Last bit of colour....

[Mags]

.............. before autumn and winter frosts arrive..

hanging cone with yellow, orange and white pansies......

[Moli]

Beautiful Mags, your garden always looks lovely! I have some baskets like that and was thinking of getting some pansies for them, but they do not last with the wind up here...!

[dinahsmum]

I think my garden is lookiing as good (or bad) now as at any time this alleged summer.
I love some verbena I've recently planted. It's suffering a little as it atracts the butterflies, which in turn attracts Bentley! 7lbs of moggie launching itself on very tall stems tends to result in breakages.

Has anyone still got swallows? I saw ours last week but haven't seen them for a day or two. At least the weather was reasonable and they were able to get well fed before starting their long journey.

[Moli]

Originally Posted by dinahsmum

I think my garden is lookiing as good (or bad) now as at any time this alleged summer.
I love some verbena I've recently planted. It's suffering a little as it atracts the butterflies, which in turn attracts Bentley! 7lbs of moggie launching itself on very tall stems tends to result in breakages.

Has anyone still got swallows? I saw ours last week but haven't seen them for a day or two. At least the weather was reasonable and they were able to get well fed before starting their long journey.

Saw the last of the swallows yesterday DM, but the pink footed geese are back, one lot go when the other arrives...

[Elaine]

Very pretty Mags

[dandysmom]

Lovely, Mags! When do you normally get a killing frost in Bristol? And I love the orange color of those geraniums; unusual, don't think I've seen that shade before. Do you take cuttings to overwinter them?

[Mags]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Lovely, Mags! When do you normally get a killing frost in Bristol? And I love the orange color of those geraniums; unusual, don't think I've seen that shade before. Do you take cuttings to overwinter them?

Usually the frost starts to kill them off end of October into November Eileen. I used to take cuttings of the geraniums every year but find they are not expensive to buy as small plants and I just pot them on. I like the orangy colour too, not quite so heavy as the deep reds.

The pansies are hardy and will give a nice display for a few months and then they will start bushing out again for the Spring.

[calismum]

Lovely. I was thinking of trying to plant up some winter baskets. Maybe different coloured foliage. Will have a look round.

Love the cone.

CM

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Mags

Usually the frost starts to kill them off end of October into November Eileen. I used to take cuttings of the geraniums every year but find they are not expensive to buy as small plants and I just pot them on. I like the orangy colour too, not quite so heavy as the deep reds.

The pansies are hardy and will give a nice display for a few months and then they will start bushing out again for the Spring.

Do you by any chance happen to know the name of that orange geranium? I'm quite taken with it and would like to see if I can find a source here.......

Wouldn't that be stunning in front of the blue ruellias?

[Mags]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Do you by any chance happen to know the name of that orange geranium? I'm quite taken with it and would like to see if I can find a source here.......

Wouldn't that be stunning in front of the blue ruellias?

I'm afraid I don't know the proper name of it Eileen, I bought them as plug plants and they were just named Geraniums - Orange..