Well here we are in October and there is no denying it is now autumn. The leaves are changing colour and starting to fall. The turn is upon us.
In the driveway my beloved pin oak is flaming into autumn. I love this tree beyond reason. It is now maturing well. It has now been in the garden for eleven years which was a surprise when I realised this. Every year it gets a bit more magnificent and every year I bless the the day I made this on the spot impulse purchase.
Equally delightfully, the passionflower planted last year is spreading out well and has flowered.
Actual passionflowers. I am beyond happy. I have been trying to successfully grow a passionflower for some years now but I have finally achieved 'right plant, right place'. I like that I think it has grown into a heart shape on the trellis; I tell myself it loves me.
and further proof of the season change is the change over of the hanging baskets. The summer flowers have been moved into the greenhouse; they are pretty much dead but I am not good at discarding them until they are completely dead. The pansies have taken centre stage after waiting in the wings (greenhouse) for the past few weeks. I enjoy this marker of the seasons.
Meanwhile in the side garden, the verbascums shimmer from some recent rain. I have also bought a small, but very sweet bird bath. I am yet to see a bird bathing in it but the cats are grateful for the outdoor drinking opportunity.
Close by there is this sudden patch of cerinthe. Not sown this or any other year, but here they have popped up. I hope they get through the winter to flowering, they should do.
and my beloved gingko that lives in a pot where I can see it from the kitchen window is just starting to think about turning butter yellow. Soon, she whispers, soon.
Talking containers, this clump of plants in pots is doing very well. I am expecting to bring most of them indoors soon; though every year I wonder if I really have room to do this.
I move around to the Courtyard Garden, which is also muttering around temperatures dropping soon.
Look how beautiful the Rhododendron Luteum is at the moment, its that perfect moment where autumn is just taking over.
The pelagonium bench, as it has become, reminds me that space has to be found for all. I think I might need an extension.....
Ahem, says my little christmas tree, it will be time for me soon to move to the front door step. Not so fast I reply, a tad early just yet.
In the Pond Border the perennial sunflowers are taking over. Some idiot (me) did not edit them this year and this is the result. Beautiful without a doubt and the bees love them; but you can have too much of a good thing.
The Exotic Border looks nicely lush.
and the dark hole you can see here, which is the wasp nest in the Grassy Knoll, is buzzing a way merrily. I found another wasp nest in the Conservatory Border the other day. Thankfully I found it before it found me, but it was quite a surprise.
The Wild Garden is still quite green.
I stopped for a moment to admire the Aldi Acer, which has been in the garden for a good 17 years or so. From a tiny unnamed £2.50 twig this is now a great tree.
In the greenhouse there are potatoes. I forgot to plant these potatoes and found them the other week trying to grow in the box they had arrived in, half hidden under a box of cat food. I nearly threw them out but decided to pop them into these bags and see what happens. Well they have grown and grown. I have already had to earth them up twice. Whether I will get fresh new potatoes for Christmas I can only hope. I will report back and I will live in hope.
This is the Pond, no really it is. I think it has no water in it though I keep checking every time it rains in the hope it will just add that bit more to make it enough to see. The pond needs weeding. I will stop thinking about it and get on with it. It is probably easier to weed with less water in it!
Until next time:
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