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Beautiful bush, stunning colour.
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Thank you, Ally!
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I have always wanted the purple version of the Smoke Bush, such an unusual shrub!
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I actually like the fall colour better than the dark purple. The pink blooms (“smoke”) are nice too.
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I think you get more variety with yours…
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Parts of it were affected by Verticillium wilt on a couple of recent hot dry summers. Last summer it was fine and coloured up beautifully this autumn. It is a pretty reliable shrub here, generally.
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I must get one to fill the gap where we lost a tree…
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There are quite a few varieties available, I believe, with different leaf colours ranging from green to yellow, red, and shades of purple. There was a gorgeous one near where I used to work, that put on an amazing display in autumn. Part of a photo I took of it pops up in my blog header at times.
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Despite everything that happens in the world outside, I am glad of the constancy of nature in my garden…
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Gardens are a blessing (and a fair bit of work).
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But very rewarding work!
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Indeed! 🌱
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What beautiful color!
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It is! Sometimes I just stand there and gaze at it for a while. Then I run for the camera.
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I’m picturing that scene in my mind 🙂
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😊
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Love the first photograph, the leaf close up. We have smoke trees and love them.
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Thanks, Michael. I actually prefer the colour change to the dark purple of the leaves all summer. And the weird little patterns that develop on some of the leaves as they start to turn is a bonus.
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Beautiful. Worthy of an east coast deciduous forest (and that’s high praise.)
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Thanks, Pat! I’ll forward your compliment to the smoke bush! 😀
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Please do. Lol.😉🍁🍂🌾
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Rich color, love it!
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Thanks, Priscilla!
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Beautiful, Audrey. I love plants that have that subtle blend of shades.
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The really cool thing about smoke bushes is when the leaves first start to turn, some of them develop rows of gnarly little marks on either side of the leaf’s spine. They look like some sort of secret hieroglyphs. Hmm. That sounds like a story prompt!
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LOL. Hmmm.
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Those colors are improving my mood right now. Hi. Enjoy the upcoming week.
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I’m glad my photos boosted your mood, Neil. I hope you have a good week too!
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Tarafina, Tara for short, is a Herbert West contemporary student at Miskatonic U. She hates her mewling mother and is fairly certain her father secretly lusts for her. She’s fascinated with the occult, as she should be, living in Arkham. Walking through the forest along the road to the sea she discovers a raised dias with a cast off carved font, half buried in the earth. She digs forth the basin and places it on the pedestal. Ouch, she nicks her palm and a drop of blood falls into the bowl. Her journey to become the most powerful witch of the Arkham coven has begun.
Audrey, maybe you need another, parallel story line.
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Hmm. The Smoke Bush must have inspired you!
Actually, I’m pulling together the elements for a sequel to She Who Comes Forth, in which Herbert’s granddaughter is a student at M.U. This would be in the 1960s.
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Oh, cool. Timothy Leary can send through his vibes.
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