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Autumn Colours
Autumn is my favourite time of year mainly for the vibrant colours and most of the shrubs in this garden were chosen with this in mind. I particularly like the way colours change almost daily.
I think dogwoods lead the way here followed closely the parrotia and acer osakazuki. Mind you the hosta's are starting to put on a lovely display.
I'd love to see your autumn colours.
I think dogwoods lead the way here followed closely the parrotia and acer osakazuki. Mind you the hosta's are starting to put on a lovely display.
I'd love to see your autumn colours.
SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
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Your parrotia is more advanced colourwise than mine Woodgreen (see below)and as the crow flies not a lot further south than me. Beautiful.
It's raining here at the moment and just walking past these from taking the above I was struck by how saturated the colours are on these hostas and the bergenia
Other plants as @nollie mentions seem to be trying to keep going with a little rain and try to continue to do what they should have done earlier in the season, especially flowering plants.
I enjoy watching Beechgrove on TV the one thing that was mentioned last week was how good the growing season had been, they didn't say but I assume more sun and less water has helped.
The autumn colour came earlier but has progressed slowly, with leaves turning and falling over a longer period and here too there was some green leaf drop in the heatwaves and dry spells.
The colour of the parrotia takes my breath away @Uff, the camera can't do it justice. It is slightly different this year, it turned bright red early on which is unusual but now has orange and yellow with the red.
Yes, @GardenerSuze, summer 2022 will go down in memory as a good one for many, a write-off for others.
I enjoyed it as a gardener but worry about the implications for other parts of the UK.
I was pleased for the Beechgrove gardeners but the programme does go out to other parts of the country. I appreciate the programme's focus is on gardening in Scotland but it is a world away from what is happening elsewhere.
I'm glad that not all of us had a battering.
Nothing is happening yet with my Liquidamber, Azaleas , Euonymous and Acers. My beech hedge neither but will be badly impacted by mites. Hydrangeas in full sun are begiining to turn.
My Catalpa, as usual just goes yuck and drops leaves.. It is the earliest to die and the last into leaf. But I like it. Hostas for me also go yuck rather that glorious gold. But mine are in pots, close to the house; they would look OK at a distance.
In the South it's a very short season. I wonder how much of ones garden one should devote to autumn. Near me is Winkworth Arboretum, I can always visit there.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."