Fall clean-up and seed planting

I've been out in the garden, turning beds, pulling weeds and scattering fall seeds.


I always seem to plant my fall seeds too late.  Anytime between August and November is OK, but the sooner the seeds hit the soil, the more fall rain they'll enjoy.  Central Texas got a couple of solid rains in September, and the clay soil seems to be holding on to it.


In addition to the seeds pictured, I also planted bluebonnet seeds I collected from the few that came up last year, larkspur by way of MSS at Zanthan Gardens, red poppies from Bonnie at Kiss of Sun, and lemon mint from Meredith at Great Stems.

Lots of stuff blooming now, including the mealy blue sage, yellow bells esperanza, and - hey, what's that?


It's my red spider lily (Lycoris radiata), blooming for the first time.  Related to the "naked lady" lily, the foliage doesn't appear until after the bloom is spent.


'Indigo Spires' salvia and cherry sage (S. greggii) are in bloom,


as are the blackfoot daisies and 'Velvet Violet' salvia.


Love these daisies!


It's a little tricky weeding around this bad boy - Agave ovatifolia (Whale's Tongue agave).


Happy fall, y'all.  What seeds are you planting in hopes of spring blooms?  

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