What's looking good in October

I do hope people have not given up on October. Whilst this has not been a good year, there is still quite a bit of colour in the garden. Asters and Chrysanthemums should be looking good now. And there are a lot of Salvias that flower late, and other perennials such as Sedum, Eupatorium, Penstemon, Verbena etc.


Giant form of Salvia splendens - stands about four foot high.


Another giant Salvia splendens - again about four foot high. In the background - purple Eupatorium, and blue Aster 'Little Carlow' which is quite spectacular.


Salvia atrocyanea with its prominent green calcyx


And Salvia involucrata, which must be one of the weirdest looking flowers. Other long flowering Salvias to have done well are S. 'Mystic Spires, and S. coccinea, which started to flower indoors in January (but I cut the first flowers off) and is still in flower now.

 

Nice colours Pete, still a lot around and we have the magnificent autumn leaf show yet to come :thumb:

 

They are really lovely, Peter, the pink S splendens in particular. Mine are all having a rest at the moment waiting for the rain but your S 'Mystic Spires' has a few new stems developing. I have the S guarantica out now and two of my three rootings have taken, so fingers crossed.

 

lovely pics peter such wonderful colours

 

Just a few in my plot

 

Nice pics Pal - but what are they? - I assume the top one is a Nerine Lily, and do you know the variety of the bottom Aster?

 

No 2 Nasturtium
No 3 Rose from a dear departed neighbour's garden.
No 4 A very expensive exotic....any idea?...cost me a bomb!
No 5 What I call 'An in comer'...haven't a clue:D

 

last one looks a bit like aster X frikartii - can't spell it as usual!

 

You could be right Waco:thumb:
I'm still not sure about number 4 though...........:D

 

Still got a few flowers in the garden -


Queen Elizabeth Rose
We planted this 1956 - first year we came to live in this house
- 52 years ago (eeek!)




Fuschia - a small cutting from neighbours garden before they
moved ten years ago.



and lobelia we planted this year :D
still got a few flowers here and there.

 

Great to see such wonderful colours at this time of year.
I must do something with my little plot to improve the view in October next year.
Looks like a bomb has hit it at the moment.

 

Hanging fushia that I stopped earlier this year I took this photo on 11/10/08

 

:thumb:Nice plants folks. Seems we are all getting plants flowering later these days...
I'm still not sure of my pic number 4:D

 

Looks like a Sow thistle to me.

 

:lollol::lollol:roders.....you are a star.....I was racking my brains wondering what it was:lollol:
I almost sent it to the RHS:p:D