Hard freezes are predicted this weekend with chilly day temps in the 40s; that's normal for November where I am. Random snowflakes are flying this morning.

All my planting is done, I'm now focusing on cleaning up and bringing pots and hoses and such into storage. I will have keep up with watering the newly-planted conifers, though, until the ground freezes.

"...these new ones now bring the number of trees and shrubs (mostly trees) that I've planted and growing here in this yard, up to around 65."

Wow!! How large is your property?

Map for tonight.

Acer palmatum Shishigashira. Behind you can see the variegated BLE Pittosporum tennuifolium Victoria & Pseudocydonia sinensis.

Parrotia persica Persian Spire.

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Lovely

i have never seen these in a cold climate garden ( 6a) thanks.

i hope more people post

Nice photos - good to see things plugging away in November! I've got my monkshood - I think that's the only perennial in bloom.

For annuals, my geraniums are looking GREAT, my impatiens are hanging on (which looks especially nice as I use them as edging, so my beds still look okay as they pretend to be still alive lol. At least from a distance!). I have some Blue Bedder (I think???) salvia that just doesn't know when to quit, and quite serendipitously is right next to some yellow and orange giant marigolds, which then line up with some orange zinnias still going strong. So a nice little swath of color going on there.

Then there's this

This only adds to my new-found respect for wax begonias lol. Tough little suckers! I don't even remember having any in those pots on top of this wall! There are some about 6 feet away that must have seeded across the patio!

:)

Dee

I agree. It's November. Natural organisms are starting the decomposition process. Wait until next year to know if it's an issue. Btw sooty mold rubs off. Its superficial, not systemic.

Musserforest remains a decent nursery w/good products and reasonable prices. But they don't always offer single items and/or potted items (more often they are bare-root), so might not suit in many cases. Of course being bare-root eliminates/simplifies the problem of root-girdling. All of the bare-root Canaan firs I got from them several yrs ago have done OK.

Forestfarm still seems pretty good, tho their range of offerings are far less now & prices are pretty high. Did get some plum yews from them recently.

OIKOS is pretty much out of the business anymore -- which is where I got many of my plantings like hybrids & unusual selections (like a 'Kreider' bur oak & a 'Millwood' honeylocust) yrs ago. Just a few yrs ago my brother got a bunch of yuccas from them, but are no longer offered.

Yes, you may use the photo. I did learn that a long time local nursery has a very large one in their greenhouse. It likely came from there.

Odontonema is a genus I've never paid much attention to until now. I suspected the plant was some sort of Justicia-like member of the Acanthaceae family. No photos needed now that I know it's a popular summer annual and/or perrenial in the Southeast. You're already up to speed on it's hardiness which it's only possibly hardy to Southern Georgia but not northern Georgia. The only similar Acanthaceae species that is comparable species up here is Water Willow, Justicia americana. Nice call floral!

It is strictly a greenhouse plant over here. I don't recall particularly noticing it but I've probably seen it somewhere. Not having a tropical glass house I don't take much notice of exotics.

Seems like Actaea pachypoda is prb'ly correct, although the bare stem going up on what I show is quite long (over 3 ft). Looked like the top of that stem had been either broken or chewed off, so any seed or spent flowers might've been lost.

This search pic shows an Actaea rubra w/a long flower stem, so the one I show w/such a long stem sans the berries isn't unprecedented.

It would be interesting if you could go back and see next year. It could be any of the three suggested. The only sure thing is that it an Actaea.

I agree with floral. That is definitely a clematis and very likely C. pitcheri, a Texas native. (see photo below)

FWIW, plant ID apps are notoriously inaccurate and floral's ID skills surpass all of them. She knows her plants!!

I'm in Portland Oregon, I've seen this "all bark" in almost all of my recently planted rhodies, for about 5 years now. Rocky Knoll, Rhododendrons Direct (fulfilled by Gardenscape Nursery) & others. They've all done fine for me but I do add a lot more bark to the soil when planting. These are always smallish plants, and most of the time I don't even dig a hole, just place the "bark ball" on top of the soil & berm soil/bark mix up around. It's working great for me - my soil is heavy clay.

Regarding fall growth, this is the new normal for me here in Cascadia. I don't do anything special unless we get a super-hot & sunny day, then I try to shade the new growth. My most recently planted rhoody is Superflimmer, and it grew a lot of new foliage in September which seems to have hardened off nicely, as has the autumn growth on 3-4 others. Your climate is a bit different though, good luck.

We usually have had a hard freeze by now, (Nov 7) but none so far this year.

I'd be concerned that the gas company may be planning to keep the entire ROW clear of woody vegetation.

No, not that one. Flowers, leaves and long seed pods don't match. I'd say it's a Tecoma hybrid such as Bells of Fire.

The red tubular flowers and those long seed pods really do point to a Tecoma hybrid, and the hummingbird visits fit too. I had a similar fast grower that I could not place from the leaves alone, so I uploaded a photo to Flower Identifier and it narrowed it down to a Tecoma type, which helped me compare the flower shape. It might be worth checking the pod shape against Bells of Fire if you want to pin down the exact hybrid.

Michele, it's quite possible tht nobody here is growing these 2 plants. I coppied a couple searches for you. Hope it helps. I'm now tempted to grow them myself.