Good Night Sweet Secret Garden, It Is Time To Go….Ba-Dum Ba- Dum!

I know every one wants their garden to be beautiful at all times, but just as in life…that can’t always be.

I know every one wants their garden to be beautiful at all times, but just as in life…that can’t always be.

Blooms fade, annuals die out and in their place a new flourish of color begins.

A new beginning of sorts.

In Florida, we are tropical most all the time.

Like the Beautiful hibiscus, Mexican petunia, Flourishing Ixoria, Bird of Paradise (native) and other such bloomers.

You can see the early summer pictures of my Secret Garden, click here.

However, there is a deciduous tree in my Secret Garden.

It is called the Plumeria or as some know it, the flower of lei’s.

Yes, it is the flower used in an Hawaiian Lei when one is greeted to Hawaii

And it is the flower blossom I give to guests, as they are leaving our home and Florida.

The fragrance is strong and the flower bright yellow and waxy and beautiful. 

I only have the yellow blooming tree, but the Plumeria also comes in pink, red and a very light purple.

The blooms fall to the pavers, and it makes me a bit sad because I know I will not see them again until next Spring.

When the Plumaria tree starts to shed it’s loopy leaves, I know Autumn has arrived not only in my Secret Garden, but all over SW Florida.

As you can see I have placed three mum plants in my standing bicycle replacing the summer zinnias that reminded me of my mother.

We have had thunderstorms almost every evening and the flowers in the Secret Garden take a hit as the rain pelts down on their delicate blooms.

This is also another indication that Autumn is here.

We are still experiencing hot temperatures during the day, but temps are slowly cooling down in the evenings.

The “firecrackers” are still blooming, but looking a bit bedraggled, as many fading flowers do at the end of their season.

The hanging baskets of pentas are trying their best to remain upright and perky.

Watching them go through their perk up and droop with all the rains is almost comical.

Begonias love the cooler temperatures in the garden and they also love the moisture. 

In the photo above, you can almost see them slurping in the rain drops.

The heather keeps shooting up, but with all the rain of late, has not been able to bloom…my dear friend Rita from Panoply suggested less water, but right now that is almost impossible.

The red, white and pink impatience keep struggling as their vines get a bit thinner, no matter how much I fertilize.

When it is time for them to end their season, it is time for them to go.

Goodnight Sweetheart, well it’s time to go….ba-dum ba-dum!

Remember that song from the movie “Three Men And A Baby”

Yep!

Have a great and Blessed Day!