The Northern Lights are DANCING in the sky over my New York garden!

 

Happy October - here's what's in bloom here on Long Island!

 The garden is SO full of life, but this post is allllll about the blooms.

I wish I'd get blooms from my Hibiscus tiliaceus, but the leaves are pretty enough. 

I might get blooms from my Variegated Plumeria Maya though!! 

Lets start off with some Dahlias! I adore these plants and will bring these into the garage this winter. 

Love these shorter growing Dahlias

My driveway fruit garden is doing SO well this year. I love the way the sweet potato vines have created a living wall here. And there are SO many lemons on the way!

My × Gordlinia grandiflora started blooming in September. That's when these photos were taken. I got it last year and have not left it outside for the winter - until now. This will be it's first one!

Special shoutout to these cute button zinnias. Definitely planting these again next year!

Lets talk about Ginger! All my hedychium survived the winter outside. This giant one is called fiesta. It's my largest EVER!

The blooms are kind of peach! 

Another winter survivor, Hedychium Daniel Weeks!

Underneath my bananas is a ginger I decided to overwinter inside the house instead of letting them go dormant in the garage. This is Hedychium Vanilla Ice. 

Geraniums are doing fabulous under the mule palm. I bring these inside the garage for the winter. My Chrysanthemums stay outside 

A few more nice blooms ....

Crinum and Zinnia 

Tibouchina granulosa

Plumeria "Melody"

Nasturtium 

Mandevilla Giant Peach

Black Eye Susan growing in between the pavers!

Hibiscus

Ixora 

Chrysanthemums

 I planted these last year. They came back beautifully in this container.

These were gifted to me from the Long Island Chrysanthemum Society. The varieties are Xena, Joan Carbisiero, and Artist Pink

September with the Hibiscus!

 

Flowering Maple- Abutilon

Hibiscus Cotton Candy wind.

Hibiscus Cajun Cocktail

Hibiscus berry awesome?