The growing season is drawing to an end, but this colorful geranium on the steps of 217 W 106th doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo and is putting on a show amidst the drying grass and slowly-yellowing leaves.
Late-Blooming Geranium
Author: Matthew
Pink and Purple Blooms
Our garden got badly parched this summer, but it’s managed to bounce back a little as temperatures have dropped from their peaks.
Budding Hibiscus
Our hibiscus shrub (aka “Rose of Sharon”) is getting ready to flower for the first time this season.
Burdock In Bloom
I love the thistle-like flowers on our burdock plants!
Blazing
A nice fiery set of pansies has popped out following today’s rain.
Oleander Aphids
These bright-yellow oleander aphids are growing fat and plentiful on the sap of a dogbane plant. In agricultural settings, aphids are almost universally viewed as a pest, but I’m pleased to see them here in our tiny habitat, because I know they’re a favorite food for ladybugs and other insectivores whose numbers will be growing in the coming weeks.
Foliage Fenceline
I’m really pleased with the way the grapevines and little trees soften the edges of the otherwise-drab fence and stairs in front of our buildings.
First Strawberries of the Season
I think these might be ready to eat by tomorrow…
A Classic Rose
The roses are really having a productive season.
Filling In the Green Wall
Now that the warm-weather season is well and truly here, the sidewalk garden is fully engaged, with more than fifty feet of green shrubs, grasses, trees, and flowering plants brightening up this stretch of West 106th Street.
