I don't know what I would do without our trusted Colchicums. They never let us down: Crocosmia "Emily MacKenzie": The Parahebe and ornamental grass are rather good-looking still: The Ligularia. This one is a late bloomer: The variegated Obedient Plant: The Cimicifuga racemosa "Atropurpurea" has a heavenly scent: We also have a single sunflower: A clump of apples I obviously forgot to thin out And a brand new Gentiana, the "Susan Jane": Not much to brag about, I'm afraid, but that's what we've got due to the funny weather this summer and autumn.
I think they are all fabulous Droopy, and surely something to brag about! I love Susan Jane, and your apples look delicious. I had a very poor apple year...only a few "good" ones that I tossed to the horses.
Looks great. My fall bloomers are struggling due to lack of rain. I'm hoping for a wet fall so that everything gets strong before the snow flies.
Thank you all. We've had lots of warmth and lots of rain so most of our blooms are gone by now. But I can't complain since the pumpkins are growing well.
Droopy do you think that some of the Cimicifuga racemosa "Atropurpurea" that you have would survive here in Scotland? I'm looking to extend the number of scented plants in my garden to attract more bees and butterflies and this one sounds ideal. Any info you can give me about it would be greatly appreciated.
The PlantStew has some information on it, Eileen. Cimicifuga racemosa 'Atropurpurea' (Black Snakeroot) I think it would do very well in Scotland.
Thanks Droopy. I should have thought to have a look at PlantStew shouldn't I? I'm going to keep a look out for some of these plants and see how they do for me.
You have alot going on at the moment, don't you? That new Gentian looks quite nice--I could imagine a patch of thise. Your trusted Colchicums looks very nice to me--the council had planted them at some roundabouts here in the city. Your sunflower would brighten-up the darkest day. That Cimicifuga racemosa also attracted my attention. I shall have to do a little investigating. I have never seen that variegated Obedient Plant is a little jewel. Is it short or has that specimen depicted fallen-over? Well, thanks for this very nice posting. You do have quite a nice variety there. BTW--I sure would like to sink my teeth into one of those apples.
Good luck with finding a Cimicifuga, Eileen. They're stately plants. Sjoerd, come over and help yourself to as many apples as you want. We're trying to find out how to make apple juice but the work involved is just too much so we'll probably equip friends and neighbours with plastic bags and tell them to help themselves. The Obedient plant has fallen over. I keep forgetting to tie them up and they end up in a mess in between other plants.
I have Variegated Obedient Plant too, and it's such a floppy thing! I always forget to tie mine and it ends up under the steps. Pity it doesn't stand up like the others.
