WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN SEPTEMBER 2018

Hope you are ok and thorn free now Woo.
i understand your reluctance to use weedkiller although it will kill to the roots and clear the path for good. If you keep pets off for a day they will be safe
A flame gun then?

 

Very nice @wiseowl

 

Still plenty of colour in the garden. I split up some plants and have decided to get rid of some old irises that have been in this garden for 35 years. They will be relegated to the bottom of the garden before going on the compost heap.
My succulents are looking good in the greenhouse. They are a group of plants that I've recently become fond of. Strange how our tastes change over the years.

 

Great colour alana.....me too about succulents. I think you are right, our tastes do change over the years
I have always grown aeoniums and a couple of echeverias but this year, inspired by some of the posters on the forum plus a visit to a superb local succulent nursery, I have added a few more.
The range of succulents now is amazing and I want a lot more esp as down here many of them can be left outside over winter

 

Salvia darcyii.........
Salvia darcyii by longk48, on Flickr

 

Lovely @alana and @longk

 

A nice transition from summer into Autumn. I think the sedum is looking a bit big for its pot. Next year I will try to plant it out somewhere.

G.

 

@Jack Sparrow You could give the sedum a chelsea chop / trim to keep it smaller more compact. Chelsea chop is cutting back late flowering perennials around the same time as Chelsea flower show. You can cut sedum more a less back to the ground if you wanted to, I cut mine back by 2/3 or half.

 

Yes, Chelsea chop is worth while.
You can easily take cuttings from it too Gary....root very fast in dryish compost...but if you divide after flowering and pot them up you will have more plants next year. They will be less tall in their first year too. Plus if the compost is poorer and better draining growth will be far less....but, yes, they are better planted out. Here they are in the driest, hottest spots and remain compact. My own plants will be divided later this month.
Your sedum looks good....self supporting well. It's how the taller sedums grow.
Have to say your gardening skills are developing really well

 

Cant beat a bit of rain and evening sun to photograph plants

 

Closeup of my dwarf pomegranate, in both flower and fruit. This grows in an old cistern in the front garden and is much hardier than you might think - admittedly the spot is a sheltered one but I was quite surprised that it survived last winter's Beast from the East!


I have never seen so many berries on my pyracantha as this year - it is literally weighed down with them. Rose 'Golden Wings' in front of it is still flowering:


Rose 'Snow Carpet.' This is a real toughie, almost evergreen and flowering right into December despite being planted in very poor soil - that bank is mostly rubble:

Finally, the patio "potscape." The big cordyline is a rescue - some neighbours had put it out for the dustbinmen, back in the spring. Why I can't imagine, it's such a handsome plant!

 

The last blooms on my Vriesea hybrid which has been in bloom all summer...............
Vriesea hybrid by longk48, on Flickr