One new #calendula & one new pink #rhododendron in bloom 🥰

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November 24th & our #GroundCherries are still producing #fruits 😍

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My burgundy lacecap #hydrangeas are pretty in all their life stages. Some buds are still blooming into November but most are going to seed now.

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My pink #cosmos refuse to stop producing new flower buds, in 2nd week of #November 😍

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#PacificAster is one of my fave #NativePlants to use for #rewilding & for attracting more #pollinators.

It's a small, hardy, beautiful purple #NativeWildflower which is found from BC to California. It's tolerant of many different coastal habitats, from ocean sand dunes to rocky outcrops to salt marshes to grasslands to forests. Great plant to use for soil erosion & slopes stabilization work. It has a deep, clumpy, extensive fibrous root system - don't grow beside plants with weaker root systems.

Pacific aster is extremely easy to grow in it's native grow zones, across coastal PNW areas. You'll love their long bloom time, from late May into late October. It provides pollen sources for pollinators in Fall. After they stop blooming, they'll produce fluffy seed heads, full of prolific wind-born #seeds. Snip off tops of seed heads to save them. I store mine in airtight jars & share a lot of them too.

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Pale purple flowers on #rosemary.

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Floral #Fall #foliage.
Burgundy #hydrangea #leaf & yellow #hosta #leaves.

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Some of my burgundy lace-cap #hydrangeas are still blooming but most have gone to seed.

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