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The White Ash trees continue to be slowly killed by the Emerald Ash Borer in the neighborhood.

As they weaken they continue to heavily produce seeds which become a carpet of seedlings underneath. This is happening for both the ash trees along the roadsides as well as in the woodlots around. Man, where are the parasitic wasps when you need em?

Lilium ‘Black Beauty’ showing more where their name may have been derived from;
As their red flowers age/fade they become darker. Still nowhere near as black as modern hybrids, but I’m sure for their earlier years they were as close as an old garden could get.

Good news; 1 of the 2 potted Lobelia siphilitica are now at flowering age.
Bad news is that these were supposed to be a white flowered strain not blue!
The source for the seeds said they were open pollinated so it’s possible that the blue-flowered gene dominated the white genes.

REUPLOADING THIS TWEET/POST REMINDS ME THAT I GOTTA LABEL THAT FACT BEFORE WINTER AAACK

Of course the Clematis virginiana in the greenhouse goes to flower while its garden-planted siblings show no signs of flowerbuds.
If I knew sooner I would’ve planted this one instead lol. Lovely white monster-to-be.

Not entirely sure what to do with the remaining greenhouse specimens; resell them? Find some really rough spot to let them raise their hell? Who knows.

The photos contradict the flower colours irl for Hibiscus syriacus ‘Marina’ (aka. Blue Satin). The flowers look much more violet-blue irl.

It has bloomed several weeks ahead of the other strains/cultivars in the garden, and I’ve learned this is supposedly a sterile cultivar :O