Autumn Fireworks

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.