my yukka is still throwing flowers up and my nicotine plants are still in full flower, my baskets are looking a little worse for wear and my wallflowers are just coming into bloom and we have hard a few frosts here now but they don’t seem to mind at the minute but I don’t think they’ve been harsh enough to spoil them

I got all the ice plants planted in the ground. Had a hummingbird chattering away the entire time and she even checked out my progress.

Now I have the pots on the step ready to go when the coneflowers arrive.

I'm currently looking at trailing plants for two 28 inch tall planters (the actual pot is only 3-5 gallon, but it sits just inside the top of the tall planter - I have rocks to weight down the tall planter).

Thinking either clematis or passion fruit.

I also cut three stems with flowers off my neighbor's bougainvillea that was growing over the fence and put them in vases on my window still. One has sprouted a ton of roots. I'm going to have to plant it in a hanging planter as I don't want a thorny plant growing freely.

That sounds glorious. So much colour, and hummingbirds too!

I'm hoping. I'd really like to get a couple of the red flower passion fruits. Have a seller bookmarked and have to watch for them to come back in stock.

Yeah, I am so glad my hummingbird is happy. This all came about because she kept glaring into my security cameras at me. She hasn't done that since I put in the front garden and she comes daily. I can't wait until my guava pineapple starts blooming - she's gonna love that one.

I traveled abroad to [link removed] and during that time I left him with a relative to take care of him.

My container gardening is going well. The mimulus, hummingbird sages, butterfly bush, emu bushes, rosemarys, and mexican orange are all doing great. The quince is low on leaves but I think it's deciduous so that is fine.

I did lose all the wood strawberries again - this was my second try with them - so they are off my list.

My cane's hybrid bottlebrush started failing as soon as I put it in the ground. I have since potted it in hopes it will perk up. It seems to have stopped the progression of failure, but hasn't improved at all. So, I'm no look search for a replacement. I currently have a slim bottlebrush, western redbud and granite honey myrtle in that corner and wanted something of similar size but not the same. I will see what choices are offered at the last fall sale the end of this month. If nothing different, I'll probably go for one of those three since they are happy there.

My grape has gone dormant but doing well. My autumn sage is happy. I'm losing the pink honeysuckle but hoping it will revive over the winter. If not I might replace it with another passion flower.

Speaking of which, my existing passion flower is extremely happy. It is growing nicely and should start grabbing the trellis.

My new dwarf poker plants are doing great. If they get any bigger I'll need to uppot them before spring.

I ordered and received my six coneflowers and potted them all. They are happy.