ALMOST THE END OF THE GARDENING YEAR
I never was a winter gardener and as I am aging, I am less so. This mild weather has me doing all I can to rescue plants and prepare for next spring. I really don't like this time of year, autumn. I know, I appreciate the beauty of the colours in the trees but, at the same time, I get a terrible sadness at seeing plants die that have given me so much pleasure, and seeing many of the plants go into hibernation.
I have dug up my border of pelargoniums, cut back the tops and potted them. At the moment they are in a tiny green house, along with some of my more tender herbs - rosemary, chives, marjoram, lemon balm, lemon verbena, and lemon thyme.
The strawberries are still happy enough in their pots. Later, as some of the leaves die back, I will tidy them up, push them together and protect them in the worst of it with fleece.
Meanwhile, the Lonicera Scentsation is providing wonderful red berries and it is still flowering so I have a mixture of yellow flowers and scarlet fruits on one plant.
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| Pelargonium border at its best. |
I have dug up my border of pelargoniums, cut back the tops and potted them. At the moment they are in a tiny green house, along with some of my more tender herbs - rosemary, chives, marjoram, lemon balm, lemon verbena, and lemon thyme.
The strawberries are still happy enough in their pots. Later, as some of the leaves die back, I will tidy them up, push them together and protect them in the worst of it with fleece.
Meanwhile, the Lonicera Scentsation is providing wonderful red berries and it is still flowering so I have a mixture of yellow flowers and scarlet fruits on one plant.
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| Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsatio'n in early summer. |
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| Lonicera periclymenum 'Scentsation' berries |
The Polka raspberry is still providing me with a few berries despite the leaves looking worse for wear.
I have planted my tubs now with the bulbs shown in an earlier post. In spring, if they are successful, I will post photos. For now, the roses continue to bloom.
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| Compassion - a climbing hybrid tea. |