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.
n20gardener 
All my Japanese persimmon fruits dropped this spring. It is young. So, maybe next year.
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I hope so. This one is at least seven years old and I inherited from the previous owner.
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I have something very similar to your mystery plant (number 2: https://onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2023/07/08/six-on-saturday-8-july-2023/) and reading the comments section it was suggested it might be Caucasian stonecrop. I love the raindrops on the alchemilla mollis.
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Phedimus spurius is apparently the new name! Stonecrop is easier!
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Far easier!
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The sedum might be this one – Phedimus, Creeping Sedum, Two-Row Stonecrop ‘Dragon’s Blood’ or similar
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Shame about the cherry tree but sometimes you just have to accept when things aren’t working out.
I instantly thought “sedum” when I saw your mystery plant, but that’s as far as my knowledge goes!
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Stonecrop came back which I think is a sedum so everyone is right!
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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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I had a vague feeling it was stonecrop of sorts and it will probably stay with me as that!!
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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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I have never yet succeeded with a cherry tree, I have tried three times and every time end up with the same problem as you have here. A shame, because I love cherries, but there we are. I love hart’s tongue ferns, those look very happy indeed!
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Your comment confirms my decision! I am trying to simplify the garden as well so giving up the fight with the birds will be one less thing to do.
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What a shame about the Cherry tree. A planting opportunity though.
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Yes, I’m thinking ceonanthus!
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Did I send my reply re ceanothus!
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Yes, I agree about the stonecrop. Persimmon is rad. I neglected to look for them in neighboring trees.
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The sedums can grow on you – I was not so impressed with tehm, but at centennial Garden they have some lovely ones that will surprise you with striking flowers!
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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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