What's Looking Good In October 2012

Biggest difference that I've found with younger Queen Vics as to hardiness is to leave the larger stems on until it is back in growth in later spring. Looks messy, buts stops rot.

 

Do you think a bell-cloche would work, instead of lifting them to a cold frame?

 

Probably. But I need to lift divisions anyway, and I lack cloches!

 

A sea of Anemone's.................

 

A lovely spread there Roders. Very pretty and a welcome sight in Autumn,
Jenny

 

Plenty of colour in the garden without all the Heucheras!
Erysimum Bowles Mauve has flowered since planting it in March.


Oxalis Sunset Velvet.


Begonia Grandis Evansiana is just flowering now.


Containers of Fuchsias Thalia, Garten Meister Bondstat and Begonia Red Dragon still have colour.


Non flowering annual Hibiscus Acetosella Red Shield had a slow start and will probably stop growing now.

 

How do you over winter Thalia Strongy? I lifted mine a few days ago as it has done so well this year that I thought it may be worth preserving.

 

Aconitum carmichaelii "Arendsi" is the second (and last I reckon) of the Aconitum that I bought with me to bloom...............


Alstromeria psittacina is putting out new flower stems..............


The only reason that a large clump of Japanese Anenomes has escaped the dump so far is that my Passiflora Amethyst escaped the greenhouse and started growing amongst them!


I just love these two;
Fuchsia procumbens still produces a handful of flowers, complete with blue pollen..............


And Grevillea juniperina is finally in full bloom...............

 

LongK, I bought two Thalias and a Bondstat as small plants in the Spring and later planted them togethter in the same container. It's now going to be imppossible to splt them up so I'll cut them back and overwinter them in the greenhouse (when it's up), hopefully heated to around 5/7c keeping them fairly dry.

 

Lovely pictures Longk,love that alstromeria, pity you don't live nearer you could dump those anemones in my garden, I quite like them.

 

A view across one end of my pation where most of my Cannas, Bananas etc are, looking very pleasing on the eye at the moment;






A new Cyclamen I've just bought off the market, sold as hardy, I haven't seen this one before. The flowers are tiny;







And a recently bought hardy species fuchsia - Fuchsia coccinea, lovely tiny flowers

 

Autumn flowering Cyclamen hederifolium (syn. neapolitanum) I expect. (Spring flowering Cyclamen coum are similar.)

 

Hi Kristen, yes its definitely a 'hederifolium' (it has the classic leaves of this variety) and I've grown pure whites and pinks in the past but I've not seen this flower colour before (pink & white)

 

Still so pretty everyone.