It always amazes me what is still flowering after the first frost. These maybe standard plants but they continue to give lovely colour in autumn Mind you this is still going And I love the colour of these pansies only planted last week, after being grown on from seedlings bought in August
@WonkyWomble I can’t get over how beautiful your garden is ... if I told people about the overgrown tip it was before you took it over they wouldn’t believe it ... it looks like a beautiful country idyll and it’s in the busiest part of a busy town. Very proud of you x
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove I had a good teacher! It's a bit of a case of country girl stuck in the city so I'm turning my bit into what I'm comfortable in! The local wildlife doesn't seem to mind too much either!
I have been even more envious of your gardens this year. It was a disappointing year for us. A big re-design of our main flower border in Autumn 2019 failed miserably, our newish allotment forced us to get rid of a lot of our garden planting, and a new puppy (read mobile rotavator) forced us to get rid of even more planting. Gone is our rockery, pond, woodland garden and 50% of our main herbaceous border. There is enough structure for it to still be OK, but the huge swathes of flowers from the past are no more. : (
There are a few things to lift the soul at the moment.
Miscanthus Ferner Osten and Nerines, freshly clipped Lonicera nitida in the background
Pittosporum Wrinkled Blue, Acanthus Hollards Gold, Dahlia Magenta Star and Phormium Evening Glow Today's Sloe harvest, a bumper crop at the allotment (this is a quarter of what we have already picked). No shortage of Gin in 2021! Rudbeckia Marmalade. This zings in the morning sunlight, a joy to look at
@WonkyWomble what type of miscanthus s is that in your photos? You've got exactly the effect I wanted, but I just can't seem to make it happen. It looks stunning, very jealous!
@strelitzia32 the grass in that picture is Miscanthus sinensis'Gracillimus'
There is also panicum in there which is the finer seed head. I'm a bit of a fan of grasses. There are a few different types dotted through the boarders and anywhere else i can cram them in! Thank you I interplanted with verbena bonariensis but doesn't really show in the pictures. I thought monty should have used these in his paradise garden as the grass he used flopped over. @KeenOnGreen, I can understand why you miss the colours of your past years boarders but Gardens change with our needs for them and what you have done this year looks stunning and stylish!
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Mind you this is still going
And I love the colour of these pansies only planted last week, after being grown on from seedlings bought in August
Been raining here for nearly a month but I took a few pictures during a dry spell.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's a bit of a case of country girl stuck in the city so I'm turning my bit into what I'm comfortable in! The local wildlife doesn't seem to mind too much either!
There are a few things to lift the soul at the moment.
Miscanthus Ferner Osten and Nerines, freshly clipped Lonicera nitida in the background
Pittosporum Wrinkled Blue, Acanthus Hollards Gold, Dahlia Magenta Star and Phormium Evening Glow
Today's Sloe harvest, a bumper crop at the allotment (this is a quarter of what we have already picked). No shortage of Gin in 2021!
Rudbeckia Marmalade. This zings in the morning sunlight, a joy to look at
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@strelitzia32 the grass in that picture is Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
There is also panicum in there which is the finer seed head.I'm a bit of a fan of grasses. There are a few different types dotted through the boarders and anywhere else i can cram them in!
Thank you
@KeenOnGreen, I can understand why you miss the colours of your past years boarders but Gardens change with our needs for them and what you have done this year looks stunning and stylish!