Not Ready To Say Goodbye To Autumn

Iridaceae germanica 'Rosalie Figge'

Neither is Rosalie Figge.  She's a remontant and reblooming her pretty deep reddish dark purple nearly black flowering heart off again.  She has a hint of grape fragrance and an intense coloring that looks fantastic backlit by the setting sun.  That's Panicum 'Northwind' in case you were wondering. It looks pretty good backlit, too.

But, I'm not ready to say goodbye, so I've bundled her up in a frost blanket and we'll see if she's still blooming when the sun warms the day.

xxoogail

Autumn Movement
I cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful thing lasts.

The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck of the copper sunburned woman, the mother of the year, the taker of seeds.

The northwest wind comes and the yellow is torn full of holes, new beautiful things come in the first spit of snow on the northwest wind, and the old things go, not one lasts.

–Carl Sandburg

Gail Eichelberger is a gardener and therapist in Middle Tennessee. She loves wildflowers and native plants and thoroughly enjoys writing about the ones she grows at Clay and Limestone."