come September

Sep 20, 2024 | downeast.com | Virginia M. Wright |come September

James McCain’s garden reaches its final, glorious crescendo in September. Raspberry and deep-blue spikes of mountain fleece and lobelia poke through a meadowy tangle of yellow daisy-like sneezeweeds, purple and white coneflowers, and mauve dwarf Joe Pye weeds. Shrubby clusters of violet-blue October Sky asters are paced like stanchions along the borders’ edge as if to hold back the ebullient crowd. Bees and butterflies enjoy their last hurrah too.