What's Looking Good September

@CarolineL, apparently that Corydalis is named Tory MP as it disappears for the summer.

Lovely colour geranium, @simone_in_wiltshire.

 

@ViewAhead I bought it at Farmyard Nurseries who had a lot of different varieties, so I was able to sniff and got the one with most perfume. Unfortunately Tory Boy needs me to go on hands and knees to get that close
It's a bit strange flowering now. I've also had a hellebore and hesperantha that have been flowering since July.

 

My lavender has quite a few new flower stems which the bees are enjoying.

 

The summer dormant corydalis do sometimes flower now. It is probably the extra rain we have had this summer, as they like to be damp. If they get too dry, they are more reluctant about sending up their autumn growth in time to make buds.

 

My Ajuga is flowering now too.

 

I've got three Hostas with new flowers. They're in slug free zones either on a bench or up steps so they're probably just taunting them from afar!

 

We have left my garden in France and are now in OH's garden in Norfolk. It was very dry when we got back but looking tidy as Kev has mowed and edged. There is still a bit of colour though much less than when we left at the end of July.

 

Only two blooms open this morning.

 

Some of my greatly reduced dahlias (£1.62 a plant!) have been very popular with the pollinators recently.
Photo was taken during Project Dig, hence why theres so many plants all over the patio...

 

Antirrhinum "Night and Day"

Strobilanthes attenuata

Hesperantha coccinea "Major" has hardly stopped flowering all summer


Salvia blepharophylla aka the Eyelash Salvia

Arisaema consanguineum first flower should get bigger as the tuber gets larger over the years.


Fasicularia bicolor.

Acanthus sennii, this has grown really well after a slow start and it is as spiny as it looks, it is not at all user friendly.

 

Blimey that a bright set of chairs @Plantminded

I've already took to many of them spiderwebs to the face @ViewAhead

 

Interesting acanthus @NigelJ ! I was once at Farmyard Nurseries and saw an employee cutting a couple of inch slice off the bottom of the rootball of an acanthus before repotting. He told me to take the slice and pot it up - it grew easily! So I suspect you might find it less painful to furtle for roots rather than split it if you are propagating.

 

@CarolineL I actually prefer the foliage to the flowers, which although orange are rather understated.
Thank you for the information about root cuttings, I can't imagine anyone would want me to propagate one for them. I picked it up from the Desirable Plants list a few years ago. With me it dies down down in winter and remove the dead stems in spring. It comes from Ethiopia where it is used around animal pens and once you've met it you can understand why.

 

Looks absolutely lethal. Good barrier plant, maybe, to deter foxes, cats, etc.