These gardens are amazing, nicely planted and laid out very professionally, a lot of thought has gone into their appearance.
I love our garden but we didn't design it, there are bits here and bits there although I think perhaps the front garden was professionally planted up in the beginning (1880's). I think at one time our back garden was a huge cabbage patch (100's of them I vaguely recall) before we lived here.
Thanks for the info regarding the lovely Hesperantha - I will certainly be looking them up, I am assuming the corms are planted in the spring to flower at this time of year?
What a superb view of your house in its environment, I sincerely envy you. Lovely autumn colours, well-captured, esp. the Parrotia persica. Lovely Hesperantha coccinea 'Pink Princess' too. I've been given cuttings but they only produced leaves, no flowers this year, maybe I'll have to be patient.
LilyP - what a wonderful garden! I love the structure formed by the box hedging and gravel paths, with beautiful loose planting in between.
Papi Jo, the house in the photo is sadly not mine - ours is behind me in the photo, and is about a quarter the size of that one (which is an old vicarage). Our garden is a strange shape, and extends down the slope only as far as the yellow acer; it's around 4 times as wide as it is long. We borrow that fabulous view though...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
My garden is getting rather messy and autumnal, petunias in pots are over but the begonias are still OK. There is still some colour from dahlias, salvias and Michaelmas daisies etc.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Your garden is about like mine at the moment half ready to cut down for the winter and the other half still going strong but I'm sure the first frost will sort it out and then we can get on with sorting it out.
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These gardens are amazing, nicely planted and laid out very professionally, a lot of thought has gone into their appearance.
I love our garden but we didn't design it, there are bits here and bits there although I think perhaps the front garden was professionally planted up in the beginning (1880's). I think at one time our back garden was a huge cabbage patch (100's of them I vaguely recall) before we lived here.
Thanks for the info regarding the lovely Hesperantha - I will certainly be looking them up, I am assuming the corms are planted in the spring to flower at this time of year?
LP, garden is still looking good for this time of year especially what I think is your pink flowered spirea. Mine finished flowering a few weeks ago.
@Argyranthemum,
Great construction work, bravo!
@Liriodendron
What a superb view of your house in its environment, I sincerely envy you. Lovely autumn colours, well-captured, esp. the Parrotia persica. Lovely Hesperantha coccinea 'Pink Princess' too. I've been given cuttings but they only produced leaves, no flowers this year, maybe I'll have to be patient.
@Lily Pilly
Great pics of autumn in your garden.
My little contribution, photos taken this morning.
Symphyotrichum pilosus var. pringlei 'Monte Cassino'
Symphyotrichum x 'Vasterival'
Persicaria virginiana
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
@ Lilly Pilly
Great garden looks like it gives you plenty of work
@ Papi Jo
Nice pictures of your Michaelmas Daisies my favorite flower at this time of year
LilyP - what a wonderful garden! I love the structure formed by the box hedging and gravel paths, with beautiful loose planting in between.
Papi Jo, the house in the photo is sadly not mine - ours is behind me in the photo, and is about a quarter the size of that one (which is an old vicarage). Our garden is a strange shape, and extends down the slope only as far as the yellow acer; it's around 4 times as wide as it is long. We borrow that fabulous view though...
Papi Jo - lovely photos! Your Persicaria is beautiful.
Thank you Liro.......Very loose!!
I have learnt so much from everyone else's photos. Yours have inspired!
thanks to everyone who has commented. That's what keeps us going isn't it?
A A Milne
I like the "informality" of your autumn garden, BL.
Busy-Lizzie
Your garden is about like mine at the moment half ready to cut down for the winter and the other half still going strong but I'm sure the first frost will sort it out and then we can get on with sorting it out.