September colour

Beautiful ...
your heucheras are stunning :o)

Do you get any invasions of vine weevil ?

Shush TT. Thats a dirty word !! I had one go to vine weavil last year, but this year everything looks fine at the moment. Trouble is you don't know till one starts to wilt.

so many Hucheras and they look fab, the garden is still looking lovely, I see you have sunshine, lucky you, beautiful blog/.photo's

Thank you Yorks, the sun was out for a short while, its gone now.

central heating on in here, its really cold

those heucheras are real stars arent they! but i like the coleus and the dahlias too.

Thank you Sticki, the coleus do make a nice change,

Can't believe you have the heating on Yorks. I refuse to put mine on till November. Just put an extra jumper on.

probably several degrees different between wiltshire and yorkshire?? its quite mild here.

I did, but I can't stand to be cold Cinders

Beautiful Cinderella. You've got such a lovely garden and it's full of colour and interest. I love the different levels, trellises etc, and I like the colour of your back door :o) It's all very nice indeed.
And you've got Coleuses :o) I didn't grow them this year. They bring c olour for such a long time don't they ....

Thank you Hywel, I'm glad you like my garden. When we first moved here it was on a slope, so we terraced it and made two rooms. The fences and trellis's etc were put up for privacy but have been made use of, with lots of climbers. The coleus I grew from seed to sell at our village country market, but strangely not many sold, so I made use of them myself and have to say I have been pleased with them.

Lovely!

OK Yorks, I know its probably colder where you are, and I agree, I don't like being cold.

Yorkshire, its not quite so cold here, will be later. just come in from pottering. having curry for tea, that'll warm us up.

Thanks Grannyb, good idea, might have a curry myself, just have to get one from my freezer, home made,

Well, it's really dark here Cinders, and I'm just in from doing the shopping in the pouring rain and howling wind. I parked my car right up against the front door to get in quickly! It was lovely to see your photos....shades of yesterday when my world was all sunshine and birdsong....what a difference a day makes eh? lol....love all the heucheras!

Hi Karen. Oh poor you, it hasnt been a bad day here really. Knew you would like the Heuchera of course !!

Still so much colour in your garden, well done, not so here, very poor show at the moment, smack on the wrist for us, Blue Peter badge for you Cinders.

Thank you DD. Your comments appreciated.

It looks gorgeous Cinders - still lots of colour

Thanks Sheila, still, as you say, lots of colour, helped by all the heuchera of course.

It all looks smashing Cinders, I hope my Heucheras look as good as yours ,three new ones this year so hoping I get them through the winter.
Lovely pics of a lovely garden....

You are so kind, thank you very much. I'm sure your Heuchera will be fine.

Your garden is looking beautiful. As you say lots of colour coming from lovely leaves as well as flowers. I wish I could grow heucheras as good as yours. Must try harder. That dahlia is stunning.

Thankyou. Really, Heucheras are not difficult, they look after themselves I find. The dahlia is called Blue Boy.

Oh! I was just going to ask you what your lovely dahlia was! I'll have to try to get that one next year. The baby 'Cinderella' heuchera is growing beautifully!

Oh, I'm pleased to hear that Libet. Silver Scrolls and Plum Royale are doing well too. I have Plum Royale in a pot at the moment but it is growing well so may put it in the garden for the winter. If I can find a space !!!!

Beautiful garden Cinderella :)))

When they get their little roots into some nice new compost, they just gallop away, don't they! :0)

Thanks Michaella. Libet they are so easy to care for aren't they.

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Still looking great,Cinders..hope it continues for a while yet..same with mine..:o)

Thanks Sandra. I keep looking at it and thinking I must take some of it out now, but just don't want to disturb it.

Looks great and lucky us- we've seen it in the flesh!

Your garden is looking tip top Cinderella....Heucheras are fab....:>)

Thanks Paul.

Thanks Moti. My Sweet Tea is gorgeous. Thank you so much.

Such a lovely garden, so full of life.

Your garden is still looking very well, for September.

Your garden still a joy to behold in September, Cinders...Where did this year go??? Just beautiful picts, I felt as if I was walking around there with you my friend...\0/x

Thank you so much Alex, Clarice and Flori. I appreciate your kind remarks.

Lovely to see so much colour still in the garden...helps keep the spirits up with Autumn fast approaching...:)))
All credit to you...

Thanks Sue,

looks lovely cinders and much more colour than mine at the moment :o)

Hi San, thanks, how you doing,

hi cinders im fine thanx, busy with art and tidying garden but prefere to be busy, stops me thinking haha
hope your ok to ;o))

Yes I'm fine thanks.

Everything is flowering so well in your garden, Cinders, all credit to you! .. In pic 2 are those Liatris to the left? ... I have grown some in a pot for the first time ... do you just cut them down to ground level or wait until the Spring please? ... :o)

Yes it is Liatris, but they are finished now. I shall cut them down this week I expect. I'm afraid I can be a bit brutal when I have the secateurs in my hand, and I often take a chance and cut things down and just hope for the best !

