Getting back from a few days in Scotland, I was very concious of the fact that my garden here was starting to shut down whereas the only garden we saw up there was in full colourful bloom, I’ll be showing it in a later post. I thought that I wouldn’t find much in flower here, but while walking round I was amazed at how many flowers there actually were. I’ll start in the front and then go round the garden in the usual way.
Eupatorium maculatum purpureum Atropurpureum.
This plant is fantastic for butterflies and bees.
Wild Aster.
This is a wild Aster that has just turned up in the garden, I keep pulling most of it out, it is all the way along the front border, but the bees love it, so some is allowed to stay.
Anthemis E.C. Buxton
This has been flowering since May, not many flowers now, but it is still producing quite a few as long as I remember to dead head it.
Geranium.
This is another plant that doesn’t know how to behave! It creeps throughout the border, most are dug up, but enough remain to flower at this time of year.
Rosa Shropshire Lad.
Roses are having their final fling of the summer.
Rosa Buff Beauty.
Buff Beauty is covered with buds so we will quite a few more flowers to enjoy.
Rosa Abraham Derby.
Rosa Graham Thomas.
Sedum.
Ready and waiting for bees and butterflies, but the weather has gone quite a lot cooler, so there aren’t many insects around at the moment.
Penstemon Garnet.
Another plant that has been flowering its socks off all year, with dead heading to help it form new buds.
Aster frikartii Monch
One of the first Asters to flower here and it continues for quite some time.
Crocosmia Solfaterre.
Crocosmia Solfaterre is coming to an end now, but this clump has certainly earned it’s space this year, providing me with plenty of flowers.
Stipa gigantea.
This grass has looked lovely all summer but is getting battered now by the wind.
Physostegia
A rather nibbled flower of Clematis durandii
Myrtus communis
Cyclamen hederifolium
The woodland floor is now carpeted with these lovely tiny cyclamen.
Cyclamen hederifolium alba
I leave the ants to spread the seed and they are doing a good job!
Cyclamen hederifolium
All these are courtesy of the ants. Eventually I hope to have as many cyclamen as I do snowdrops, maybe I ought to give the ants a helping hand!
Honesty.
The honesty seedheads brighten up the corner of the woodland, no, the photo isn’t the wrong way up, the stems have blown over!
Verbena bonariensis
Rudbeckia is spreading nicely, soon to be divided.
Geranium Rozanne.
Hydrangea Candelight is now blushing pink!
Mophead Hydrangea.
The Hydrangeas are still putting out new flowers, the older ones are fading to such a lovely duck egg blue.
Seedling of Angelica atropurpurea
Anemone japonica Hadspen Pink.
Tritonia.
Fuchsia Delta Sarah.
All the hardy fuchsias are doing really well, I will let Delta Sarah represent them all.
This ends my wander through the garden, there were far more flowers than I originally thought, hopefully they will last a little longer. Change is definitely on the way, temperatures have dropped and the sun is lower in the sky, autumn isn’t far away.
Thanks must go to Carol at May Dreams Garden for hosting this monthly meme where we can have a look at everyone else’s lovely flowers, please pay her a visit to see flowers from around the world.
I never doubt that you have plenty of flowers to share every month of the year; your title is August but I know you mean September! Sedums are so good, they flower in profusion when there is little else in my garden and their foliage is good always.
Silly me!, I have now corrected it, many thanks Christina! I did have to search for flowers this month, they weren’t jumping up and shouting at me any more. I must plant more late flowering plants in the side border by the field as that is supposed to be my late border, it is positively underwhelming at the moment!
How beautifully that blue hydrangea has faded. I definitely need to give the ants a hand, cyclamen are not spreading here at all. Magnificent blooms Pauline.
I love the colour of the faded blue flowers Jessica, I think I might be tempted to pick them for a dried arrangement.
The ants have been very good so far in spreading the cyclamen seed and I’m now getting more and more corms flowering. I think they take 3 years to flower from seed, each year they are getting better and better, but it would be nice if there were more in the woodland to make a similar display as the snowdrops, at this time of year.
You certainly still have a lot flowering. Up here is Aberdeen the garden is still looking good; I may manage to post something tomorrow as today is pretty full. I look forward to seeing which garden you visited in Scotland. I love your Cyclamen; I keep planting plants but they don’t survive – maybe I should try some corms instead? YourMyrtus communis looks wonderul- it looks such a clean, bright white.
I found the gardens looking full of flowers Annette, as we were travelling along in Scotland, plants still flowering that were over in our garden. All my cyclamen have been planted as corms, some of which are now getting to be quite large, they do like a mulch of leaf mould otherwise they seem to rise out of the ground, or they do here!
