Blogs on autumn flowering plants

Winter Containers

It is a beautiful day. I have just taken five minutes in the garden to see how things are progressing before it rains as...

A bit of sun today

Well a nice sunny day to sit between the driving rain of yesterday and the promised rain of tomorrow. I had a quick walk...

Keeping the colour going

Does your garden run out of steam by the time August comes around? Or does it hang on until the schools start in early September?...

Arachnophilia

Any plant that flowers during the dank grey month of November has to be worth a place in the garden. Add in the fact that...

Somewhere in the dark there's you

We think of bulbs as flowering in the spring, but there are some that have adapted to bloom after the heat of summer but...

**PICTON NURSERIES** ASTERS GALORE!!

We last visited this nursery over 25 years ago with Kinver Horti group, when we lived in the Midlands, when we were shown...

Aster nova-angliae

Just as many plants are winding down for winter, asters brighten up the garden. While many of the newer varieties are short,...

Cyclamen Society Autumn Show @ Wisley 2013

Like last year, I went down to Wisley Gardens to see the show again this year. The people were very friendly and I had a...

Autumn Berries

Walking around the garden in the Autumn sunshine today what an abundance of Berries on the trees and Blackberries amongst...

Inula Magnifica

Six inch daisies on six foot plus plants with leaves in excess of 18 inches. It took its time coming into flower but they...

On and On and On

With the mild autumn this year, many plants are flowering much longer than usual. Here are some still going strong in my...

November in colour

I thought I would get out in the garden inspite of the dismal weather and I'm so pleased I did. I can't believe that these...

november garden

like lots of others ,my garden is a strange mix of flowering plants this November. Usually my garden is very bare and fairly...

Look What's Blooming In November!

It suddenly dawned on me this evening that it's November, so I went out with my camera and snapped everything that is in...

October 30.10.2011

Here are a few photos taken of my garden yesterday after a heavy shower, the sun came out later but the shadows are so low...

Late October garden for my records, and early morning visitors.

It's the 25th October and there is still lots of colour to see, it seems a shame to take plants out or cut them down yet. Early...

I am a wimp!

Why? Well, I have containers in my garden that should have been planted up with bulbs ready for the spring. Are they? Nope....

Second half of October in the garden.

I expected most of the flowers to be finished when we got back from our holiday but was so surprised to find most things...

Late Colour 2011

Well here we are, the middle of October, and there is still a good bit of colour left in parts of the garden. The front garden...

All from ONE October day ... twelve months of plants ?

Photos from my gardens on just one October day ........................................................... Berries on Pyracantha...

Garden colour in mid October

I still have not turned my heating on and the grass is still growing fast so still mowing every week. The colour from flowers...

Helping the backend of the summer last a little bit longer!

These are the Asters (Michaelmas Daisies) in my garden, I think they are helping the summer close down slowly, I hope you...

Wonderfull Colours

I dont think i could find much that is any more beautiful than these, they are on Exmoor, North Devon. just above Lynmouth. The...

September again

A few more things in flower in my garden in Bristol in the last few days , A few worry me Hellebore's have loads of flowers...

Autumn 2011

Some autumn favourites Aster x frikartii 'Wunder von Stafa' Aster-name unknown Aster 'Little Carlow' Aster-name unknown Aster...

Photos Of The Late Flowerers Which Provide Some autumn Colour In the Borders.And The Grass Has Greened Up....At Last !

The Dahlias and Asters are really earning their keep in my garden at the moment. I take my Dahlias into my potting shed in...

My Garden in flower - Autumn 2009

Continuing the record of my garden in flower through the seasons. Flowering through Autumn (March to May): Acacias Allamanda Begonia Buddleia...

Garden colour inspiration - New Feature

Hello all, We sort of hinted this was coming when Majeekahead asked for colour search a few days ago... we have just put...