There are signs of change in the garden, the light is different when the sun is shining, it is lower in the sky, so for some of the time now it is behind the tops of my ancient old trees. Berries, rosehips and hazelnuts are developing and being eaten, I hope it is by my dormice fattening up for the winter! The brambles that I am always complaining about are now covered in lucious, ripe, fat berries so I must get some in the freezer before the birds get them all. Time once again for SOS, so lets get on……..
No 1
These are the brambles or blackberries that I was talking about. They are ready to be picked to go with my Bramley apples to make crumbles for the winter. I feel like a squirrel, hoarding my food ready for when the bad weather comes!
No 2
My Myrtle tree, Myrtus communis, is absolutely covered with its lovely small flowers, this is its best year so far, it must be at least 20 yrs old and I’ve never known it to flower so well before.
No 3
I spotted a little Holly Blue butterfly fluttering round the garden the other day, it was too late to be included in my Six about butterflies. They lay their eggs on either Holly or Ivy, here it is on the ivy up the dead oak in the centre of the garden.
No 4
Pyracantha berries all ready to be eaten by the birds, it makes me feel that autumn has already arrived, but I’m not ready for it yet.
No 5
Kniphofia Bees Lemon I think, this is in the front border by the Agapanthus which have now finished, ah well, maybe one day they will flower together!
No 6
Hardy fuchsias are doing really well, so many different varieties that are brightening up the garden at the moment.
There we have my six for this week, thanks to Jim at Garden Ruminations for hosting as usual. If you pay him a visit, you will see gardens around the world and the plants that are flowering now.
Brambles ! Yum …. Except crumble are you going to make jams or pies ?
There is just me at home now Fred, so no need to cook anywhere near as much food as I used to, crumbles will do me just fine.
Beautiful pictures, especially the fuchsia.
I, too, feel as though autumn is imminent. The hot weather seems like it was an awfully long time ago!
Thank you Helen, I do like the smaller flowers on the hardy fuchsias. We had a little mini summer for a couple of days last week!
Love all those Myrtle flowers and the blackberries will be delicious, I just added some to a cheesecake.
The Myrtle has been amazing this year Rosie, you can’t see the foliage for so many flowers. Blackberry cheesecake sounds delicious!
Oh yes….brambles! Love the butterflies and the flowers on tour myrtle tree, hopefully mine will bloom like that one day.xxx
I was so pleased to see the Holly blue fluttering round the garden Dina, nice to see them each year.x
Pretty butterflies! 🦋 ooh blackberry and apple crumble, yum! Such a dainty fuchsia!
The fuchsias are doing really well at the moment Sarah and provide lots of colour at this time of year. I like the smaller flowers of the hardy varieties.
I am wishing now that I had more fruits growing in the garden – blackberry crumble sounds delicious! Maybe I need to make a rhubarb crisp – still have plenty of that! Unless I find Italian plums at the market…then a plum tart would be just the thing!
Stop Elizabeth, you are making me feel very hungry!
What beautiful butterflies, Pauline. I’ve never seen Kniphofia in that lemony color. Love it.
There are quite a few varieties of yellow kniphofia over here Susie, we are spoiled for choice! Thought you would like the butterflies.
Lovely photos Pauline. Several signs that Autumn is on the way and I don’t feel ready for it either! The Pyracantha is certainly providing an abundance of food for the birds.
It will soon be stripped Denise, the blackbirds will soon eat them all! Leaves are also starting to change colour, summer is nearly over unfortunately.
Your myrtle is absolutely stunning. I lost mine last winter in that deep freeze spell.
There’s something delightful about spotting little blue butterflies in the garden!
Sorry to hear about your Myrtle Allison, I realised I was taking a chance when I planted mine over 20 yrs ago, so far we obviously our temperatures haven’t dropped as much as yours, thank goodness. Always happy when I see a little blue butterfly in the garden, so tiny compared to all the others.
Ah yes, autumn is on the doorstep and the garden knows it. Your blackberries look rather delicious – can we all come over for tea & crumble, please? 🙂
I love the orange & orange-red berries of pyracantha – they’re the perfect shade of autumn. Berries, cool, calm, crispy mornings, cosy scarves & gloves. Perfect.
Of course you can come for tea and crumble Catherine! You have painted a lovely picture of autumn, but I’m still not ready for it!
I haven’t noticed a change in the light here, but the urge for autumnal clearing is growing by the day! Oh, and the spiders’ webs, a sure sign of the approach of autumn!
I can’t say I’ve noticed the spiders webs yet Cathy, I’ll need a misty morning for that to show them up. Change is definitely in the air, leaves are beginning to change colour along with all the other signs.
Your berries look so good. I keep meaning to pop nextdoor and take up my neighbor’s offer of moving some of her blackberries over to our side, but then get scared by the thorns. Your pictures are making me rethink it yet again.
Also, the little blue butterfly is so pretty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them here, but Google says they’re our national butterfly so they must be around somewhere! Learn something new every day.
The blackberries are almost ready now to pick with my Bramley apples Angela, I’ll be busy making crumbles for the freezer, not that I eat many puddings these days, they will last me a long time! I don’t see the Holly Blue butterfly very often, it is always a lovely surprise when I see it.