Having an Autumn Lie-In

It’s great

Having an autumn lie-in

As the host

    -  Matsuo Basho

By early October fall settled in once again, and the garden continues its bloom of colors. This year I think the new cedar fence panels add to the beauty. 

This year I added some mums to add some interest.

By mid-October, the rebuilt Moon Window looked wonderful as the deep red of the small maple added some differentiation.

The Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘Beni-kaze’), first planted in 2009, is one of the origial garden plantings. To this day it continues to thrive at the base of the Mioshi Post Lantern, its red tipped leaves setting it apart from all the other grasses in the garden.

The Charlotte (Veronica Longifolia 'Charlotte') behind Guanyin always produces its spikes of white tubular flowers in the fall. They only last a few days, but they never disappoint.

Near the end of October, the Dwarf Maple finally makes its spectacular transformation. Unfortunately, these photos were take a couple days past peak. Nevertheless, is still looks beautiful.

With winter just around the corner, the fall provides one last opportunity to enjoy the garden "as the host" with one last "lie-in" before the early snow sets in for the winter.