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FALL GUIDE Sonoma County September in the Garden by Kimberly Childers • kimberlychilders@att.net


SANTA ROSA, CA. ~ Dreams take you places, different times in your life. . .different gardens. . .You have probably lived plac- es for years and had spectacular gardens or not so spectacu- lar!


You remem-


ber the small and large, disasters and revelations. You re- call tomatoes you canned, sweet basil pesto, garlic braids and potatoes you grew for


the results.


time with phenom- enal


first Oh,


the flowers, pulchri- tudinous


flowers,


fragrant herbs and those seed packets someone gave you when they returned from their European adven- tures. Memorable, wonderful surprises . . .close your eyes, take a deep breath and go there for a few moments. . . I know my ‘meadow’ will


stay in my head forever and the magnificent butterflies, yes! Speaking of which, meadows can offer a multitude of inter- pretations. What is a meadow to you? Meadows definitely evoke wildness.


My Yampa


(Perideridia gairdneri) has been amazing from start to ‘finish’.


meadow of Yampa, stunning! Mosquito grass, Eyebrow grass, Alma Blue Gramma, Bouteloua gracilis by its many names is an ancient wild grass. Possi- bly eaten by the dinosaurs, it’s a wonderful


nutritious range


grass. Blowing in the slightest breeze, words cannot describe this remarkable native grass. Deep rooted and very drought tolerant this is an amazing plant.


Another favorite in the mead-


ow is Autumn Moor Grass (Sesleria autumnalis). Moor grass looks good all year,


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An edible floriferous pollinator, a perennial which will return every year, casting its seeds to become more and more, a


doesn’t naturalize or set seed; quite well behaved for a grass! Although an evergreen native of southern Europe it is content in hotter areas in sand, clay soils, sun or light shade.


The slender


stalks of tight white flowers rise up 12” and finish with golden tan seed heads.


This


grass looks interesting in all stages of devel- opment. Moor Grass looks equally appeal- ing in a huge terra cotta pot or several as a landscape statement, a punctuation mark at the end of long rows. Autumn Moor Grass


is definitely on my list of ‘must have’ plants!


Iris unguicularis also known


as Algerian Iris or Iris stylosa is an evergreen beardless iris with evocative soft blue flow- ers.


ent soil and light


differ- condi-


The 18” high clumps of wide grassy foliage tolerate many


tions. Winter iris takes ne- glect and will grow almost anywhere.


One brought


flower in-


side in the dark days of late winter will fill an entire room


with their delightful honey- lemon-vanilla scent. I have mine staggered under clove


scented Ribes odoratum or Clove Currant with its fragrant yellow, early spring blooms. Lavender blue and soft yellow are perfect combos massed in the garden! Clove Currant, another ‘must


have’ so known as ‘a rare gem’ in the shrub world. Their evocative clove fragrance will permeate the early spring air for weeks. Red currants are quite tasty to ‘tame’ humans and wildlife as well. Delicious tarts, jams and chutneys can be made in fall with ripe currants covering each bush.


The de-


ciduous perfectly lobed foliage turns warm shades of reddish- orange in fall.


September can be a reflective month; plants showing their true colors with harvests of all kinds. Some memorable and some plants you can’t forget soon enough!


Those virtues


are the very reasons we love to garden. It’s our chance to see if information on the back of seed packets is true or not! We can decide if heirloom varieties are better or new varieties are tastier, or not. We become scientists and critics in our own gardens. Take a little time out of your life to


consider the garden in its many phases, and moments of pro- found discovery. . .


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