Whats looking good in September 2012

Hi everyone,
some photos from late august
persicaria amplexicaule has not exactly beautiful leaves so I thought it could do with somthing fluffy in between/behind, the parsley was coping quite well with the shady spot

close up

the russian vine also adds a fluffy texture to the whole picture :-)

this must have been 2 weeks ago, rudbeckia getting going and (simple) onions still blossoming, they lastet very long, definitily worth using them in the border!!

 

Still plenty of colour.
Carnation Blueberry, which is dark pink .


Variegated Gaura Passion.


Hydrangea Vanilla Strawberry is just starting to turn from pure white.


A complete mix

 

Every September my Hibiscus "Southern Belle" type opens:

This was grown from seed and is 7" across. It dies back in the winter.

 

Phygelius 'Samon Leap', thought I'd lost this last year after the cold winter, nice to see it back

Salvia 'Black and Blue' thanks longk I love it

Vernonia Gigantea (tall ironweed) this has done so well this year, grown from seed 3 years ago and 7ft tall this year!!!!!!!!!, yep I had to stand on a step to take this

 

Hi All,

A few pictures from the garden today,

Dianthus Artic fire.

Sedum


Penstemon Scarlet Queen-Grown from seed this year.

Rose Tower bridge
Rose Queen Elizabeth


Rusty

 

A few more.

Rubeckia


Buddelia

Dahlia

Rusty

 

One of the new plants of the year for me - Cerinthe palestina................





Clerodendrum ugandense continues to bloom outdoors..............



Passiflora amethyst................





Impatiens niamniamensis is covered in blooms. Will have to take a knife to it soon to take cuttings before the frosts get it................



And Bessera elegans in the greenhouse.............

 

Colchicum Waterlily that I got off freecycle earlier this year, just starting to flower

 

Crikey Bilbo what a find I'll have to see if we have a freecycle round here, beautiful.....

 

Yes I couldn't believe it either when I saw the post for two carry bags of colchicums; mostly being 'waterlily', some a different variety. They were all in leaf when I got them so I potted them up to see how they got on and here they are , there is a different one coming up too in another pot, a smaller white flower

 

Behind my house providing privacy is a Protea bush. The Azorean government has been pushing the growing of the species for the cut flower trade as it does so well here.: