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Covering the hooped frame with cloth on cold nights extended the Gunnera season quite a bit, but it has just gotten too cold, so the giant had to be cut down for the winter and covered with its well insulated box which was then heaped on its sides with wood chips for extra protection. Hopefully it will emerge next spring better than ever.
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Gunnera manicata
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Ilex verticillata
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The Winterberry, a deciduous Holly native to eastern North America, is thriving in a moist location and having lost its leaves for the winter its berries are particularly brilliant in the late day sun. See also on October 4 with berries and foliage.
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The yellow berries of this Viburnum seen in the Woodland on September 8 dazzle in the sun with its foliage which has now turned to shades of gold and copper.
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Viburnum dilatatum 'Michael Dodge'
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Geranium macrorrhizum
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Wonderful autumn color on a Geranium growing between the rocks under the large Cornus officinalis on the north end of the Cliff. Shown blooming on June 14.
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Beyond the pond, the grove of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, whose foliage looked so fresh and spring-like on October 4, has started to turn brown and drop for the winter.
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The Pond and Beyond
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Salix and Cercidiphyllum
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Looking north from the Wisteria Pavilion back to the bottom of the Cliff as it meets the pond, the weeping Cercidiphyllum japonicum f. pendulum on the right has lost its leaves and the Salix alba vitellina 'Britzensis' to its left is beginning to show its brilliant autumn color which should intensify as winter arrives.
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On the Himalayan Slope, the huge mass of once golden Ligularia dentata is about to release its millions and millions of seeds. The fluffy seed heads are backlit by the western sun.
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Ligularia dentata
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Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion'
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Like the Ilex verticillata above, this Callicarpa has lost its leaves, but its berries--almost surreal in their shade of purple--continue their display.
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Moving on to the Conservatory, a very Sasanqua-like Camellia, native to Japan, has started to bloom with white Anemone-like flowers.
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Camellia 'Miyagii'
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Oxalis arboreus
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While the flowers of this Oxalis also blooming in the Conservatory may be typical of the genus, this species is unusual in that it is shrubby and that the stems of its leaves are thick and succulent.
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A vining member of the Bignoniaceae family, the species is native to Chile and Peru and known as the Chilean Glory Vine.
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Eccremocarpus scaber 'Tresco Series Scarlet'
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Clematis cirrhosa
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Hanging flowers delicately freckled-- although not as heavily freckled as C. cirrhosa var. balearica--of an evergreen Clematis blooming in a pot. Native to southern Europe and Asia Minor.
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After blooming well outdoors this summer, the Justicia seems to be happy in its new spot in the Conservatory tower and is blooming again.
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Justicia carnea
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Saxifraga 'Ben Fuji'
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In the Pit House, Saxifraga 'Ben Fuji' starts the long Saxifraga season with its many varied species at Stonecrop and is unfurling its unique flowers which will have three short, one long, and one very long petal.
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