The September Garden
There's still some colour in the garden but the majority of the plants are looking tired and have finished their displays for this year ... it's mainly the annuals still doing their best to flower. The hanging baskets will come down this week when M is here. I'm glad I had them this year and will have some again next year, but am still dithering about whether to plant up some to provide winter colour.
The cosmos is still producing enough flowers to avoid the cull this month and will hopefully keep going well into October. The salvia and the geraniums have all had a second flowering and some of the gladioli, which were planted much later than usual, are now flowering - a deep red one and a purple one.
I still have to decide on the new roses. One is to replace the pink one that was growing on the left hand trellis in the photo above, one for the trellis on the back wall of the house in the photo below, and one for one of the wooden planters. The trellis on the back wall will be replaced when they build the pergola ... date still to be agreed.
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My two blueberry plants are now settling into their new home with Joy and I just have the pomegranate bush left. It was covered in flowers but only three of them survived the heatwave and from those three, this is the only fruit.
Your garden still looks lovely but it's sad when all the summer colour fades away. I'm impressed you have a pomegranate growing and your Japanese blood grass looks very nice. Your hanging baskets were really lovely and it will be interesting to read what you decide to do.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased with how it's looking considering how hard it was on the plants during the heatwave. I'm excited about the pomegranate but it's unlikely to survive the winter. I don't have a greenhouse and there's no room to move it indoors, so although M plans to use fleece to provide some protection, we're not expecting great things from it! I'm pleased with the blood grass and will be getting some more next year.
DeleteYour September garden looks good to me; there is still some color and all that lovely green foliage and how lovely to see that little pomegranate fruit! You've reminded me that I forgot to take a photo of my front garden, this month! I must do that, tomorrow! I don't like how the front garden is looking - It's mostly shades of brown!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bless, it all looks a bit tatty close up but there is colour and I like the variety in all the foliage. Looking forward to seeing how your garden is doing.
DeleteYour garden still looks colourful & full. I've spent time on the weekend emptying annual pots, some did not do well with the nights hovering at +1 to 0. Your pomegranate is trying very hard to be productive. :)
ReplyDeleteMy annual pots are still flowering so it'll be a few more weeks before they need to be emptied and then we'll move the blue pots out, ready for the spring bulbs.
DeleteThe pomegranate has left it a bit late!
It still looks lovely to me. What a haven. If you can hide from the wind, is it still warm enough to sit out? I only had one clump of cosmos this year, grown by mum from seed. They have done OK, but I recently needed to stake them after all the wind and rain a while ago. They also seem to attract blackfly - yours seem not to be afflicted ... or am I mistaken? I'm getting the pompoms out for that pomegranate!
ReplyDeleteI can usually sit out on most days. The garden is quite protected and even if it's too breezy by the bench, it's usually okay up by the house. No blackfly to affect the cosmos ... it was ants causing the problems this year. We gave up with the cosmos in the pot and pulled them out about six weeks ago, partly to stop the ants moving to the other pots - seems to have worked. The ones in the centre bed were also affected by ants but I sprayed with pepper spray and put orange peel down and it did the trick.
DeleteThe pomegranate is tiny and I think it will struggle once the frosts start, even though M plans to wrap it in fleece. I'll do progress reports on it though!
Your garden is still looking so lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharon. It's looking rather battered after yesterday's high winds!
DeleteYour garden looks loved and full of life. It's winding down gently, but it looks like it will be wonderful in the spring.
ReplyDeleteM will be here on Friday to start readying some of the perennials for the winter but I'd like to keep the annuals going for as long as possible. At least it's not a sudden change and it won't be too long until the new spring growth starts to show.
DeleteIt looks like you still have a bit of color in the garden. And even when you don't, those pretty lattices should make you smile. Have I told you lately how much I enjoy the daily flower photos you share.
ReplyDeleteThe colour should last for a good part of this month, hopefully. Some of the climbers are evergreen so there will still be some foliage interest during the winter even if there aren't any flowers and as you say, there's always the trellis. I'm glad you are enjoying the daily photos.
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