Somewhere on the Road to Autumn

[puddleshark]

Sorbus 'Pink Pearl'.



Three grim, grey days of no daylight and not going out. I was working from home while battling a cold, with the cold winning. (Running the start of month reports is no fun at all when you're feverish and your brain is made of cotton wool.)

But today I have a day off. The sun came out. I managed a morning walk round the forest, and enjoyed the sunlight so much I decided to head out on a garden visit afterwards.

It is aster season at Holme Gardens. Asters, and autumn-tatty dahlias. Rowan berries and crab apples.




A whole hive of honeybees on the asters.


Hoverfly on the hardy geranium.








Helianthus on a breezy day.


Malus 'Indian Magic'.


Heptacodium miconoides. This one is new to me. The Seven Sons tree, native to China. A small tree with pale peeling bark, and white flowers very popular with the bees.


Begonia grandis, I think. A very large begonia with cascades of pink flowers. I don't usually much care for begonias, but this is very elegant.


Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) female.






The Ageratum has conquered time. (There is sundial in this garden somewhere).

Comments

[heleninwales]

How lovely to still see flowers at this time of year! We've had some welcome sunshine too which (crosses fingers) should last for the next few days.

[puddleshark]

I wasn't expecting to see much in the way of flowers this late in the season, but everything is still going strong! And it was so lovely to see some sunlight at last.

[house_wren]

Oh! Thank you for the flowers!

[puddleshark]

You're welcome!

I suppose one good thing about the rainy September is that everything has kept flowering!