What's looking good in October ...

Pal, that's the beauty of plants, they can often surprise you.

LoL, I am an Oleander Hawk moth caterpillar feeding on Oleander, :rolleyes: (hotel garden, Olu Deniz, Turkey).

 

I prefer the Oleander Hawk Moth. T'other half now wishes he had kept the three cuties and nutured them into mothhood ... and they say women are fickle. :rolleyes:

 

Much of the garden is fading now, but there is one group of plants that is still going strong - Salvias. One of their strengths is that they flower for a long period of time.


Salvia 'Mystic Spires' is a new introduction, and is an excellent plant. It started to flower at the end of June, and is still going.


Salvia leucantha. This is the one that Christopher Lloyd said he most drooled over. It looks and feels like velvet.


Salvia involucrata. Bizarre is the best description of this flower.


Pelagonium 'Paten's Unique'

 

Interesting Peter,we all like a "good doer"

 

I have just seen a bedding list for one of our gardens next year and they want 600 Salvia Mystic Spires so now I have an idea what they will look like.

 

Hi Strongy - Salvia 'Mystic Spires' is a dwarf form of S. 'Indigo Spires', which has been very popular in the States. It was introduced last year, so not much is known about it. I think it is a cross between S. farinacea and S. longispicata. I think it is sterile and is proctected by plant rights. But its very easy to take cuttings of. I had three in a large pot last year, and I would rate it as one of the best plants in the garden. Its perennial and overwintered outside in the Midlands, though I protected mine. So it would probably be hardy with you, though I appreciate you don't keep plants.

 

Personaly I would always try and keep plants from one year to the other but at work it is a different matter. A bed of 600 should look stunning. I will have to get a pic of it next summer.

 

strongy love the pink diamonds and your palms there really showy.. my sort of plant... and paladin whats the flower like on a yucka...i get the feeling you dont want it to flower..DEE

 

Strongy, do I see a waggie at the bottom of your palm pic?

 

My Thunbergia erecta has decided to open yesterday/today ...



Cutie, this is a Yucca blooming ...



To be honest, I've never seen the blooms close up but they look like big creamy cotton balls.

 

What would I give for that Yucca.

 

Yeah, I'd like a yucca like that.

 

So that's Yuccas all round then!
Pete, yes, it is a small Waggy next to the Washy and Yatay and behind is a small Trachy. :confused: :D

 

You really need THAT garden to plant them in strongy. :D

 

I didn't mention the two Phoenix Roebelinni or the two Chamy Hummillis or the two C. Hummillis Cerifera. Didn't want to confuse people!! :confused: :D
There's going to be some big holes needed.