What's Looking Good In October 2017

@BeeHappy It isn't readily available anywhere so I lift it, repot it (them) and take cuttings each Spring.
It's one of the plants I brought from work when I retired!!!

 

@Verdun - Your first picture with the Actaea at the front , what is the blue plant in the background ? Salvia Uliginosa or agastache of some kind.

 

A pennisetum rubrum .......tender variety....I divided in mid summer and potted up (5 pots) is now flowering. The big and pleasant surprise is that on 2 of them the flowers are a really bright red instead of the usual foxy red colour.
Is my dream of a merc convertible about to be realised? :rasp:

 

Sorry missed your post Perki
It is salvia uliginosa.....I have a few big clumps of it, it flowers from mid summer and is regularly coveted by visitors here. My old mum used to call it Bunny tails for its white tips on blue flowers

 

Still lots flowering in the pots before they move in to their final position in a new bed. Still some penstemon, cosmos, coreopsis, VBs & Agastache hanging on further down the garden.

A few from my visit to the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey.. the natural animals of our country are highly underrated in beauty: Hedgehogs, badgers, weasels & pine marten here

 

Lovely, lovely pictures Mark
Isn't our wildlife endearingly wonderful?

 

That's why I feel privileged that two Hedgehogs visit our garden every night.

 

I have one at least but never see it .... "Hoggie" takes his food every night. Love it that he regards this as home

 

Persicaria Blackfield

 

Jolly Bee geranium and Embers Wish still flowering with Bowles Golden Grass and Pennisetum Rubrum

 

There are still some things blooming well;
Bessera elegans....................
Bessera elegans by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia atrocyanea..............
Salvia atrocyanea by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia amarissima............
Salvia amarissima by longk48, on Flickr

The last of the seed grown Salvia patens is blooming in the greenhouse............
Salvia patens by longk48, on Flickr

x Sedeveria (x Pachyveria) 'Blue Mist'..................
x Sedeveria (x Pachyveria) 'Blue Mist' by longk48, on Flickr

Kalanchoe 'Azumi'..............
Kalanchoe 'Azumi' by longk48, on Flickr

 

Yours is more advanced than mine @wiseowl - mine is still at the bud stage.

 

Love that!! Full of colour and texture and quite ... fascinating!