Is it autumn or not?

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Oct 08, 2005 8:38 pm

My garden can't work out whether it's Autumn or not.

Autumn 2005

KellieD · Post by **KellieD** » Oct 09, 2005 12:46 am

Love the pictures!

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Oct 09, 2005 6:41 am

Thanks for showing the pictures! I liked them, too!!

kHT · Post by **kHT** » Oct 09, 2005 2:22 pm

Thanks for sharing, I alway enjoy your garden.

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Oct 10, 2005 8:44 pm

Glad to know it's not only here, that the seasons are acting weird! Loved your pictures! Very nice gardens you have, thanks for sharing

impatience · Post by **impatience** » Oct 11, 2005 2:46 am

Lovely pics. Thank you for sharing.

Will you share what is in the window looking out???

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Oct 11, 2005 8:43 am

That's a pumpkin that's ripening, its very small so not much to share.

Linda P · Post by **Linda P** » Oct 19, 2005 8:19 am

I enjoyed your pictures. Tell us what you have growing in your 'weird' bed. It looks every interesting.
Autumn has been rather strange here in the midwestern U.S. also. The last two days the temps have hit 80. I have roses in full bloom, the dahlias have just started. They refused to grow in the summer heat and drought. I'm still watering, as we are about 16 inches behind in rainfall for the year.

rosemarie · Post by **rosemarie** » Oct 19, 2005 3:29 pm

LOved your pictures, they are great. We have three friends from England and they are such fun. One of them showed us pictures of her house in England(she lives here now, she married a Yank!) The country was much like Western Oregon.

newtohosta-no more · Post by **newtohosta-no more** » Oct 20, 2005 6:22 am

My goodness! What lovely gardens! You certainly do have a beautiful property, Grunt. I enjoyed seeing your pics immensely.

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Oct 21, 2005 11:28 am

I call it the wierd bed for want of a better name. The orphanage may be better.

Each plant thats in it has its own story which I won't go into here as some can be drawn out.

My soil is alkaline, living as I do where the chalk downlands of the North Downs hit the sea. With all the work I've been doing on the back of the house I no longer have tubs, so I planted some acid loving plants with a bit of peat and some hope for them to grow. Camelia, pieris and heathers.

I acquired a yucca houseplant from my mother and left it out last winter in its pot, it lived so it is in there now.

I planted an oleander and a fremontodendron by the house last autumn, but they were in the way of the new conservatory so in they went.

On holiday in France, I saw a beautiful cream oleander, so I bought it, and that's in.

I went to a garden show and saw the must have tree hydrangea, that's the newest acquisition.

There's also a self seeded fern which is doing really well.

Garden_of_Mu · Post by **Garden_of_Mu** » Oct 21, 2005 11:06 pm

Your garden is so lovely, and a sight for sore eyes. Thanks for posting these pics.

thy · Post by **thy** » Oct 26, 2005 4:56 pm

Thanks for sharing your lovely garden.

My garden have the same problem, hostas are down but dalias and tropaeleum blooms like crazy. Think the hostas have been lacking water. Now after a good rain we are suposed to get summer temps

It is November in a few days

Pia

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Oct 27, 2005 6:18 pm

Thanks guys.

It's supposed to be October but the Hurricanes dragged a load of hot air across the Atlantic. It's 70 here.

Teresa · Post by **Teresa** » Nov 09, 2005 10:29 pm

Is that Clematis at the end of your show... an evergreen?

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Nov 10, 2005 3:58 pm

No, it's quite funny really. I read about Autumn Joy recently and thought I must get one of those. In September 2003 I bought 6 clematis for £5 ($8.71) and I was delayed building the trellis by over a year so I kept them in pots until this spring.

Even then I didn't realise I already had it. I was surprised to find the flowers and looked at the name. D'ur.