What's looking good in October 2011

Very nice PeterS, the Lepechinia is a new one to me, very nice, off to google it :D

 

Jack, it's a rudbeckia daisy. i've got a lovely big patch of them.

 

Eupatorium Rugosum 'Chocolate'

 

Lovely that Simbad, such a delicate little flower....I assume they named it after white chocolate

 

Thanks CosmosGuy :D, think its named because of the really dark foliage it has earlier in the season, tends to fade a bit this time of year though, prefer the chocolate idea much better .

 

It's been a remarkably warm autumn here so far. This picture, taken today at work shows one of our summer hanging baskets, which are still going strong and looking lovely as we enter the fourth week of October!
It's a simple combination of two plants; Petunia surfinia Burgundy and Sanvitalia speciosa 'Sunbini'.

 

ive got a few flower hanging in there
gazania,which is opening later in the day now
scabious
poppies and lobelia

rose mallow,which i will plant more of next yr
not sure what these are,i should of tagged the spot :o
and my vietnamese coriander which i have just moved to the greenhouse to save me buying coriander from tesco now the other ones are in flower

 

forgot about my musa dwarf banana plant,which has grown 3 leaves in a month! think i bought the wrong dwarf i cant find the original thread i seen one on that inspired me to buy one but im sure it was pennys pic i of hers i seen xx
its now in the greenhouse now till i cant house it no more :( x

 

All very very nice!

 

This is an excellent section , especially in October to find the late performing plants. Well done all posters
I had a lovely planter I was going to post on here with an orange sunpatien and a coconut wave petunia , but the sunpatien decided to go extremely limp yesterday !

 

Chrysanthemum, no idea which variety, given to me by my Dad many years ago, always starts flowering end of October.

 

Looking great there simbad

 

Thats so pretty.

 

Sensitive Plants

Grew two or three Sensitive plants from seed this year - one has started to flower !


The flowers are very interesting - smaller than I was expecting

 

A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light.
And closed them beneath the kisses of Night.

Shelley