As we head towards Michaelmas and the end of September things in the garden begin to quieten down. And soon the leaves will fall and the perennial plants will decay.
For now though here are six things in the garden on a Saturday.
My Amarine ‘Anastasia’ a hybrid of Nerine bowdenii and Amaryllis belladonna which showed no sign of a flower spike at the beginning of the month now has three! One very small one, but the three bulbs I bought in March 2019 have also started to grow new bulbs so hopefully in years to come I shall have more.
As the nights draw in and the weather turns cooler it must be time to get those spring bulbs planted so we have something to look forward to. Meanwhile those living in the southern hemisphere are already enjoying the fruits of their labours as spring begins.
As always, if you want a peek over other people’s garden walls then please pop over to our host, the lovely Jon, AKA ‘The Propagator’ where you find links to many more wonderful garden enthusiasts from all over the world. See here for the participant’s guide.
Cornwall in Colours 
The asters are superb, and I’m intrigued by that amarine, it looks really interesting.
It took a few years to flower, a good job I am a patient gardener!
I’ve probably commented before that I would love to be able to grow Fuchsias, but alas, our climate just isn’t right for them. Penstemons are such stalwart plants aren’t they? Just waiting now for mine to start flowering….. shouldn’t be too long.
Fuchsias do seem to like a lot of water which is why they do well in the southwest. I shall look forward to seeing your Penstemons, I don’t seem to be able to keep some of them over winter, except for the pink ones.
Lovely as always Jude. Your water droplet-ed (is that a word) banner image is glorious. Your image of the fuchsia genii is so pretty!
Thank you Tina. Dropleted should be a word if it isn’t 😁
Still lots of gorgeous colour in your garden. It’s very pretty.
Thanks Carol. Yes there are still things in flower but not many more to come.
Goodness! Your Nerine is much earlier than mine and your Cerinthe Major is much later. Still many bright, colourful plants in your garden.
I sowed the Cerinthe quite late, some of last year’s self seeded plants have already been pulled out.
The toadflax looks great, but I suspect from what you’ve written that it’s mostly down to your photography skills.
Haha, thanks for that HB. If I photographed the container from afar you would struggle to see the flowers, but they are like little sweeties.
I like those annual toadflax flowers. I’ve also found that the annuals are only just beginning to really strengthen. It looks like you have a garden full of colour now.
It is still very colourful, but how much will be left after these winds today? I have an insanely tall sunflower that is being whipped around.
It started out as a lovely day here but it has just become blustery. Good luck to the sunflower!
I’ve taken its photo just in case…
Fuchsia is such a beautiful flower. In Afrikaans they are called ‘klokkies’ (little bells) – it’s so descriptive! And the daisies are also eye catching … I just love your flower posts!
Thanks for liking the photos. Yes, klokkies does sound lovely. I always think of fuchsias as ballet dancers with their tutus.
I like that … ballet dancers with their tutus ☺️.
How wonderful to have those flowers on your amarine! I have one in the Coop but there are no signs of any buds yet although with some of these crosses I can never remember when they could be expected to flower. I do have 5 buds on a nerine though! I had C Kiwi Blue this year and it is the first time I have had a cerinthe self-seed – I have potted up the seedlings for the time being. The plants didn’t flower for very long though but perhaps the weather saw them off? As expected, your photos are always wonderful!