Friday 13th & I was Feeling Lucky

Gorgeous selection!
When I saw Lemon Queen I got all excited before I realised it is a sunflower. There's another Lemon Queen about the height of a calendula that I've wanted for ages but can never remember it name. Any idea?

Lovely blog. Enjoyed . Thank you.

Golly gosh, surely these were not still in flower. Lucky you.

No Sirus, they are mostly all died back now, except the arum, sedum, grass & fern, & are ready for autumn planting, but brown twigs & bare patches don't make good pics, lol.

Aw, sorry bout that Stera, I wonder if you could be thinking of Calendula Lemon Daisy, that has masses of bright lemon-yellow flowers.

Thanks, Diane, glad you enjoyed my autumn planting plans.

Some beautiful blooms to come next year.

Indeed, Siris, all part of my border makeover.

Number 11seems to have the shape of an Acorus but, I can't really well in this photo.

You may well be right, Paul, I'll take a better pic tomorrow & post on the Q's page.
I was told in spring it sends up a bamboo like shoot, does that help?
I know nothing about grasses, what's the difference between acorus & carex for example?

This is a good inspiration for people planning their herbaceous borders for next year. Draw the shape of the border on an A3 Sketch Pad, or join 2 pieces together,
then stick these little photographs on where you will be planting the flowers !

Paul, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I've had a chance to do a bit of research & you were quite right. It's Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' so mystery solved.
Now any thoughts on the fern?

That's a lovely selection. They'll look pretty next year when they flower :)

Thank you, Hywel, I've got high hopes for the new plantings in this border.

GF thank you for the suggestion but it definitely isn't a calendula. I'll just have to wait until I see one. Oh, wait - just remembered - its Leucanthemum!

There you go, Stera, the little grey cells came thru, lol.
I have bought L. Broadway Lights & Banana Cream this autumn.

Lots to look forward to next year, I hope they all do well for you, we will expect an update next year just to see how they are coming along.
Stera doesn't it drive you mad when you have the name tucked away and just cannot think, then either it just comes to mind or someone else reminds you and you think, of course it is, lol....

I hope they do all reappear next year! That's the thing with perennials - sometimes they vanish!

So true, Lincs, the more you try to remember the more elusive it becomes. I find if you stop trying it suddenly hits you - happens to me all the time. Infuriating at times.

Yes GF, I've been hankering after Banana Cream too - on the list for Spring...

A charming selection, love them all...

Lovely selection I love them all too especially the foxglove! never heard of that one I had to google it, the ferns a bit special too was just admiring someone else's picture of that one the other day :-)

My fern is only small, just got it this year, so I don't know how long it takes to become really attractive, it does look a bit odd in it's early stages.