Happy Thanksgiving , everyone ! Even if you ’re not in the US , the salutation stands – we’re thankful for you , too ! We ’ve spent the last two Thanksgivings with Irvin and Pauline Faria out in Carmichael , California ( HERE&HERE ) , so I was so happy to see Irvin ’s modish installment in my inbox last week . He say , “ Oh my , time appears to have pass off at lite speed . Once again , Happy Thanksgiving everyone ! A special give thanks you to Michelle for her tremendous originative format for displaying our garden . Her continued excellency and enthusiasm for gardening is very much revalue . We keep to advance breathing in for our garden ’s planting and care from all of you who so willingly take the clip to partake your wonderful garden landscape painting . With these photograph we want to partake a kaleidoscope of fall chromaticity and nature ’s beauty as verbalise in the idle turkey , young doe , and glorious horse . We extend our good wishes to all for a grand grace . Let there be peace in the world . ”Thank YOU , Irvin and Pauline ! Have a grand day , everyone .
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Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are regular visitors to our woodland garden. While they are roosting high in the oak trees for protection we hear their mellow vibrato gobbling. This male holding his chest high, head drawn back, wing tips dragging, and tail feathers spread in a magnificent fan struts in a timeless ritual designed to lure female turkeys to his private harem.
We awaken to this landscape view of early signs of fall shown left to right by a ‘Fireglow’ Japanese maple, yellow redbud, ‘Butterfly’ Japanese maple tree beneath the redbud, dogwood above the blue pot, and the canopy of a ‘Crimson Queen’ Japanese maple over a Japanese lantern.
This western redbud captures the magical simplicity of nature’s fall beauty. It is a charming native tree showing its handsome, broad, heart-shaped, bright yellow leaves. In early spring, before leaf-out, a profusion of small, sweet pea–shaped, lavender-pink to rosy purple flowers appear on twigs, branches, and even the main trunk.
Dogwood (Cornus kousa) is a favorite ornamental tree for its modest size and four-season appeal. In autumn, it is among the first to share a foliage that turns a stunning deep red before falling, leaving a handsome skeleton with alligator skin-like bark in winter. In nature they grow as understory trees, preferring afternoon shade to shield them from blazing sunlight.
Early morning sunlight touches the foliage of a dogwood tree.
Acer mono ‘Usugumo’ Japanese Maple (batwing maple) has attractive green foliage throughout the season. The lobed, palm-shaped leaves are ornamentally significant and turn an outstanding orange in the fall. Here it is surrounded by maidenhair ferns.
This ‘Crimson Queen’ Japanese maple has now reached the far side of the fishpond.
8 ‘Maiku jaku’ (dancing peacock) Japanese maple has multi-divided leaves giving it a fern-like appearance. Always a beautiful tree.
Fast growing water lettuce (Pista stratiotes) rosettes floating in this pot are one of the world’s most productive freshwater aquatic plants. However, severe overgrowth can block gas exchange in the air-water interface, reducing oxygen in the water and killing fish.
Small water lettuce rosettes add interest to the moving water in the reflecting pond.
Acer palmatum ‘Butterfly’ (‘Kocho nishiki’) Japanese maple is always a striking garden tree with its variegated cream-colored, 5-lobed leaves. Rarely are any two leaves alike. In fall coloration the white areas become a prominent magenta giving a new quality to its appearance.
Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’, commonly called red maple, in the fall presents beautiful orange-red foliage color. Attractive red flowers appear in early spring before the foliage emerges. Glossy dark green leaves with red stems and 3-5 lobes first appear followed by its brilliant fall color.
V-Corbin (‘Midori no teiboku’) Japanese maple shows off its lime green leaf structure in the early spring. In the fall the color of solid yellow is intense.
Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha) makes an easy and beautiful choice to add color to the garden. It also provides lovely and long-lasting cuttings to freshen the home all summer long. In our garden it is one of the most favorite plants for hummingbirds.
Penstemon barbatus ‘Elfin Pink’. This herbaceous perennial features lance-shaped foliage and spikes of trumpet shaped blooms. It is excellent for attracting hummingbirds, is drought tolerant and prefers full sun but will tolerate partial shade.
Mule deer is helping herself to lush begonia (Odocoileus hemionus). The deer digestive tracts differ from cattle and elk in that they have a smaller rumen in relation to their body size, so they must be more selective in their feeding. Instead of eating large quantizes of low-quality feed like grass, deer must select the most nutritious plants and parts of plants.
Mule deer can see a 310-degree view around themselves and can detect slight predator movement up to 600 meters away. Their sense of smell is up to 1,000 times stronger than a human’s and they can detect human odor at up to a half mile away. They can detect water that is up to two feet below ground. They bounce away in a motion called “stotting,” in which all four hooves push off the ground at the same time. With each bound, this mule deer may jump as high as two feet and as far as 15 feet.
