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| Coral Bark setting the Autumn mood |
I LOVE watching the seasons change and have tried to plan and plant my garden accordingly. When planning focal points for my garden, I try to make sure there is something of interest for each season. One of my favorite shrubs is the purple smoke tree. I love to plant clematis beneath it to weave throughout the shrub with it's sweet blooms peeking through as the spring leaves emerge.
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| Purple Smoke Tree with "Happy Jack" clematis |
Later, in the Autumn- the leaves turn a brilliant crimson before dropping to reveal the beautiful structure of it's branches. In my back gardens, I have one placed with a coral bark maple. One of the things I love about Georgia autumns, is we have a slow and steady show- the coral bark is usually one of my first trees to show it's colors and then, as it begins to fade, the smoke tree puts in her performance.
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| Smoke tree nearing the end of it's performance- wish I'd snapped this a couple days ago! |
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KiKi boots "helping" with an arrangement
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Once the leaves have fallen, the brilliant crimson of the coral bark takes center stage. I have to admit that I also plan my garden to provide me with beautiful material to decorate my home. I also, use my garden a LOT for my paintings.
This one happened by accident- I'd taken the Thanksgiving arrangement outside (didn't have the heart to throw something so beautiful away!) to make room for Christmasing....loved the composition so much that it had to become painting! And I loved painting my "Moon man" so much, that he's made multiple appearances in my art......
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My favorite spot in the garden
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I hope you're enjoying Autumn as much as I am- it's such a beautiful way to be thankful in this giving season.
Cheers!
Stephanie
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