As much as I enjoy creating, tending and watching vast borders change with the seasons, I am particularly taken by Autumn. Soft plant material begins to disintegrate, seed heads form, pigments start to fail,and berries become visually dominant. This is an incredibly vibrant and exciting time of the gardening year.
October appears in the main to be consisting of removing plants that have outgrown both their allotted space and visual interest, in so creating space for new interesting additions. Kniphofia and Persicaria are presently at the top of my interesting plant list, with Persicaria Red Dragon topping my favorite foliage plant of the year.
Kniphofia – there is just something very special about their statement colour that appeals to me. Recent acquisitions include Kniphofia Lemon Bees
and Kniphofia Mango Surprise
. These Kniphofia belong to Wendy, they looked pretty amazing in June.
There is no point in keeping plants that bore you, gardens need to be inspirational places of visual beauty, whether that is in flower, seed, stem, or berry. or a butterfly resting on Rudbeckia herbstonne.
Enjoy your autumn gardens. I will enjoy fourteen .
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Sally Wicks 