Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - November 2021

And just like that, here we are in November. Where has the year fled? We've been enjoying unusually pleasant (for us) autumn weather here in zone 9a. Cool, sunny days and often quite chilly nights, sometimes dipping into the lower 40s F. And while the garden still looks a bit raggedy around the edges, it, too, has enjoyed this cooler weather with the occasional fall rains. Here's what has survived to bloom this month.

 

The Encore azaleas have been putting out a few blooms recently.

If it's autumn, then of course Esperanza "yellow bells" must be in bloom.

A pot of pansies on the patio table, just added for fall and winter color.

And I must have my red cyclamen, also for seasonal color.

The Cape honeysuckle has been in bloom for several weeks and shows no signs of letting up.

Another autumn "must-have" - petunias.

Duranta erecta blossoms with their beautiful attendant, a Tiger Swallowtail. These butterflies seem to particularly like these blossoms. I see them there frequently. 

Here's what those Duranta blooms become when they ripen - the yellow berries called "golden dewdrops" that give the plant its common name.

The gerbera daisies are still blooming, in orange...

 

...and in yellow.

The echinacea got its second wind and began blooming again, in purple...

...and in other colors.

The blooms of the yellow cestrum look almost orange in the autumn sun.

And the leaves of the Hamelia patens become almost as red-orange as its blossoms. 

The tropical milkweed is still offering its blossoms to passing butterflies.

No bloom here, just my little tiger doing a bit of goldfishing/watching. (No, he didn't catch anything.)

 

Firespike is at its best in the fall.

The buddleia is still in bloom although its blooms are smaller now.

And more buddleia.

The Turk's cap is really outdoing itself with fall blooms.

This white penta bloomed all summer and now well into the fall.

And so did this fuchsia-colored one, now joined by a bit of pink dianthus.

 

'Peaches and cream' lantana.

Purple trailing lantana.

Blue plumbago, of course.

Autumn sage doing its thing.

And the coral vine does its autumn thing as well. It, too, has been absolutely cover in these pink blossoms this fall.

My lady roses are putting on a fall show. Here's 'Belinda's Dream.'

With lots more of those big, squashy blooms to come.

  

And, of course, last but never least, the 'Lady of Shallott.' Her blooms, too, seem quite a bit more orange in the autumn sun than they were earlier in the year.

I hope you and your garden are flourishing. I look forward to visiting you soon. Thank you so much for visiting here. Happy Bloom Day.

And thank you to Carol of May Dreams Garden for hosting us once again.