I am like that too,Cinders..I forgot I had these,as mine were new too..I almost pulled them up,Shirley,as I didn't recognise the foliage,till I saw the spikes appear ! Lol.

Ok, I shall remove them from the pot, trim them and plant in the border, with a label or two as a reminder not to dig them out! ... :o))

Thats a good idea Shirley. I think they will definitely stand a better chance in the ground.

Cinders, I have spent the past hour getting those Hostas out of the blue pots! ... Such tough roots ... but on a positive note they have been divided into about twenty small plants ... Hostas anyone? ... lol!

Wow, I know they are a bit tough. Think I have enough for now, thanks.

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All still looking lovely.... : O ))

Thank you Holly

You have a lovely garden Cinderella. Methinks Prince Charming has been around. Glorious heucheras but my favourite pic is number two from the top. It is so sunny and makes smile.

Hi Scotsgran. If Prince Charming has been around I am sorry I must have missed him. I could do with a handsome prince !! Thank you for your lovely comments, I agree that picture is quite cheerful.

Brilliant still so much colour:)

Thank you Nana

Those are lovely photos of your garden, Cinderella.September can be very beautiful. Aren't heucheras great? They just go on forever. I have a few but am definitely going to buy more next year. I love dahlias too, tho' I used to hate them (earwigs), but the few I put in have been decimated by slug and snail attack (Grrr, in the style of The Beano). My organic methods of protection have failed, tho' I didn't try nematodes this year, which have previously been effective with other plants.How have you protected yours?

Thank you Tuesdaybear, glad you like my garden. I am a Heucheraholic I'm afraid, really hooked. Before long it will be nearly all heuchera in my garden !! I don't normally have many dahlias, for the same reasons as you, and I'm afraid I do put down pellets, the kind sort, at the start until they have grown a bit, then its just a case of going out and collecting them and disposing of them. I have never tried nematodes.

Typing across a cat now (Mojo), who has just stopped walking over keyboard and setled on lap. Also tried kind pellets but without success. Even hedgehog in garden hasn't been enough! Anyway, lovely to see your dahlias looking so good. Well, not just dahlias but whole garden.Just need some good weather now to enjoy the late Summer's beauty.

Yes thats right. lol :O)))

I found going out in the morning and evening and just picking them off and dropping them in a bottle of neat bleach was a sure way of reducing their numbers, fewer slugs and snails meant fewer eggs and it helped to cut the population a bit. A friend suggested a beer trap but it did not work for me. I did not want to get rid of them completely because we have thrushes who like to use the stones on the rockery as an anvil to get at the snails. I do not think they eat slugs. The blue pellets and the very smelly green organic powder were no good either. In fact I think the only year I used the slug pellets if anything we got more of them.

Thats very true Scotsgran. The pellets do seem to attract more of them. I haven't tried a beer trap, don't want to waste good beer !

No defintely don't waste the beer, that itself encourages a party...:))) also the pellets...but the beggars will climb other plants and walls, just to drop down on your favourite plants...it's an on going battle, luckily for me, I have Chickens that adore a snail, so any collected go straight to them...:))

lovely pics cind.... and still plenty to look at as well gawjuss !!!
criss i give the blighters to the hens tooo lol !!! haha

P'raps I'd better get some chickens then. Thanks Cris.

What an amazing array of colourful plants, Cinders, "hasn't she done well?!!" Thanks so much for showing us round. :))

Your welcome Sheilabub, and thank you for your comments.

lol...Cris...not a bad idea Sylvia, and they reward you with gorgeous eggs...:))) funny enough they love a bit of Escargot lol...without the garlic...:)))

> lol :o))

superb blog and gorgeous garden..really so much going on excellent..

Thank you so much Skip. Theres no room for weeds, too many plants.¬!!

Very interesting garden and really pretty too. I love it all...

Many thanks Breda

I so enjoyed your September garden Cinders and heucheras to .

They are amazing coats of many colours .

I must post some of my heucheras .

Yesterday was wet and a howling cold gale really freezing.

Pots got knocked down .

I so enjoyed your September garden Cinders and heucheras to .

They are amazing coats of many colours .

I must post some of my heucheras .

Yesterday was wet and a howling cold gale really freezing.

Pots got knocked down .

Glad you enjoyed my garden Kath, and sorry you are having such terrible weather. It was quite pleasant down here in the south, although it is definitely cooler.

So vibrant! What are the flowers that resemble sunflowers? and those last purple ones are wonderful to look at.

Thank you Adara. The flowers that resemble sunflowers are Rudbeckia, and the purple ones are Dahlia, Blue Boy.

They are certainly beautiful, and your yard is wonderful!