Whats Looking Good In October

@pete those bright blue petunias, please, where did you source those seeds?


Ooops, I mean morning glories...

 

I didn't grow them from seed Lori, its a perennial type that I overwinter in the garage each winter.
Its never set any seed for me and I propagate it from cuttings.

 

Maybe that's why it's so brilliant. No watered down mating!

 

It's also probably why it just never stops flowering all summer.

 

Love that ... like a miniature Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin).

 

It is a very similar flower.

 

Just ordered a rooting of one from my supplier in Spain!

 

Sunflower

 

@pete, the flowers don't last long do they and are very sticky, mine went through a dry spell in June when we went away for 10 days, may have affected it's growth.
They had about 6 on sale at B&Q earlier in the year, gave the minimum temp as 15c!

 

No the flowers are short lived especially if they get rained on, but probably two days per flower is a maximum.
Last year it wasn't great, I think it needs lots of water as since I upped the watering its got buds all along the stems.
A minimum of 15c is ridiculous, although I must admit I never expected it to get through last winter in the greenhouse, it must have hovered around 0c on a few nights.

It was only because last years display was so poor that I really wasn't all that bothered if it survived or not, space is always a problem.

I've just checked and the flowers on mine are not sticky.

 

Nice leaf colours in my garden at this time of year ...

Loropetalum :-



Cryptomeria japonica 'elegans' :-



Cryptomeria japonica spiralis :-



Stephanandra incisa 'crispa' :-



Ilex 'Golden King' :-



Sambucus nigra :-

 

Some flowers, of which there are few now ...

Asters (with paler colour than they actually are) :-



High Roses :-



Fuchsia 'Lena' :-



Sedum spectabile :-



Fuchsia magellanica :-

 

So lovely to see blooms in our gardens still Michael
Beautiful.

 

Thank you @Upsydauisy there are not many flowers left now

 

Yes sadly beginning to dwindle now despite keeping up with the deadheading.