what season is it?

It does seem the seasons are mixed up...but what a bonus to have things flowering in November. I just wonder how long before the frost and wind come to disturb all the buds and new growth our plants would normally "wear" in spring?

Enjoyed your photos, Sticki....that last one with the single rose is really nice :)

thank you! had to use flash ~ hence the dark background but even at 4.30 it was too dark to take the photo!

It's wonderful how things last well into the autumn. I loved the last pic ! :o)

Sparkling colours of your plants and trees ...
... better by far than fireworks ...

nice blog and pictures, but winter has definately arrived up here we have been having gales rain and sleet. my garden already looks bedraggled. all my container plants have been move into the greenhouser 4 winter. never mind only 5 months or so till spring and everything comes back to life

pics look great taken with flash in the dark

thank you islander. its tough to have such a long winter, but there are nice things about it too? i dont have a greenhouse and we are having some building done ~ the conservatory will be taken down ~ not sure where the plants will go now!!

I can't believe you still have raspberries!

Beautiful pics Sticki, I especially like the fiery looking Montbretia and the rose at the end is stunning in it's simplicity against the black background. :o))

thank you ~ not my raspberries ~ they are growing wild at the back of the allotments! the black is sort of accidental ~ it was so dark i had to use the flash!

Amazing! You've got some lovely plants :o)))))

It is strange how plants get mixed up - but it's the gradual change into the next season, I suppose. When you get a mild period, plants decide to produce a bud or two! I've still got roses with buds, as well, and I really hope they open. We might both be looking at open blooms, Sticki - won't that be a pleasure! :-))

it would be lovely spritz but the generous gardener bud that looked so promising has not opened ~ it seems as though everything shrinks in time ~ they have maybe a few minutes to open and bloom instead of several days??!!
they're not all my plants pip ~ the holly, ivy, 'golden tree' and raspberries are all growing in woods near me.

Yes - and some horrible critter has munched one of my rose buds! What a cheek! :-(( One of the others has some colour showing, so I'm still hoping, though.

i hope so too

I`m out every other day still deadheading summer annuals, autumn is very strong with asters, nerines and obviously the leaves changing colour each day, then I look at my evergreen clematis already lots of flowers, viburnam smothered in buds, both winter flowering, and lo and behold the rockery plants have started to flower at both ends of the garden, amazing when one considers how shady the bottom is.....Four seasons in one garden , in our front which is very shady all day long the pentstemons are all in bud again and the fuschias in pots are still doing very well.........

your photo's are lovely Sticki and they were certainly brighter than last nights fireworks!!

evergreen clematis sounds very good ~ do you have any photos? i like viburnam but it doesnt seem to like my garden ~ does it like sun?

I`ve just put both up on my pics Sticki ,both pics taken today....

found them ~ thank you lincslass

thank you pam ~ no fireworks for me this year ~ and working thru most of tonight so i wont see any ~ good thing there is colour in the garden

just about to make your sticky toffee apple pudding pam ~ many thanks!
got pork with apple and onions in the oven ~ its smelling soooo good!

hope you enjoy it Sticki, you know looking at your holly and ivy photo's they would make nice unusual c*******s cards

Some great pics, my favourite has got to be the rose. As you say the seasons seem to be forgeting when they should start and end. Its been a glorious day here today, quite warm sunshine, there are three lovely buds on my Dublin Bay Rose, just hope they open before we have another one of the frosts that we got a couple of weeks ago.

yes sun here too, although not for long ~ tried to take photos of the trees in their autumn ball gowns but i was too late ~ most of them had shed their leaves

amazeing pics there s.t. loved the ivy up the tree . lots of buds here to lol x

thanks cristina ~ had to take that one by flash so it does look a bit more dramatic

;0))))

I still have a yellow flowered crocosmia flowering as well as Alstroemeria 'inca tropic'! My clematis has just started to flower:I will have to get a photo of it on my pages. The flowers are speckled inside.
I also had to cut my grass again the other day as it is still growing away like mad.
The seasons are blending into periods I think: cool and damp, mild and damp, and warm and damp with the odd normal day thrown in for good measure!

sounds about right geraniumdad ~ i have alstromeria and a crocosmia but no clematis. grass or moss is still growing but covered up by leaves!

tuk the dog 4 a walk yesterday and looking at the trees they all have loads of buds on as well ......still got loads of buds on roses and rudbekia

i have buds on the honeysuckle!!?

its mad isnt it . am sat in today .... not well at all. full of a cold looking at the sunshine but its way too cold and have no enthusiasm at all today !!! i recon it cud snow...

oh, :o( you poor thing ~ its very cold but the sun is out and the sky is blue and i shouldnt be on the computer! it was 0 degrees at 5.30 am!
im going to tidy up the leaves and flower beds ~ i may not get another chance??
hope you are better soon cristina

thanks s.t. i want to do that 2 but no energy lol o wellll sleep i think !!! x

you'll be better tomorrow! a rest wont hurt!