09/04/2026
The Late Season Garden…🌾
Large bright cone flowers give way to soft grassy plumes, rich foliage colour and waning mid-season stand-outs. Hydrangeas take on a vintage, dusty rose hue and the bees hover around the mauve Allium and blue Caryopteris.
Folks often ask which season is my favourite in the landscape. I exclaim, “How could I ever choose?!” or “All of them!” - but if I really sit with the question, my answer is invariably the late season garden. Its transitional manner is frenzied and subtle at the same time - like it’s squeezing in all the beauty it can before the quiet of winter.
As I refresh our display areas, I feel equal amounts of serenity and excitement for the arrival of fall. 🍂