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Post by SueA on Nov 1, 2024 15:16:14 GMT
October seemed to go by in a flash didn't it! Still the odd patch of flowers here & there& lots of leaves on the ground now. Fatsia flowers.  You're Beautiful rose in the front garden.  Hydrangea fading gracefully  Wisteria changing colour & shedding leaves everywhere  Liquidambar, Mahonia & Oak  Darmera leaves turning  Cornus  |
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Post by grindle on Nov 2, 2024 4:11:25 GMT
didn't it just, nice pictures of autumn colour SueA  |
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Post by SueA on Nov 2, 2024 12:13:55 GMT
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Post by steve on Nov 2, 2024 13:55:56 GMT
Are Easter eggs in the shops yet? 😁
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Post by lesley on Nov 2, 2024 14:49:24 GMT
Lovely pictures sue, why did you mention that word  Soon be spring  |
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Post by balc2 on Nov 2, 2024 21:01:08 GMT
My 'Flamingo Lily' is still flowering very well! This is one of the 2 divisions I made of the original plant. The other piece, although growing well, hasn't produced any "flowers" yet.
This Fuchsia, 'Garden News',is still flowering as if it were high summer rather than half way through the autumn!
 I can't show you any photos of my other Fuchsia, 'Beacon', because I haven't managed to get any pictures of it so far in November but I hope to take a picture of two in the coming days. But I think a cutting of it has rooted, if it has I'll keep it growing over winter & start making it into a standard next year. This lovey, self-sown, 'Bacopa' continues to flower outside on the balcony even in November! I had a couple of other self-sown plants, one in a wicker hanging basket, which has sadly died, & perhaps some seedlings in the tub where I have my "Chinese rose".  |
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Post by balc2 on Nov 3, 2024 21:44:03 GMT
A few photos of the plants flowering in the planters around the cash machine I took this morning. 
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Post by grindle on Nov 4, 2024 3:36:42 GMT
isn't it amazing how much is still flowering into November this year, still looking colourful balc2 |
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Post by balc2 on Nov 4, 2024 19:34:09 GMT
Thanks, grindle ! Yes, I agree, it's truly amazing to see summer plants still growing & flowering still during the first week of November! For these plants, however, this will be their last week as, unless something crops up to delay or stop me, I plan on removing the Geraniums & Fuchsias & probably putting them in pots to put on the balcony for the winter, during this week. The Cosmos can stay in till the last as I shall start with the planter closest to the road & work towards the one that has the Cosmos in. I shan't do more than one a day as it means digging out the plants I planted out in July this year, then digging in some used compost from the balcony, before planting the Daffodil bulbs. Then I will have to plant something on top of them!
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Post by balc2 on Nov 7, 2024 20:36:05 GMT
Here are some photos of Fuchsia 'Beacon' after I dug them up from the planters around the cash machine & repotted them on the balcony:
 
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Post by lesley on Nov 11, 2024 18:43:37 GMT
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Post by balc2 on Nov 11, 2024 21:15:33 GMT
lesley, great to see some flowers are still going strong! Though as it's getting colder we will start to see the end of the last of the summer flowers & more the autumn flowers like Pansies & Cyclamen. But haven't they lasted a long time this year? Who would have expected to see summer flowers, like yours, in mid November! Congratulations on keeping them coming!
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Post by balc2 on Nov 11, 2024 21:20:14 GMT
Here is the very last photo of the Cosmos in the planters around the cash machine. 
After I took this picture my granddaughter helped me to pull them out. Even she was sad that the Cosmos had to come out so I could plant the Daffodil bulbs I still have for this planter & so that I could put in the Pansies for winter & spring colour.
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Post by grindle on Nov 12, 2024 4:53:44 GMT
it's amazing how long flowers are lasting this year, but so nice to see, especially since the days have been so grey
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Post by geumgrower on Nov 14, 2024 16:08:31 GMT
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Soon be spring 
