Autumn is well under way and
the garden has splashes of seasonal colour throughout, beautiful explosions of
colour which remind me of fireworks.
In
the rose/winter bed the kalimeris,
rudbeckia goldstrum,
heuchera
and cyclamen shine in the watery sunlight.
In the blue border a few perennials are also still putting on a lovely display.
A scabiosa,
salvia Amistad (earmarked for a
move)
and a clematis, with its velvety purple petals, are warmed from the heat
of the south facing stone wall.
In the glasshouse, where it
is a jolly sight warmer, colour is provided by both flowers and leaves – Clerodendrum ugandense,
bromeliads,
hedychiums,
and a red cestrum.
The Amelanchier lamarckii - its leaves seem to glow tones of reds, oranges
and yellows.
The acers in the oriental
garden are clothed in fiery reds. I don’t
think I’ve seen them display such vibrant colours before.
Callicarpa bodinieri sits in a sheltered spot in the
Italian garden, known as the beauty berry, the purple berries are shine like
jewels in the autumn sunlight.
As winter approaches I plan
to spend some time converting my son’s (now redundant) guinea pig shed into a
summer house.
Here, as you can see, I have
already made a start. I have removed the
old internal hardboard side panels and am now in the process of replacing them
with pine tongue and groove. This has
turned out to be a time consuming job as I did not realise that the whole shed
was actually leaning over to one side so the walls are not strictly dead vertical. Each panel has to be checked using a spirit
level. I reckon I have about March to
finish.
Enjoy the autumn colours before the leaves wither and fall.
