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October 14, 2022

OCTOBER PICTURES

Hello again. I haven’t been posting a lot lately because I didn’t take a lot of pictures. At first it was too hot and the flowers just burned to a crisp, then came the rain, lots of rain, and ruined what was left.

But I managed to take a few in the end, so here are the pictures I took in October.

**NOT FLOWERS BUT BERRIES OF MY HOLLY TREE**

In October ?? Yes, in October. My grandson planted 3 seeds in a little pot in July, when he went on holiday I was asked to look after them for a few weeks, they looked so tiny and so sad, so I planted them in a big pot each and in the sun, my grandson was very happy when he came back and saw how big they had grown and asked me to look after them permanently.They only got buds at the beginning of October.

This is what they look like now, he didn’t know what sort of sunflower it was so they are not huge ones but I love the way they look.

They did suffer a lot from the heath and I was sure they had died but the rain gave them new life, the plant is not as huge as it is normally but it looks nice in the garden.

These leafs give a lot of color to the garden at the moment, normally this tree is bold in October but again, the rain did a good job.

Not the best picture but my yellow begonias are still blooming well and light up the garden.

What is still blooming in your garden ?

Have a great weekend and enjoy your garden.

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020

GOODBYE SUMMER

Summer was odd weatherwise. We had cool, we had hot and very hot. Bone dry but torrential rain once in a while but my garden is looking tatty. A few flowers are still standing but a lot has been scorched by the sun. Today is the last day of Summer weather, as of tomorrow it will gradually cool down and for the next 2 weeks we’ll get lots of rain.

**SEDUM SPECTABILE, ALWAYS RELIABLE AND FUN FOR THE BEE’S AND THE BUTTERFLIES**

**MY FAVORITE SEDUM, SEDUM SPECTABILE ICEBERG**

**AUTUMN ASTERS WILL BLOOM TILL FIRST FROSTS**

**AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERYTHING IS PRETTY IN MY GARDEN, MY CANNA’S WERE BURNED TO A CRISP BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE GETTING NEW FRESH LEAFS.**

**AMELANCHIER (SNOWY MISPELUS) LOOSING A LOT OF LEAFS**

**GERANIUM MACRORRHIZUM, WAS TOTALLY BROWN A WHILE AGO BUT GOT NEW LEAFS LATELY**

The groundwater here is historically low, rainy weather is not fun but we need it, every single drop. Our local flora is dying cos they can’t stand the drought.

I hope you are all ok. Keep safe and take care !

September 19, 2019

WHAT IS STILL BLOOMING IN MY GARDEN TODAY

It definitely is Autumn now, cos of the drought it is early this year. But there still is a lot in bloom right now although you can see the flowers are a bit tired and the leafs are getting brown and yellow here and there. On top of it they had to go without my tlc while I was on holiday in France.

**IT’S SEDUM SPECABILE TIME NOW AND I HAVE LOTS OF THEM**

**FUCHSIA MAGELLANICA BLOOMS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS**

**THE ASTERS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO BLOOM**

**DAHLIA WILL BLOOM TILL THE FROSTS COME**

**ROSA GUIRLANDE D’AMOUR IS STILL GETTING NEW BUDS AND ALL**

**MY FUCHSIA’S IN POTS ARE ALL STILL IN BLOOM**

On the other hand some plants look tatty, like the ferns, the Amelanchier tree(shadbush or june berry), the lavenders…. But hey, I am not complaining !

I hope you are all well and happy, wherever you are.

September 21, 2017