@Woodgreen Love your plant with the lovely white flowers is it a Saxifraga or may be Muckdenia. I thought both flowered in spring? Yet again these beautiful photos show the big difference in what can be grown both in the North and South of the country and also on the continent lovely to see.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I will certainly post some pics when they change. I don’t know how the persimmon will do this year in terms of colour, it didn’t fruit either as late frost killed the flowers. Last year’s colour:
@Papi Jo the reddish leaves on my loropetalum appeared in August! What is your soil PH out of interest? I find the leaves eventually turn green unless it is planted in ericaceous compost, like my potted one shown. One planted direct in my alkaline soil lost most of it’s purple colouring.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Very nice pictures I am in a similar boat as woodgreen in the north west its been a bit windy/wet lately it pushed a lot of plants over, its been a good year really, I usually curse the weather but I am keeping my trap shut this year.
Which Parrotia are you growing @woodgreen its beautiful , I do have one myself Persian Spire but she not so big yet 5ft ish
Oh! And Dahlias. In pots that I place where most needed in the borders. Bringing them nearer and nearer to the house as the time for first frost apporoaches.
And not to forget the evergreens that are there in autumn and still will be all through the year, providing various tones and hues of green.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
@GardenerSuze the saxifrage is a real beauty, saxifrage rubrifolia, incredibly hardy considering it has fleshy leaves (deciduous) and flowering in autumn just when most things here are finishing. I have tried a couple of varieties of saxifrage fortunei which @PapiJo mentioned but they have faded away. The leaves of s.rubrifolia are bright red on the reverse, hence the name. It can be vulnerable to late frosts and doesn't like hot sun. I divide it in spring with no problems.
@Perki it's the species, parrotia persica. Planted twenty years ago, it's a favourite of mine at all seasons. I remove any branches that get in the way of mowing and I like the shape, but they can also look nice sweeping down to the ground. I hope yours gives you as much pleasure as it grows.
Our parrotia is still completely green, no sign of any autumn colours here yet on it. Our large viburnum lantana is still in full green mode as well.
I recently bought an oak leaved hydrangea and it looks so nice at the moment in its autumn splendor, that I bought another for my brothers garden yesterday.
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@Papi Jo the reddish leaves on my loropetalum appeared in August! What is your soil PH out of interest? I find the leaves eventually turn green unless it is planted in ericaceous compost, like my potted one shown. One planted direct in my alkaline soil lost most of it’s purple colouring.
Which Parrotia are you growing @woodgreen its beautiful , I do have one myself Persian Spire but she not so big yet 5ft ish
And not to forget the evergreens that are there in autumn and still will be all through the year, providing various tones and hues of green.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I recently bought an oak leaved hydrangea and it looks so nice at the moment in its autumn splendor, that I bought another for my brothers garden yesterday.