Memorial Garden in mid-October
Look for spiders, butterflies, and humans going about their business in the autumn garden.
We send a big thank you to Wild Ones - Mid-TN Chapter for the generous donation of three spicebush.
Gardeners love to share their knowledge when asked to identify plants. We identified the vine with the big berries as smilax, using the shape and striation of the leaves.
Check out Wild Ones here:
https://middletennessee.wildones.org/
Richard brought the spicebush to us, along with plants we purchased from Wild Ones: gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, and orange coneflower. Richard helped us with planting the young stock.
If you look closely at the honeysuckle, you'll see an eastern comma butterfly (Polygonia comma). It's name comes from its sharply angled wing edges. This species actually overwinters as an adult, spending the cold winter in brush piles or behind loose pieces of tree bark (Kline).
The asters are blooming, and a quiet bench may call to you. Take time to observe the many colors and patterns in the October garden.
