WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN OCTOBER 2018

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      Penstemon.
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      Passiflora Lavander still flowering well.
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      Hardy (?) Begonias, think I'll lift them just in case they aren't!
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          An offset bulb of Eucomis 'Aloha Leia' has chucked a bloom up three months after the parent..........
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          Salvia 'Black and Bloom' is starting to look better than it did in the summer............
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          Salvia guaranitica var. Violacea............
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          Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' (again)...............
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            Also the calendula are still hanging on and looking good, and my mahonia winter sun has flowers about to open, will get a pic if I can when they open up.

            Went to the garden centre today but it was more house plants I was after, came home with two spider plants for the bathroom.
             
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              Clematis Nelly Moser, not supposed to be flowering now.

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                Some plants are still managing to cling on to summer

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                Or Spring :scratch: :heehee:
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                Others are happy with this time of year

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                Some have a little help
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                With thanks to @pete
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                And others are getting ready for winter
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                  You have spring blooming Hosta there?
                   
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                    Happy with sunbeams
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                    The first of our mass of white heather has opened.
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                      @longk Yes, for some reason a few of our Hostas are blooming again :noidea: :). Others, all those in the beds, have followed the normal pattern and given up for the winter and been cut back.

                      The ones that are blooming are on the patio but in an exposed area.

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                          Last blast of colour before winter sets in. Still no frosts but been very close.
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                            Fuchsias going strong. Still another 2 months for them yet.............

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