In Bloom, September
In Bloom This Month
At least five species of butterfly continue to flourish on the long lasting herbaceous perennials. Most notable are the crimson/pink coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) for peacocks and painted ladies, and Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum) for red admirals. Drifts of Japanese anemones in pink and white are pleasing to the eye, especially the white `Honorine Jobert.` Clumps of Lythrum salicaria offer rose red blooms in a border whilst Clematis orientalis `Bill McKenzie (yellow with black stamens) dazzles on a wall. The shrubby pink and white flower clusters of Clerodendron trichotomum are rather special and there is a hint of colour change in leaves and fruit throughout The Garden.
In the Poison Garden, Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) fruits have turned black and are at their most lethal.
Tips For Your Garden
From Our Gardening Team
In the flower garden in late summer brilliantly coloured blooms such as sunflowers and dahlias are there for the picking. Not only will they look beautiful on your dining table but you will be a much loved friend as you distribute them to those nearest and dearest.
Meanwhile in the vegetable garden it is harvest time with its many great pleasures. Just in case your friends and neighbours haven't laid claim to the majority of your autumn harvest, local schools will be more than happy to distribute your produce to the community as part of their harvest festival celebration.
It's back to the potting shed and greenhouse to pot up bulbs for indoor flowering at Christmas, clear out greenhouse tomatoes and sow greenhouse annuals in their place. Endives, spinach and parsley are great for over winter. Take cuttings in the rose garden and sow hardy annuals for early flowering next year.
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