Autumn colours at the Toronto Botanical Garden, while they last
It's hard to believe that November is just around the corner. It's been another successful work "year" from May until now but this blog has suffered due the few posts I've written so I'll apologize right now! Things will be slowing down soon after the fall cleanups are done and I'll have more time to write.
I had an hour, literally, to spend at the Toronto Botanical Garden last weekend. I say "literally" as my wife and kids weren't interested in joining me, preferred to go shopping instead and planned to pick me back up in the specified time. Sheesh!
So here are some highlights from my 60 minute "break". If you want to see more late autumn pictures from last year, you can click on Autumn blooms and foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden: Impending death and decay at a public Toronto garden
Autumn is always a wistful and melancholic time for me in my garden. The Katsura, Japanese maples and viburnums show off their amazing colours one last time before five months of winter have to be endured. I'm enjoying the show while it lasts....
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| Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| "Donald Wyman" crabapple berries at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Dwarf fothergilla gardenii "Blue Mist" autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Epimedium "Amber Queen" barrenwort autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Hamamelis mollis (Chinese witch hazel) autumn flowers at theToronto Botanical Garden |
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| Ilex verticillata "Nana" Winterberry autumn berries at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Miscanthus sinensis (Maiden grass) autumn seedheads at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) and Amsonia autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Kagiri nishiki" Japanese maple autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer shirasawanum "Aureum" Fullmoon maple autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Aconitum "Ivorine" monkshood autumn flowers at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Aconitum x cammarum monkshood autumn flowers at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Amsonia hubrichtii (bluestar) autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum "Peve Yellow") autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Cercis canadensis (Eastern redbud) autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Chinese witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis) autumn flowers at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Chinese witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis) autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Cynara cardunculus (Globe artichoke) at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Digitalis "Berry Canary" (Digiplexis Foxglove) at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
Even the trees beside the parking lot were showy:
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| Toronto Botanical Garden parking lot maples autumn foliage |