Thanks for the tip on cyclamen. I am just about to purchase some corms and will bear the leaf mould in mind. I certainly have enough of that from all our big trees.
I was photographing my cyclamen this morning Annette and they are spreading really well. The woodland always gets a mulch of leafmould before the snowdrops come through and this benefits the cyclamen as well, some of my corms are now really big. I will definitely try sowing my own seed this winter and give the ants a helping hand, soon I hope to have as many cyclamen as snowdrops so that autumn will look as pretty springtime does.
Beautiful!
Love the roses!
Happy Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day!
Lea
Thanks Lea, the roses do keep going for a long time, sometimes until Christmas.
I agree, the way the blue hydrangea has faded is striking Pauline. Rosa Shropshire Lad is such a soft lovely color too. Enjoy your blooms.
They do fade beautifully don’t they Susie and should make lovely dried flowers. The roses at this time of year are very special with their soft colours.
The flowers are plentiful – I look forward to the late summer blooms in the garden as the weather cools. I really love your roses and hydrangeas. They look exceptional! I lost most of the fuchsias this winter, so I’ll continue to enjoy yours 🙂
Thank you Matt, the cooler weather is nice, for me anyway and I think the plants enjoy it too! The hydrangers have been marvellous this year with plenty of rain to keep them happy, I think this is the best they have been since I planted them many years ago. I was so sorry to read that you have lost your hardy fuchsias this winter, but then you did have very low temperatures I think, lower than we have here in the south of England.
You have many lovely flowers still. Eupatorium is also blooming here. The fuchsia is very beautiful. I can also feel the autumn knocking on the door. Hopefully we will have some nice dry days yet to lay some new bulbs and divide perennials.
Our weather is cooling down quickly Gitte, I don’t think autumn can be far away. You are right, it is just the right time to be planting new bulbs and splitting plants.
I think I must have somehow been unsubscribed from your blog Pauline as I haven’t seen any of your recent posts – I thought it had gone a bit quiet and wondered if you were not well. I will resubscribe after I have finished commenting!
Your photographs in this post are so clear, Pauline, and show off your blooms so well – how lovely to be re-exploring your garden after a few days away. I look forward to hearing about the Scottish garden you visited when you were away.
I had a problem with WordPress, along with a few others, a few months ago Cathy, resubscribing seems to sort it out.
The garden was at Cawdor Castle which we popped into on our way back to Inverness airport, the post will appear soon!
Yes, I’ve had the same experience following your blog – I hope WordPress resolve it soon as I really enjoy your posts, Pauline. I’ll try re subscribing as you suggest.
Sorry you’ve been affected too Kate, if you resubscribe, that should hopefully sort it out.
Oh, go away Autumn, there’s no one home ! Go and knock somewhere else!
I have grown Eupatorium for the first time this year and have been really impressed by it. I was interested in your Angelica as I am planning to grow it next year – would you recommend it ?
Ssshhh don’t tell the roses that it isn’t June!!
The Eupatorum is wonderful for butterflies and bees, they seem to prefer it to buddleja and verbena, and it doesn’t seed everywhere like the wild one! The Angelica does make rather a large plant, about 5 ft and it does seed everywhere if you’re not quick enough to dead head it! In spite of that, I always leave a few of the purple leaved seedlings in the border ( some seedlings come up with green leaves, so they get pulled out) as it forms a nice contrast with the plants around it. From this I would say that I give it a cautious recommendation!
You have a beautiful garden!
Thanks for sharing this post and giving me the idea to also participate!
I just started a new blog last week about gardening and crafting. You are always welcome visit if you want.
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Thanks for leaving a message Sofie, I’m glad you enjoyed this post. Wishing you well with your new blog.
I found more flowers than I expected too. When I first look out over the garden, they seem rather paltry, but once I start to check closely and take photos, I find a good number. You have loads! Some very pretty ones too.
We seem to have been in the same situation this month Alison, plenty once we started looking but not many to be seen from the house. The garden is now taking on a golden hue and the leaves have started turning colour.
I’m so glad you have shown your Stipa gigantea, it is such a wonderful grass and so beautiful at this time of year. I visited Beth Chatto’s garden on Monday of this week, just before returning home, and she has dotted them carefully about in the gravel garden where they add much-needed height and drama among the collection of plants.
Stipa gigantea is such a beautiful grass isn’t it Marian, when the sun is behind the “flowers” they look like sparklers! Lucky you visiting Beth Chatto, my favourite garden to visit. When our daughter lived in Essex a while back, we always paid it a visit, it was so inspiring.