{"id":6738,"date":"2012-09-10T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:11:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:11:48","slug":"fierce-weather-marks-shift-in-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/09\/fierce-weather-marks-shift-in-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Fierce Weather Marks a Shift in the Seasons in New England"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A MONARCH BUTTERFLY ENJOYS SOME NECTAR ON ONE OF THE HELIOTROPE STANDARDS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nMuch of the eastern US experienced fierce weather yesterday, as a cold front and a stronger than usual storm system kept many of us under the threat of tornados, hail and severe thunderstorms. Thankfully, we only suffered from some minor flooding and wind after a full day of threatening clouds and warnings. I was prepared for either no glass on the greenhouse today, or at the very least, torn foliage from hail, but we awoke to bright sunshine and cool, dry breezes – and for early September, we experienced what felt and looked like, a very ‘spring’ day.<\/div>\n
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WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT TODAY, IT FELT BRIGHTER THAN USUAL, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THE DAYS ARE GRADUALLY BECOMING SHORTER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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THE PURPLE IOCHROMA CYANUM GROWING IN A POT, SEEMED EXCEPTIONALLY BRILLIANT TODAY AFTER THE STORMS. IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE I WILL NEED TO RELOCATE THIS TROPICAL BACK INTO THE GREENHOUSE. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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TODAY, ALL OF THE JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES WERE BLOOMING. THIS ONE HAD A SHIMMER EFFECT IN THE CELL STRUCTURE OF THE FLOWER, NOT UNLIKE NERINE SARNIENSIS – IT SPARKLED LIKE GLITTER OR DIAMOND DUST.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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I LOVE SURPRISES. I FORGOT THAT I HAD MOVED SOME AGAPANTHUS OUT BACK AROUND THE GOLDFISH POND. TODAY, I NOTICED THAT THIS ONE WAS BLOOMING. A FALL BLOOMER, THIS IS THE WILD FORM OF THE RARELY SEEN SPECIES- AGAPANTHUS INAPERTUS, AN AGAPANTHUS WITH PENDANT FLOWERS NATIVE TO SOUTH AFRICA.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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HERE IS WHAT’S BEEN ATTRACTING ALL OF OUR HUMMINGBIRDS THIS YEAR. IT’S BUDDLEA LINDLEYANA – THE WEEPING BUTTERFLY BUSH, A RARELY SEEN SPECIES THAT COMES FROM CHINA. FOR US, IT FORMS THESE 2 FOOT LONG PANICLES THAT HANG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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DILL BLOSSOMS IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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BEGONIA’S LOOK BEST IN SEPTEMBER, THIS SPECIES IS NEW FOR US, B. MOYESII. I LOVE THE WRINKLED FOLIAGE WITH A PATTERN NOT UNILKE A SPIDER WEB.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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THE GOURDS ARE STARTING TO COLOR-UP AND MATURE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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NOW THAT IT HAS BLOOMED, THE MANGAVE ‘BLOODSPOT’ HAS BLOSSOMS THAT HINT TO THE AGAVE’s RELATIONSHIP TO TUBEROSES. THIS STALK HAS BEEN DRIVING THE YELLOW JACKETS CRAZY.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
A MONARCH BUTTERFLY ENJOYS SOME NECTAR ON ONE OF THE HELIOTROPE STANDARDS. Much of the eastern US experienced fierce weather yesterday, as a cold…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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