Close Ups in November
Aster Jindai has past its peak bloom but is still adding interest and color to the Demonstration Garden beds in Dewey Square. The petals are curling in an attempt to protect the flowers from the drying winds and cold temperatures as it stores food in its overwintering roots. The Cotinus leaf has lost almost all […]
Going, going …..
But not yet gone. We count our colorful fall foliage, grasses and seed pods as “blooms” at this time of year. As winter sets in – it certainly feels like it today! these displays become quiet with softer colors as the structure and texture are more pronounced. One last rose blossom holds on in front […]
The Fruits of our Labor
It is well past Labor Day, and while the Greenway Conservancy Horticulture Staff would love to take credit for these fall fruits, it’s really been all up to nature. Ilex virginiana (Winterberry ‘Red Sprite’), the luscious purple Callicarpa dictoma (Beautyberry), and the red, red hips of Rosa virginiana (Virginia Rose) are some fruits that are […]
An Aster by any other name
As autumn creeps closer to actual winter there are fewer bright colors throughout the Greenway garden beds. The billowing, breezy masses of Symphotrichon oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ (Aster ‘Raydon’s Favorite’) are a shining hold-out of summer colors. Combined wonderfully with the aging bronzy golden foliage of Amsonia hubrectii (Blue Star), these asters are a welcome addition […]
The late, late flowers of hardy chysanthemums
The delicate, blush pink buds and blossoms of the hardy chrysanthemum are still blooming profusely in the Chinatown Park. This one is Chrysanthemum x rubellum ‘Clara Curtis”.
Cool weather brings brighter colors
This colorful close up of the nutlet, or seed cluster, of the Carpinus caroliniana, (American Hornbeam) shows even the smallest leaves will take up the challenge of remaining useful as the temperature drops. The oranges and golds, the carotenoids in the leaf structure, protect the leaves from sun and wind damage, and provide some nutrition […]
Shining Bright, a Quick Autumn Stroll
From tip to tip the Rose Kennedy Greenway offers a huge variety of fall colors and textures. Starting in late September and stretching nearly into December, a full spectrum of colors are on show. Gold, burgundy, orange, copper, bronze, yellow and full-on red are everywhere – from small-leaved shrubs to our tallest trees. In the […]
Reliable Fall Bloomers
Asters and Goldenrod are native plants we have easily wooed into our gardens. You can see them both walking the woods on the weekends and then again, in refined versions, here in the parks.
Autumn Color Coming our Way
Fothergilla is a show off, and we have some in almost every part of the park. Over the next few weeks it will start popping out from between the grasses, perennials and shrubs that are holding on to green, or going golden brown.
Ornamental Grasses Light Up Now
Autumn is a wonderful time to enjoy the ornamental grasses that are planted from Chinatown all the way to the North End. Purple Lovegrass – the Eragrostis spectabilis – is a short, dense, native grass that really shines as the seed heads bloom. Miscanthus sinensis can be found on almost every block of the park […]
