Six On Saturday: Autumn has arrived

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I was away in Suffolk last week, worrying about the mid-week winds and the pots on the terrace but all was well. I had managed to stake some Japanese anemones that were flopping before I left and they too largely remained upright. I returned to a very autumnal garden. Courgettes and cucumbers are ready to be consigned to the compost heap and there is some change of season tidying to be done. It’s a bit of a struggle to find six delights this week but here is what is happening.

One

There was plenty of rain for the garden while I was away and these alchemilla mollis thrived. They are being saved for a friend who says they do not grow for her, while here they self seed everywhere.

Two

The persimmon fruits have been falling off the tree for several weeks but finally the ‘drop’ seems to have finished and those that are left will be ripening over the coming months.

Three

I am not a very ruthless gardener but I’m going to call time on this cherry tree. It’s not very old but it has the lurgy and in three years the birds have always feasted on the fruits before we get even close. Decision made. It’s going.

Four

There are new flowers on the daphne ‘Eternal Fragance’. It’s not a ‘stop you in your tracks’ shrub but it fills a corner and is very low maintenance.

Five

The Hart’s tongue ferns looking very shabby after winter but they have pulled through and are establishing themselves in a shady corner.

Six

My mystery plant. It grows in the wall, is never looked after and this is the first time in seven years I have noticed it in flower. Answers on a postcard please!

There’s a good week of weather ahead, if only I had the time to spend in the garden. It’s all a bit crazy at the moment. I hope you find time to enjoy your gardens. Jim, our host, still manages to find colour but also concedes the arrival of autumn.

19 thoughts on “Six On Saturday: Autumn has arrived”

  5. What OMAHGT evades by calling it Caucasian stonecrop is that it used to be Sedum spurium and has now been saddled with a new moniker, Phedimus spurius. I’d have been quite happy not knowing that but I had to go and look it up and I can’t unknow it now. Actually, with my memory I probably can.

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  6. Apparently there has been a lot of rain in the UK, and so alchemilla mollis is quite appropriate as it’s perfect for catching the droplets, right?Is it normal for daphne to flower this season? I’ll have to take a look at mine.

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  11. I managed to kill a packet of Alchemilla mollis two years ago too. Maybe I shall try my luck again this year, since there are no generous friends nearby. Your persimmons look so perfect! Do you usually get a large harvest?

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