Late September

Its all lovely - what an attractive garden (And I love your little owl!)

Your heucheras are making a lovely splash of colour at a low level and your solidago is one of my favourite plants. You know I think I have an awful lot of favourite plants which have done really well this year. You have my kind of garden. Room for everything and everybody.

so many treasures around your garden melchi, its so pretty and so many lovely colours.

A most interesting garden. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for your comments!

I have a couple of owls, Steragram - this one was given to me by one of my sons.

The solidago is one of my favourites too, Scotsgran. I like it from the moment the leaves appear - they always make such a well-shaped clump. The heucheras are such pretty colours, aren't they? Even OH, who isn't especially interested in buying plants, was keen on Fire Chief!

Thanks, Sticki - there is still lots to see. I hope it will last a while longer.

Thank you, Diane. I have to confess to enjoying blogging very much!

You have a very nice garden, Melchi. It has so many nice little corners and still many flowers. Enjoy your time there :))

That was a very nice blog showing your lovely garden ... so full of interesting plants :o) I always grow those begonias. They will fit in anywhere, and are easy to overwinter.
Around your front door looks very welcoming :o) Nice to see a front garden like that :o)

What a beautiful garden. I feel as if I've taken a walk around, your photos are excellent. ...I also like to keep things going as long as possible..but then try to over winter as many as I can...not always with success!
My dalias and begonias are still in full flower...although I think the weather tipped for this week might give them a battering.
Thanks for sharing your garden :)

Just seen your earlier blog (busy, busy, busy)..congratualtions on the birth of William...sorry I'm late..I'm sure he's growing fast!

Thank you Katarina, I am glad you like it :-)

Thanks Hywel! My front garden is presentable, but definitely the poor relation - but I do like to keep the bit round the front door interesting, so I appreciate your comment!

I'm afraid you're right about the weather, Waddy. I'm very glad I took the photographs when I did - it has poured non-stop today, and things are well and truly bowed down under the onslaught! The poor sunflowers which looked so perky have lost half their petals now.
Many thanks for the congrats - William is now 6 weeks old and growing and changing fast. They are coming to stay for a few days in 3 weeks - I can't wait!

great blog and great garden. i'm with you, i can't bear to take plants out whilst they are still in flower and end up with double thework in the spring ;-)

What a lovely blog Mel. I really enjoyed the walk around your very pretty garden. It just looks so natural and I can understand not wanting to cut anything back. I do exactly the same.

Thank you, Rose. It always strikes me as unnecessary to cut things back when they can still serve a purpose!

I`m with you Melchi, I dont cut back, for one some of the plants can look quite beautiful with the frost on them, I especially like to see the taller sedums when they have gone that rusty brown glistening with frost.
I`ve enjoyed seeing your lovely garden.

Thank you so much Stroller. It's looking a bit different now, after all the rain! I agree about the rusty colour of the sedums - also astilbe, which looks elegant all through winter, and solidago - although that is more grey. I think they all add something to the garden in winter.

It takes me so long to tie up and trim our red hot pokers (kniphofia) that I rarely have time to cut anything else back. i like to see the frost and the antics of the birds on the seed heads is better than any tv. show.

Anything that encourages the birds is well worth it, Scotsgran! I can see the feeding station on the old plum tree from my kitchen window, and it is always very entertaining to see the birds. I have all kinds of tits visiting regularly and they are really amusing. The woodpigeons make me laugh as well, trying to balance on the small branches so they can reach the feeders. I always put one within reach for them, although they usually empty it within the day!

Your garden is looking very pretty :o)

Thank you TT - it's suffered a bit over the last week, I'm afraid.

Autumn nearly here ! :o)

I have to say that I really love Autumn, though it gets a bit frustrating in the garden - the lawn is too long because it's been so rainy I haven't cut it, and a lot of the late flowers have been stripped off the plants by the rain. But when it is sunny the light is so mellow, and it's lovely to wander around admiring the things that are still providing such a lovely show. The begonias look great, and I've got some lovely tall orangey chrysanthemums just coming out.
The leaves on the sycamores are just beginning to turn, and I am looking forward to seeing the Boston Ivy on the back of the house turn red. So there are still some things to look forward to this year!

Your autumn garden sounds lovely :o)
I have a lot of winter-interest shrubs, so, in autumn, it's also good to see those coming to life.

I'm just itching to get outside to tidy up a bit but it's still raining, and the grass is growing and growing! And I've still got bulbs to plant - but I expect (hope!) it'll all get done.

Thank you, Homebird. I always find it very interesting to look back at old blogs - even just a month old. The garden changes so quickly and it's easy to forget exactly what it was like even just a few weeks ago.

Tell me about it! I often find myself trying to plant something on top of something else that I've forgotten about. I just love blogging, though - it gives me a completely different view of the garden, and I think "Oh - I do like that!" Having a garden is such a delight and a privilege, and one of the pleasures of getting older. There just isn't the time when one is younger, and it's all a bit of a burden then.

Beautiful garden with such a lot of colour still. :O)

Thanks, Barbara! It's lovely to see so many blooms still surviving. Putting the clock back really signals the change in the seasons, though, doesn't it?