End of October ...

The second Rhipsalis is amazing - is it used in winemaking? I've never seen the word baccifera before and wondered if it comes from Bacchus the god of wine? Did your roses survive when the frost melted? I brought a spray indoors when the cold was forecast but they are looking very tired already. We've only had one light frost here so the fuchsias are still OK, but its only a matter of time! Your Jasmine is the best I've ever seen. Do you think one would grow in a tub?
My wallhouse has died - a replacement is coming this week I hope so I can move the plants off the conservatory floor!

Thank you Sue …
baccifera means bearing berries.
I don't know about the roses. I didn't go back outside to look at them. it's been too cold.
My Fuchsias out the front are ok. It's the ones in the back that have gone brown.
However the 8 ft high Margaret with stems towering up into the air is strangely still colourful.
I suppose a Jasmine would grow in a tub if that was big enough, but maybe it wouldn't get so tall.

Your roses and Jasmine are beauties Hywel great view and deep blue sky even though its Frosty. I hope your Fuchsias are OK in the back and that Rhipsalis pilocarpa is gorgeous.

I have my Jasmine in a pot on my patio.

Thank you Thrupenybit, I have a cutting of Jasmine I may try growing it in a pot next year too :) x

Gorgeous winter Jasmine Hywel. I always forget mine, and then one by one, those little yellow stars open their eyes...like a ray of sunshine...my Magellica fuchsia you sent me Hywel, is still busy flowering away...it's such a lovely one.. If I had a hedge, I'd have a Magellica one..

The frosted roses are such a picture and your winter jasmine is looking wonderful.
A very heavy frost here too this morning!

Thanks for all your comments :)

I'm glad the Fuchsia is still flowering Janey. It makes very elegant bush.

I hope your frosts didn't do too much damage Wildrose.

Your frosted roses look as if they had been covered in icing sugar, Hywel! What lovely pictures they make!

We had our first frost of the autumn also last night. It seems to have only been a light one as it hasn't been able to kill off my Petunias on the balcony railings yet! They look very sorrowful at present & I must remove them shortly & put some Pansies or Violas in their place.

Roses look so wonderful when frosted, but not afterwards!I do like the forest cacti most unusual, I have two cacti which have never flowered just grow larger and larger!

Thank you all …

Balcony I'm sure some Violas will brighten up your balcony for the winter.

Dottydaisy many cacti don't flower until they are quite big. It depends on the species :) Do you know the names ?

Thanks Hywel, I have now bought & planted up some Pansies on the balcony - at long last!

That's good :)

Lovely Hywel, let's hope we get a mild spell now. My Fuschia look sad and brown now but need to resist cutting them down until spring.
Hywel, can I ask how you prune your winter jasmine please, I'm trying to get height on mine but it's a bit whippy, I want dense compact flowering effect like yours. Thanks

Hi Dawn, I just go over my Jasmine with a shears when the branches become too long. It's growing on a trellis up a wall and I chop it back to the trellis.
My Fuchsias are all brown and mushy now too. That one frosty night finished them off :( I'll be cutting them back in the spring.

Thanks Hywel, hmmm I think mine needs a trellis then, using wire at the minute, great advice, thank you.
One bad frost does so much damage, sadly.

I don't know if a trellis would make any difference Dawn. Mine took a few years to get like it is now so maybe yours just needs a bit more time.

Thanks Hywel, mine some shape, I will look at it tomorrow

Good luck :)