What's Looking Good In October 2014

It was too dark

 

Red Border West



Red Border East


Hard to get a good photo with the sun being low in the sky :(

 

Some Dahlias:


Dahlia Acapulco


Dahlia Alvas Doris


Dahlia Bishop of Llangdaff



Dahlia Black Wizard


Dahlia Blaisdon Red


Dahlia Bloodstone


Dahlia City of Rotterdam


Dahlia Dark Spirit


Karma Choc



Dahlia Doris Day


Dahlia Rebecca’s World




Dahlia Red Pygmy / Princess


Dahlia Twynings After Eight


Dahlia Walter Hardisty


Dahlia Winkie Colonel


Dahlia Witteman's Superb


Dahlia Zorro

 

and


Dahlia Scarlet Comet – not very red! supposed to look like this:

 

Torch Loli , Torch

 

Love all those red Dahlia's Kristen and the one I liked the most was 'Walter Hardisty'.

 

Apart from flower size and petal shape there is a lot less variance amongst them than I was expecting. I have so much difficulty buying plants with genuine Red flowers I bought one-of-each of the Dahlias with a view to keeping the "one or two that are actually red". Apart from the Pink one! they are all keepers - although I am going to ditch the ones with small flowers.

 

Salvia involucrata "Bethellii"........................


Hibiscus trionum......................

 

Wow I love those Dahlias! I've ordered Black Jack and Black Monarch but might have to give some of those a go. I'm looking for a very dark (almost black) reddish pink at the moment but can only find something that is too red/black

 

This Morning Glory - still in full splendour down in a hedgerow in Brittany a few days ago

Jenny

 

Aster - a reliable late summer / autumn performer


Penstemon


My hibiscus trionum is doing really well this year. @longk do you keep yours outside in the ground or take it indoors over winter? I'm going to leave one outside (cover it up though) to see how hardy it is, and take the other one inside for safe keeping.


Amaranthus: self-seeded, now 2m tall


Nerine - Bought the bulbs 4 years ago, but ever since they were planted I haven't seen any sign of them, I thought they must have all died, consequently more plants got placed on top of them in the past 3 years. I was pleasantly surprised when this one pushed its head up..


Fuchsia


Euonymus - Seed pods are bursting open


Callicarpa

 

What a lovely collection there Hsuh. Loved the Euonymus piccie,
Jenny

 

Mine was toast before christmas last year!!!

 

Dianthus Coconut sundae