My first #SixOnSaturday of the month, as I was away working last weekend (and sad to be stuck indoors on a gorgeous day). There have been some lovely autumn days lately that really show off those rich autumn colours and stand-out shades. Here are a few from my garden this week, from whites through pink to purple.
First up this week, I thought my hebes had flowered much earlier, but they have saved some joy for mid-autumn. Here is my favourite, this large shrub is repeated several times around the garden, the structure and colour are pleasing.
Something else that really finished months ago is giving a last blast of colour too. This clematis is a touch frost-burned around the edges, yet still giving a glorious surprise when I walk along the garden path.
In the greenhouse, somehow the last few bunches of grapes have avoided rot this year. I’ve been opening up the greenhouse on sunny days to keep it aerated, seems to be working!
A late flush of colour has appeared on some low shrub roses. The colour is really striking, although these beauties have no scent. Great for an autumn vase though.
Despite a couple of slightly frosty nights, cosmos are blasting away. I always forget how late into autumn these plants can hang on for. Good for them, great for me.
Last this week, it’ll be time to winter my snap-dragon pots in the greenhouse soon, but for now, I’ll let them grace the garden for a little longer. Wonderful form and colour.
I hope you enjoyed my autumn colours as much as I have. And thanks to those leaving comments on the blog – sorry if I don’t always get back to you on time! The blog is going well, but it would be great if more folk on Mastodon, or other parts of the Fediverse got into tooting a Six! Go on, it’s a much kinder form of social media, not controlled by crazy billionaires. 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/. And I’m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot