The drop season seems to be growing longer in Minnesota the past few geezerhood , with some portion of the Twin Cities not feel Robert Frost until lately in October . ( There ’s a 50 percent run a risk the first freeze in Minneapolis will be before Oct. 5 . ) Still , by the prison term you get to November , the garden is spent , or nearly so , and the predominant colour are gold and brown .
November is agloomy monthin term of weather , too , as the day maturate shorter and shorter and clouds and rain ( or dare we say , snow ) set up in . Keeping these thing in mind , having an attractive — or atmospheric — garden in November is very possible .
The November garden must look good with overcast skies , so plant lots of grasses , which will shine with fortunate colour in previous fall . eatage , such asKarl Foerster plume reed grass , purple fire grass , or for large propertiesbig bluestem , are good option . Shrubs and trees with berries that glisten in the frost add gloss . crab apple that book onto their berries can be arresting , as well aswinterberry , highbush cranberry , chokeberryand other fruit - laden plants . These are with child plants for the birds as well .
If you are lucky enough to live near a pond or lake, November has a bittersweet atmosphere.
Hard features in the garden — walkways and walls , pergola and arbors , birdbaths and garden decoration — are as important in fall as they are in winter . In spill , their shapes are not as spectacular as they are when surround by white in winter , but they provide position for the eye to remain when rake the landscape .
Blooms in Novemberare rare , but in some years , I ’ve had annual or late - bloom perennial that have continued to blossom into the first twosome of week . Plants such as aster , gomphrena , calendula or petunias or calibrachoas that have been more or less sheltered will still bloom . Hardy roseshave been known to throw up one or two last blooms in late October or early November .
This November take a few mo to look out on your landscape . What do you observe in late crepuscule that you do n’t see in other seasons ?
Frost is part of any northern garden in November.
A clematis in bloom on Nov. 10, 2011. You never know what November will bring in the garden.
On Nov. 7, 2008, this garden was covered in snow. The November garden is often a surprise
