WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN NOVEMBER 19

Early Autumn has arrived and the leaves are falling. We now have a month or two of leaf clearing to go

Should have taken these in the sunshine but was out most of the day

 

There's still some colour in the garden but not much apart from foliage



This callicarpa also does well in a shady area


Cobaea is, surprisingly, still surviving the frost




The frost melted








The passionflower is still going but I don't know how much longer


There must be over a hundred buds still on it but they're struggling to open


The Liriopes have done well this season and we have been splitting them and potting them up for sale. They're going out as fast as we can do them.

 

@Snorky85 I don't know how many of the Liriopes have already been promised. Mrs Shiney has a list of orders. As they flower at this time of year, and are still able to be split, they seem to be going as quickly as she's doing them. I'll check with her whether we can keep one aside for you.

The Cobaea (cup and saucer plant) is only an annual and you can buy seeds. They're a climber and flower from latish summer through Autumn.

 

@Snorky85 i'll still have a chat with Mrs Shiney . Cobaea is very easy to grow.

 

Thanks @KFF

Although listed as a perennial they certainly don't survive in our garden even when planted in a sheltered spot We have even tried them alongside a West facing fence in amongst perennial grasses but as they aren't cold tolerant much below 35F, even with a mulch, it's better to consider them annuals in this country. They could be grown in pots but do not achieve the vigorous growth that planting them in the ground does. They're ideal for growing on trellis and our plants can quite easily grow 8ft in the season. Before our newer long bed had developed properly we planted three of them along the wooden fence, on plastic trellis, and they covered over 30ft of fence.



As they are so vigorous we don't bother to try and protect them - there's much too much to do in our garden and the plants have to fend for themselves.

 

Good afternoon this is my Fatsia Japonica,romping away this year now 7 feet tall and lots of seeds

 

Build the wall higher.



Donald Trump should be able to give you some hints of how to do it. Do you have any Mexicans living near you?

 

My next door neighbours would be offended if I cut back the Roses and Shrubs that overlap our fences as, one neighbour put it, she gets a free garden and over 15' of scented flowering climbing roses which her visitors think are hers!!