Our Garden - September 2013

Our Garden - September 2013

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Another month, another batch of photos. My aim is to have a page per month for a 12 month period so I have a record of how my garden changes through the year.

cosmos

Some of the Cosmos were bought in as plugs and some self seeded from last year - such pretty flowers.

cotinus

Foliage can be pretty as well

crocosmia

The crocosmia are bright but there aren't many flowers again this year

These are our new nets - seem to be doing a good job as the brassicas are thriving. I find the easiest way to pick the raspberries is to get inside the net and take it from there.

fuchsia

The fuchsias always put on a good show and provide a nice burst of colour wherever they are in the garden.

geranium

We only have the one geranium this year but it's produced enough flowers for half a dozen.

hydra

The hydrangeas are starting to lose their vibrant colour

greenfinch

This baby finch seems to be learning to stand on his own two feet. He can fly but we hope he's not lost his Mum & Dad because he looks very young.

pond plant

We bought this plant at Hampton Court Flower show this year.

pigs

The pigs move around in the garden depending on where there's a gap. This area is filled with bluebells in the Spring so they have to move out of the way before then.

beans

The runner beans have lovely flowers and the bees love them. The crop is really good this year (our freezer is already full of them).

berries

There are already quite a few berries around for the birds.

pyro

A few months earlier, the pyrocantha was full of flowers and now it's full of berries. Does this mean we've got a hard winter on the way?

rose

It's nice to see the roses budding up again.

sedum

The birds and bees love the sedum and it provides a good splash of colour at this time of year. We have a few bushes around the garden.

I decided not to wait until October before wandering round with the camera again. It's now 22nd September and, whilst some of the garden looks the same as a couple of weeks ago, some of it is very different.

potentilla

The potentilla is finally flowering. There are one each of pink, yellow and white around the garden. Photos of the yellow and pink ones are below.

The smaller achillea above is still flowering but I've now cut the yellow one back for the winter (gardening was done after photos were taken so the grass is a bit neater now as well!)

The autumn crocuses have spread really well in a couple of the beds and provide a lovely surprise every year as more and more of them appear.

hosta

The hostas have done really well this year and seem to be taking it in turns to flower which means we've had flowers for a while (lovely!)

The Cosmos have put on a good show this year. I bought some in but this one and the one below right are both self seeded from earlier years.

This is the yellow potentilla mentioned above. The pink one is further down.

We bought a couple of marigolds from an Open Garden. Not sure why the slugs have left them alone but I'm glad they have.

pampas

The pampas grass is starting to show its fronds. I really like pampas for the show it provides through the winter. Jonathon, on the other hand, doesn't like it at all!

The pansies were something Jonathon brought back from the garden centre to fill a pot or two and the odd gap here and there. They've lasted really well.

I'm not really a big fan of pots (other than for hostas) but we have 6 of them going down the steps so have to put something in them to make them look pretty.