Umpqua's Garden: It's Autumn Already?

Where did the end of summer go? I've been really busy and so have neglected this blog, and the gardens to an extent. I've been particularly bad about watering, but luckily we got a bit of rain over the last few days. I did get a bunch of things transplanted, although there's still some work to be done and new plants to be purchased and planted over the next month - at least before first frost.

One of the major things I did over the past couple of weeks is to divide and transplant the bulk of my daylilies. They were in desperate need of division so I'm glad I got that done. I also re-arranged the plants in the beds in front of the house for the most part, although there are still a few more things to be done. The pool bed is also in decent shape, although I need to divide and move some black eyed susans. They are still in partial bloom, so I'll get to that in a couple of weeks. The island bed and the new bulb bed on the other side of the garage are the 2 big projects that will need attention in the coming weeks, although I don't think I'm going to get as far as I had originally planned.

Here are a few things that have been blooming at the end of summer/early fall.

My front stoop. The red mums are courtesy of Willie & Terry, and I'm going to plant them out near the clematis within the next couple of weeks.

Also from Terry. She couldn't remember the name, but I wonder if this is some kind of anemone?

A gorgeous little volunteer that sprung up on the front walk. I'm amazed the boys haven't trampled it yet:

My "cottage" corner is looking pretty pathetic at this point. This is where I'll plant the red mum.

I got 2 measly flowers as part of the "second bloom" on this clematis. I'm going to give it a better structure to climb next year in the hope that it will give me one good show in early summer.