Hesperantha Coccinea, Kaffir lily / flag lily For a late bright lift amongst autumnal tones. This pic in mid Oct Foliage and stems look scruffy following flowering though
I'm enjoying Heuchera Fire Chief, though I don't have good pics of it. The favourite of the H I have. Great for cut flowers. And bees love them all, I think.
I spent a while yesterday reading through this thread from start to present. What a fantastic array of plants and photos, thank you @Marlorena for starting this! Just what we need on a gardening forum at this time of year!
I am tempted to start widening my borders (alot!) and sourcing some of the wonderful perennials that you and others have grown and photographed in such an inspirational way!
@Plantminded ..thank you, I'm glad you're finding something of interest... I hope to start a new thread, late May time, for this summer on the same subject, so we can watch progress as it happens.. Hope you will all join in then too..
Thanks from me too, @Marlorena. I'm discovering the joys of perennials in a garden which has honey fungus - because they are largely unaffected. I'd only ever grown odd things as "fillers" before, in a shrub-and-groundcover garden.
My contribution is Hesperantha coccinea 'Pink Princess', lovely in autumn against a dark background.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
..oh these Hesperanthas are gorgeous... I knew them as Schizostylis, and I've only ever grown one, a pink called 'Hilary Gould', a bit like Owd Potter's one above.. I remember it was a colonizer but very beautiful late in the season..
I've also gardened with honey fungus, killed some of my roses and a honeysuckle, years gone by.. I sympathise there..
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For a late bright lift amongst autumnal tones. This pic in mid Oct
Foliage and stems look scruffy following flowering though
I am tempted to start widening my borders (alot!) and sourcing some of the wonderful perennials that you and others have grown and photographed in such an inspirational way!
..thank you, I'm glad you're finding something of interest... I hope to start a new thread, late May time, for this summer on the same subject, so we can watch progress as it happens..
Hope you will all join in then too..
My contribution is Hesperantha coccinea 'Pink Princess', lovely in autumn against a dark background.
I've also gardened with honey fungus, killed some of my roses and a honeysuckle, years gone by.. I sympathise there..
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Here are my hellebores, photos taken just now.
'HGC Ice 'n' Roses Red', probably getting a bit more sun than it bargained for
Waltraut has larger flowers, very prominent bosses and a longer flowering season: