What's Looking Good In October 2013

I put some Dyson's Crimson in the Seed Swap Simbad. Well done you for getting it to germinate and flower all in one season. Mine survived outdoors last Winter - maybe more by luck that judgement and it's in the border now and staying there. I will go and see if there's any seed this year. I gathered in November last year and have one seed left. I am going to keep it and try and germinate it next Spring. Isn't it a lovely colour when the sun shines on it,
Jenny

@nibor will be able to tell us if it's hardy..

 

According to Dysons site it should be, but I would not want to be responsible for you losing this.............

 

Super Simbad, such large blooms on The Veronica in comparison to the varieties I have, lovely. While rushing in from the car yesterday trying not to get soaked I spotted what I thought was my Mahonia Charity getting close to flowering (not quite as close as yours tho), looks like they will have finished their display before that time beginning with C which I refuse to mention!

 

Thankyou Jenny I thought it may have been you that put the seeds in as I also have some lovely pale blue salvia patens that I know you put in, vaguely remember them being in similar envelopes , if yours survived I might risk it then but I'll ask nibor on the salvia thread to as it is as you say a lovely red and I don't want to loose it.
Thanks silu that veronica was a new purchase a few weeks ago, funny you should say that this mahonia always used to flower around Ch******* but the past couple of years its been much earlier for some reason, OH moans about it a bit, there's a path behind it and its got so large now he gets stabbed every time he walks past , its such a lovely shape though I'm scared of pruning it and spoiling it

 

Still lots of good, late colour there Armandii. Isn't the phlox a gloriously pink pink?
Jenny

 

Loving the Echinops!
Thought that I had got rid of the Phlox last year, but it came back with a vengeance this year!

 

I'm going to try digging it up in a hard frost to see if that works

Just got seeds for Echinops persicus - it's quite a tall species.

 

I've growing some "Miss Wilmotts's Ghost" from some seed that a kind soul sent me, so if you need some plants next year I can bring them to Shiney's

 

n.p. Remind me in the Spring pls?

 

I'll remind Armandii to remind you Kristen....