The rest of the Roses

It has been a good rose year so far.  Here are some photos of the other roses in my garden.  Above is Cottage Rose.

My latest acquisition, Dannahue.  I will be putting this one in a big pot in the Autumn.

William Shakespeare 2000, still growing tall and attempting garden domination.

For Your Eyes Only, which I repotted earlier this year and I thought I had killed it. The roots were growing through the bottom of the pot and it was difficult to get it out of the pot.  It looked distinctly unhappy for quite a while.  However, it has decided all is well and is flowering beautifully.

Eyes for You, which is a really pretty flower with dark purply splodges at the base.  You can see the different colours it goes through here too. It will be repotted in the Autumn too.

New Dawn flowering on the arch.

Emily Bronte who was also trying to take over.  She has been cut back a bit now after the first flush of flowers. The scent in the garden has been lovely and it has been enhanced by the little white orange blossom which has been fantastic this year. (That will need repotting too, I think...) I now need to feed them all, especially the ones in pots.  A nice relaxing job for this evening, I think.

The seasons change part two

I forgot to welcome my new followers, so welcome to you.  I hope you will enjoy our rather meandering journey through my small part of the world.  We are continuing our tour of the plants flowering in my garden at the start of Autumn in the UK.  Above is Astrantia Burgundy Manor, flowering since May and this is the second flush of flowers. I potted it on earlier in the year and it has repaid me.

A small white macropylla hydrangea which is taking on pink tones.

Hydrangea paniculata Sundae Fraise also putting on its Autumn display.

Salvia Nachtvlinder which has flowered for months and is still going.

Helianthus Lemon Queen is a lovely back of the border plant.  I would like more of this so will see if I can divide it next Spring.

Some roses are still doing well. This is Susan Williams-Ellis.

This is one of my favourites - Kew Gardens.  The single creamy yellow/white flowers are so pretty and are formed in panicles, a bit like a hydrangea paniculata.

Rose William Shakespeare 2000, which put out this one flower just in time for the Queen's funeral.

The ever reliable Liriope muscari which I keep saying needs dividing, but I haven't actually got round to it yet.  

Finally, the lovely Miscanthus - I'm not totally sure whether it is Silberfeder or Kleine Fontane or something else.  Either way, it is lovely!

I am going to plant some narcissus and muscari as soon as I can and then in November, I will be tulip planting.  That's one of the many things I enjoy about gardening - there is always something to look forward to.

A little more to enjoy in the garden

I grew some pot marigolds from seed this year but they got rather long and leggy. I have put some in a pot for now and they have rewarded me by starting to flower.  They are such happy looking flowers, looking particularly pretty with a sprinkling of raindrops.

Clematis Princess Kate is looking the best I have ever seen her.  I potted her on into a big tub and she obviously likes it.  You can spot Rose William Shakespeare 2000 in his attempt at garden domination on the trellis at the back.

She has very elegant flowers.

My own cosmos were a disaster this year and eventually were eaten by slugs and snails, so I bought this one in.  Again, such a happy looking flower.

The blueberries are staring to crop now and I have enjoyed two raspberries so far too, from my autumn fruiting raspberries. They are a bit early, but very welcome, nonetheless. Some more pot watering and feeding is on the cards as even with the heavy rain showers we have been getting, the pots don't get very much water.   

Roses, clematis and an exotic-looking visitor

The garden continues to provide delights.  The final few roses are now in flower.  Above is a climbing rose, New Dawn.

This is Susan Williams-Ellis who is my latest addition (replacing Winchester Cathedral).

Another climber, Blush Noisette.

William Shakespeare 2000, who is making an attempt at garden domination.  It has grown really tall this year.

The clematis are now joining in.  Here is Venosa Violacea, twining around rose Ferdinand Pichard.

This is the lovely flower.

Clematis Frankie.  I bought this as a young plant and then planted it out. However, on the TV,  a clematis grower said you should pot them on and leave them for a year to develop a bigger root system.  I dug it up and potted it into a bigger pot and it has rewarded me by flowering again.

This is clematis Prince Charles, putting on a lovely show.

Here is Princess Kate who was potted on into a large tub and has rewarded me by being incredibly floriferous this year.

I couldn't resist a photo of this self seeded foxglove which planted itself in a pot by the shed.

The hydrangeas are also starting to flower.  Here is Endless Summer, the Bride (I think).

A mix of rose Jacques Cartier, a foxglove, and clematis Arabella.

This hydrangea is at the front of the house, in a large tub.  It provides a much needed splash of colour there.

Here is the flower - this is Endless Summer (Pink), I think.

The final flower (for now!) is Clematis Blue Angel.  I potted this one into a large tub this Spring and it obviously likes it!

The exotic-looking visitor is the vapourer moth caterpillar. It was busily munching away on a rose leaf, when I spotted it.  I brought it inside for identification.

It is quite an amazing looking creature with the long tail and antennae hairs.

I haven't seen one before, but apparently they are reasonably common. I put it back on the rose, but woe betide it if it tries to eat too much!

The last rose of Summer and welcome Autumn

It has become quite autumnal fairly quickly, but there are still lots of plants in flower.  Above is Ferdinard Pichard who has been wonderful this year and has a lovely scent too.

Rose William Shakespeare 2000, late to flower this year, but still producing blooms.

The more autumnal flowering plants are always welcome - japanese anemone Bowles' Pink, 

Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae Mrs S T Wright, 

Symphyotrichum (Aster) Little Carlow.

A new plant - Clematis 'Little Lemons'. I thought a small clematis I could grow in a pot with little lemon flowers would be a great addition to the garden, so here it is.  

There are seedheads and flowers on this plant, so I hope it will do well for me and be happy.

The buddleia is still flowering for those insects who are still flying to collect nectar.

Miscanthus is looking elegant and dramatic, as it does every year.  If I had a bigger garden, I would have more of these plants.  Welcome to Autumn, with its changing leaf colours and gradual slowing down of the garden in readiness for Winter.  There is still a lot to enjoy.

Little things making me happy...

With all the horrible things going on in the world, it is even more important to enjoy the little things. Things like the beautiful autumn colours of the leaves...

...here a hydrangea...

...and a blueberry.

Magnolia Susan against blue sky (when there has been some)...

these leaves are now on the ground.

Hydrangea flowers still with colour...

Rose William Shakespeare 2000 flowering...

...and a splash of fuchsia pink from the asters.

They look much more bedraggled now.

Lovely delicate pink skies...

 ...echoing the New Dawn roses.

 Buttery yellow Ginkgo leaves.

 Inside the house, we have new tiles for the splashback behind the sink.  It's still a work in progress, but it is progressing.  I love the colours of these tiles...

...and the iridescence.  They make me smile every time I see them.

Finally, today's lunch - it is raining yet again, so what better to cheer up the day than a plate of beans on toast?  (These are Heinz, no added sugar ones as I find the original Heinz beans too sweet now.)  Little things that are making me happy - and don't we all need them?