Maturing spiders seem to be making webs everywhere. Who needs Halloween decorations when you've got these?
On to other things. The persimmon tree has produced heavily again this year.
I hope the squirrels leave a few for me.
Cholla displaying it's fall foliage.
Beautiful golden light as the sun retreats for the year.
Poncirus trifoliata
Iris foetidissima
Pokeweed
Abelia × grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope'
Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace'
Mahonia 'Soft Caress'
Impatiens glandulifera.
Callicarpa
Euonymus something or other
I'm officially in love with this variegated dogwood. Beautiful foliage in spring and summer, summer flowers, and now this swell autumn show.
Nothing beats the Acers for fall color.
Wow, this Roscoe is certainly going out with a bang!
The Linden's falling leaves are everywhere at the moment.
So now I read your post after responding to your comment on mine. I see that, yes, you have orb weavers. And you have persimmons. Mine is an alternate bearer and this year the birds got most all of the small crop. This is a lovely post, so many beautiful things. Neat title, I took it as you crawling around, not the spider first time I read it.
ReplyDeleteGreat spider photos, and that dogwood is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteGreat spider pics, but, I do NOT like spiders. I know the good ones though, eat bugs.
ReplyDeleteYou have some wonderful fall beauty in your gardens.
Happy Fall ~ FlowerLady
The spiders are relentless this season...good idea to have something to wave in front of your face while touring the garden. Lots there for you to enjoy over the weekend (maybe the last of the fabulous weather we have been having.)
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There is still a lot of beauty in your garden. I decided not to clean the webs off of the front hand rail because people pay for webs they stretch out just like what the spiders do. That's my story...
ReplyDeleteI always marvel at the way you can be farther north and grow more tender plants, thanks I suppose to Puget Sound's influence. I wish I could grow persimmons successfully. I do have a native one that if it ever gets big enough could have fruit. You have so many gorgeous colorful berries!
ReplyDeleteThe autumn views of your garden are wonderful and I especially love your Callicarpa and Variegated Dogwood. I also enjoyed your play on words with the title of your post the awesome captures of the spiders. Well done!
ReplyDeleteAll those spiders are keeping your garden pest-free. I find orb weavers fascinating, they are so huge!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to get up close and personal with your own garden.
ReplyDeleteNice shots of the spiders, although they do creep me out. I'm glad we're getting this nice weather so that you're at least not getting drenched when you go out before and after work. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe spiders are crazy big this year! Isn’t is wonderful to enjoy the colors of the season with sunshine?
ReplyDeleteThere's something for everybody in this post I think and it's a great survey of both the challenges (spiders!) and joys of the fall season (everything other than spiders). I love all that fall color, especially as we see precious little of that in these parts.
ReplyDeleteA leisurely autumn sounds devine! I'm in the same boat as you with only brief moments to interact with the garden during the beautiful time of year. I love the spiders and I agree..Acer's provide incredible color in autumn. I've got a list a mile long of ones I want to put in the garden but only have room for 1 or 2 more. sigh!! Happy October!
ReplyDeleteYou purposefully grow pokeweed? And it doesn't take over? I grow dozens of these tap-rooted lovelies, and they're harder to control than bamboo (well, almost)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous fall fruits! And the Dogwood foliage is pretty nice as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for growing Impatiens glandulifera. It's such a controversial plant but the bumblebees love it and therefore so do I.
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