Feelings of melancholy as the nights draw in are mixed with the joy of crips autumn sunshine, for a colourful #SixOnSaturday this week.

The last vestige of summer is holding on as the cosmos continue to flower. There’s a rather pleasing colour clash between the flowers and some background foliage. The first frosts are forecast very soon, so these bountiful flowerers will be gone soon.

I have not quite got around to sorting out the greenhouse yet. Consequently, I’m still holding out a little hope that the last few tomatoes ripen. A stripey one here is close to going orange….

Wonderful foliage is everywhere when i take the trouble to look for it. Blueberry bushes are one of the most stunning for autumn red.

A wonderful contrast is to be found in the yellow-brown hues of amalanchia, another wonderful autumn shrub.

Even the perennials in the flower border are a flush of exciting colour in mid-October. Here is the last flash from this year’s euphorbia. Tones of yellow to pink are an unexpected pleasure.

Last this week, before the blackbirds finish them off, take a look at these lovely cotoneaster berries. This bush sits in a sheltered courtyard, the berries last longest here as blackbirds are shy about coming so close to the house.

One of the joys of doing #SixOnSaturday is that I really take the time to look at what is going on in the garden. I hope you’ve enjoyed these six little snapshots as much as I have.

That’s my #SixOnSaturday for this week. Join the sixes on Mastodon or other instances in the Fediverse via #SixOnSaturday, we need a few more folk to toot on the topic: come join us. All you need to do is find 6 things in your garden to show us. Then post on social, or add a link at Jim’s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https://gardenruminations.co.uk/. Also on twitter @JamesLStephens. And I’m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot