still some nice surprises in the garden

despite all the rain rain rain there are still some nice things in the garden
crab apple red sentinel, bought as a wrecked supermarket bare root this spring for £5, I clipped quite a few fruits off to give it more strength

the real colour is more a lemon yellow -rucola, left to itself..

aster frikartii "moench" and rudbeckia "goldsturm"



Kaffir lily

lampion flower, good as a dried flower too

 

another one, still a very young plant, I like its pale blue, almost feeling translucent
aconitum carmichaelii "Spaetlese", the colours in the pic come out very true

caryopteris

 

Beautiful photos; thank you for sharing them

Love those chinese lanterns!!

 

I see a Begonia Grandis Evansii below the Rudbeckia.
Mine are just coming into flower now.

 

I have loads of Rudbeckia and Asters blooming, despite the recent rain trying to flatten them. I also have Anthemis still going strong and the ever present Red Valerian!

 

looks lovely love the lanterns

Spuce

 

Love that Aconitum!

 

Hi Strongy, was thinking to take them in before it gets frosty, just to prolong their flowering,but I don't know if they would like it. Haven't got ideal conditions, its only our guest loo which serves as winter greenhouse, maybe I give it a go...

 

Hi Armandii, yes I have attempted to get some late flowering plants for exactly that purpose ... The very latest will be the chrysanthemums by the end of october - the very ones which you can buy very cheap in large pots everywhere. Downside: the brilliance of the colours is not as vibrant, only yellow, brown-orange and a dull pink
Well, and then it's SPRING preparations again:-)

 

Hi Spruce, Hi Mum, the lanterns (Physalis) are easy plants, they are spreading, but not in a way that you get frightened