The flowers still doing well in November

So pretty and great to see at this time of year. Cold and very cloudy all day here. I do not like November, mainly because of the darkness on an evening. We did have sunshine yesterday but Lottie was at ours and I was busy playing with the bricks and toys. lol. Christmas cake making tomorrow at her house so I am going to have fun again tomorrow even if it is not gardening related. Thanks for a lovely cheery blog. :O)

Pretty (and strange). Asters finished here in the South, pineapple Sage not even started flowering. Will have to enjoy your colourful flowers.

Your plants are lovely. It's nice when they flower into the autumn. I love the Asters.
I'm sorry I can't name your Fuchsia. There are several it could be, but so many are so similar that it makes identification difficult.
It's very pretty though :)

Thanks for the comments they make blog writing worth while.
Hywel could you make some suggestions and see if that jogs my memory. I have bought named ones in the past then lost the labels.

Never heard oh Kalimaris, had to look up. Thanks for introducing that Hardy perennial.

I don't know it but I went through the catalogue of a Fuchsia nursery and saw the following similar ones :-

Alyssa May Garcia
Lancashire Lass
Moody Blues
Pamela Hutchinson
Marilyn Jane
Emily
Baby Brooke
Trudy

The last two were recorded as being hardy.

moody blues rings a distant bell :o) thanks Hywel.

The heat and the dryness finished most of our plants off, so I am going to admire yours Seaburn, a lovely blog....

I'm pleased you've got an idea now :)

Lovely to see so many flowers around still!

Our balcony is looking extremely sad this year as I have practically no plants in flower now. :-(( I only have a few plants dying back in a couple of hanging baskets but they won't last more than a week or two at most.

Looking forward to the late winter/early spring when the Crocuses start to put on a show!

I like the Kalimeris. Will add to my wish list.

I saw Dahlia merkii growing in India in the high hills around the tea plantations. That should have indicated that it would probably survive out side here. Might be quick off the mark growing in Spring here in the South, but I think later in the season dry soil puts a stop to some plants flowering.

Siris we have grown it on and off for several years, but it makes a huge amount of foliage to flower, so Peter has ditched it.....

We do tend to think that there's nothing much flowering out there at this time of year, but your pics have proved how wrong this is. You could be forgiven for thinking things were just beginning. Great photos SBG, and lovely colours.

I always have the urge to join the hedgehogs under the compost heap when the clocks go back. However, this year there are still lots of flowers blooming: African marigolds; cosmos; roses. I have kicked my way through tons of dry leaves...sadly, we had 22mm of rain last night so maybe not for long.
Thanks for sharing your garden blooms with us.

Lovely November flowers.

Thank you for the lovely comments.

Thank you for sharing the late colour in your garden. We've just pruned down most things in our garden now.