More autumn colours - but not leaves!

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My last blog was about autumn colours near your feet rather than above your head. This time, I’ve been collecting photos of different coloured…

…berries!

First I went round my garden to see what colours (and shapes) there were.

Red, of course. Pyracantha, Viburnum, Berberis that I had to hunt for amongst the red leaves, and a few Holly berries not yet eaten by the birds. It’s surprising when you look closely how the shapes of the berries vary. They’re not all round. Some are oval and some have pointed ends.

Iris foetidissima sets dark corners alight at this time of year. I have the mauve flowered one, but I’ve come round to quite liking this plant, and I’m going to track down the lemon flowered one.

Then there’s orange. I have several Pyracantha shrubs in the garden – our predecessors must have liked them! I’m glad they aren’t all the same, though. Two have lovely orange berries. The birds are well provided for in my garden! They’ve started on these, too.

I know that my Viburnum tinus and the Ivies get black-coloured berries, but it’s a bit early for them at the moment, but I took my camera out with me when Henry and I went for our walk this afternoon, and we found some black berries. First the ones that you can eat – Henry picks his own!
Then a terrible photo – I apologise for the quality – of a shrub with really black berries. I have no idea what it is.

More Berberis berries – a much pinker colour than mine, and a different shape and texture…

… and finally, the berries that always stop me in my tracks – aren’t these Spindle berries amazing! The colour and shape must surely be unique.

I know that some of you will have purple berries and white ones too. What colours there are around us in the autumn.

Isn’t Nature amazing!

• 6 Nov, 2008
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