Autumn wilt - me not the plants

Yes definately, I am still as keen in the garden but as you say excitement wanes a little 'coz everything is in full flower and there's not a lot left to surprise you.

I was interested in what you were saying about getting some small dahlia plants from a specialist nursery.....are they local or mail order? I ask because Louise1 has been looking for some dahlia plants and was wondering why she could not get some at this time of year...normally they are ordered late in the year and despatched from abut April time. I hope they flower ok for you...you might be lucky and get a tiny tuber....or pot em up and over winter them. I would be interested to hear how they do.

Good for you LL....I know what you mean about this time of year...especially after all the lousy weather we've had!
I've got glads coming up but not much else except the sedum which never lets me down...maybe I'll follow your lead & spend the hubby's first new pay packet at the garden centre!!
Do you think he'll object??!! :0)

Why on earth should he.....lol

I'll run it past him...& then duck!

ha! Well the dahlia nursery is eurodahlia, based in the Wirral. Their website is a bit old but they're still going and I think you can see the catalogue from there - there's an email too.

Their fields of dahlia's were beautiful - I've always loved them but seeing them at Monet's garden just took my breath away - perfect combinations and using the same variety down the border gave so much impact.

Aug/Sep is not my favourite time of year. I usually feel rather miserable at this time. I don't know why. Maybe it's as you say - not as exciting as the spring. I like the autumn though.

Ah yes. I have their site in my favourites. thanks...

I'm so pleased to read your blog LL, I thought it was just me and I was losing interest in my flowery things! Seems it's a seasonal thing, the wait between the summer and the golden days of autmn. I too like the colours and the changes of autumn. I like winter as well and of course spring is brill. and summer is just great............ Hmmmmm? ? ?

my dhalias are the only ones still flowering love them to bits
other than that its only my so called "cascading" roses with blooms but I have fallen out with these

roll on Autumn colours I say

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Yes the dahlias will flower for a few months yet.:))

Glad to see it's not just me!

Yes it's a strange pull, starting to think of the things I like about autumn and winter almost makes me feel guilty - should be still enjoying summer!

That said, I'm off to garden.

We let the wild (and thorny and invasive) blackberry go mad over one of the shrubs and now have bucketfuls of them to pick - for some reason the birds aren't keen?
At least once everything dies back it's easy to spot the blackberry and weed it out - well attempt to!