BIG THANKS ,thank you Everyone you have given me loads of uplifting ideas. I will look over yours happy Marion. My main job is going to be making room for some of the suggested shrubs , I need to get organised .
I'm pleased I was lazy, at one bit I was going to Google but I couldn't be bothered ,decided to pick everyone's brains instead !
My Dianthus are nice just now. Clematis, depending on variety, Jap anemones not flowering yet but soon. I have a lot of foliage plants like Phormiums, Fatsia and grasses, with Buddleias, Hydrangeas and Potentillas to offset those. Heucheras, as marion says, are great ground cover - plenty of variety of colour.
If you like bold colour - my Ligularia 'Britt Marie Craford' is in flower for a long time, and continues well into late August/September. It has dark plum foliage and tall stems carrying lots of burnt orange daisies. Bees love them.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Coreopsis, I've got a small variety about 8-10 inches high rather than the taller plants on which I find the flower stems tend to break easily.
Coleus do well here in East Anglian. I plant them early into "long tom" pots and stand them in my flower beds among bedding plants and perennials to add unusual colour. The brilliant leaf colours really stand out against the shrubs behind them.
Ive also got a few clumps of Sedum Spectabile which are covered in buds just about to open. I think its called Autumn Joy.
I forgot Sedums E's M.They're great for this time of year - lots of varieties, mostly pinks, but there are a couple of nice whites and a variegated one as well. Also some with darker, plummy stems.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sorry - I didn't see your posts jo and Verd. I expect I could collect seed jo - I'm not very good at doing that I will probably need to divide it though so if you wanted a piece I could send you it. I'll try the seeds though.
Mine is in a pot at the moment Verd. It will go in the ground eventually and I'd expect it to perform well there. Have you found them invasive? You will possibly have better conditions for them where you are. Our clay soil and rain might keep them from spreading too much!
It's this one I have - not a great pic I'm afraid, but you get the idea. Britt Marie Crawford. The big plum leaves are dark green underneath. 'The Rocket' which most people will know is more like a foxtail lily with it's tall flower spikes.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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BIG THANKS ,thank you Everyone you have given me loads of uplifting ideas. I will look over yours happy Marion. My main job is going to be making room for some of the suggested shrubs , I need to get organised .
I'm pleased I was lazy, at one bit I was going to Google but I couldn't be bothered ,decided to pick everyone's brains instead !
Just opening their buds now Hibiscus - gorgeous. And of course all the Michaelmas daisies.
Forgot to say heucheras look good all the year round.
My Dianthus are nice just now. Clematis, depending on variety, Jap anemones not flowering yet but soon. I have a lot of foliage plants like Phormiums, Fatsia and grasses, with Buddleias, Hydrangeas and Potentillas to offset those. Heucheras, as marion says, are great ground cover - plenty of variety of colour.
If you like bold colour - my Ligularia 'Britt Marie Craford' is in flower for a long time, and continues well into late August/September. It has dark plum foliage and tall stems carrying lots of burnt orange daisies. Bees love them.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Coreopsis, I've got a small variety about 8-10 inches high rather than the taller plants on which I find the flower stems tend to break easily.
Coleus do well here in East Anglian. I plant them early into "long tom" pots and stand them in my flower beds among bedding plants and perennials to add unusual colour. The brilliant leaf colours really stand out against the shrubs behind them.
Ive also got a few clumps of Sedum Spectabile which are covered in buds just about to open. I think its called Autumn Joy.
I forgot Sedums E's M.They're great for this time of year - lots of varieties, mostly pinks, but there are a couple of nice whites and a variegated one as well. Also some with darker, plummy stems.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sorry - I didn't see your posts jo and Verd. I expect I could collect seed jo - I'm not very good at doing that
I will probably need to divide it though so if you wanted a piece I could send you it. I'll try the seeds though.
Mine is in a pot at the moment Verd. It will go in the ground eventually and I'd expect it to perform well there. Have you found them invasive? You will possibly have better conditions for them where you are. Our clay soil and rain might keep them from spreading too much!
It's this one I have - not a great pic I'm afraid, but you get the idea. Britt Marie Crawford. The big plum leaves are dark green underneath. 'The Rocket' which most people will know is more like a foxtail lily with it's tall flower spikes.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have a hardy fuchsia that has flowered still at Christmas, it's only just coming into bloom now.
Margarettes are good here now but rabbits eat the Coreopsis.
Sedums hardly out, lots of different Salvias still good.
gran, did you get the yellow crocosmia seeds going, mine are still in bloom now.