Hot Colors in November

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There is not a lot in bloom in my garden right now. A few remaining California fuchsias, some coastal buckwheat, grasses, and a few non-natives. Still, I couldn’t resist Carol’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, so once again I’m posting both blooms and non-blooms. My theme for this month, though, is hot colors. So all of the pictures are either red or orange, be they flowers, berries or leaves.

California fuchsia (Epilobium canum)
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Leaf of Roger’s Red grape (Vitis ‘Roger’s Red’)
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A few poppies (Eschscholzia californica) are starting to bloom.
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In the back corner of the secret garden (woodland garden, that is) there is a toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) with the brightest, reddest red berries.
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The barberries often have red leaves or just red on their leaves (Berberis repens).
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4 thoughts on “Hot Colors in November

  1. Lovely warm colors! We have a few Erysimums and Galvezias bringing some red and yellow at the moment. We had a poppies too, until the deer wandered through again. They seem to favor the flowers, but thankfully leave the plant.

  2. Hi Clare – just read up on your Erysimum post. Wow! That was great. Thanks. <br /><br />The buckwheat is still blooming and a few Solidago but it is really quiet here – except for the sound of my shovel chipping away at the remnant lawn.

  3. Finally I get to tell you how much I enjoyed those photos! I&#39;m thinking of a new camera, preferably not too heavy. And I want to take photos like that. <br /><br />Been out in the garden all day ;-&gt;<br /><br />Happy bloom day!

  4. Thank you, TM. I have a Nikon d70s that I got in 2005. I am waiting until the spring to get a new camera. I want one with GPS and video capability – along with the optics I&#39;ve enjoyed. These pictures were all taken with my favorite lens – Nikon 105mm.<br /><br />What are you thinking of getting? One disappointment I have with my dslr is that I can&#39;t take it backpacking because it is too

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