The golds, reds, oranges and yellows of Autumn are taking their turn in the garden. The leaves are spiralling to the ground and when the sun does shine the garden is glowing. Here’s my six for the week.
One
The climbing hydrangea is putting on a golden show over the gloomy fence and the black flower heads are providing an eye catching contrast to the leaves.
Two
Rose hips. Incomplete deadheading does have some rewards! I wish I’d left more. The rose grows in amongst a clematis and has a challenging position.
Three
The second crop of figs are just ripening. They are not so sweet though and many of them are quite small. I think I will leave them for the birds.
Four
The garden is throwing up mushrooms all over the place. These are growing out of some dead wood. Update: I’ve just looked this up and find that it is a honey fungus. I have work to do. It’s a horror.
Five
The hakonechloa macra that was green just a few weeks back has slipped gently into its autumn hues. I’m a fan of these, which means that I may be adding a few more. The old gooseberry patch is the number one spot for any new purchases.
Six
Just on the corner of the old gooseberry patch are a line of tiarellas. These largely go unnoticed as they are tucked away from the main garden. But they quietly get on with doing their thing in a shady spot and are still producing flowers. I must pay more attention to them.
Oh for a few more dry days. I have managed to plant more of the bulbs and only have tulips left to tackle, but there’s no rush for them. I do have tidying up tasks to complete and as the leaves have really begun to fall there is the leaf mould pile to start again. I feel Autumn curling round the garden and it’s a season to enjoy. I hope you are enjoying your garden and that Jim, our host, is too. You are invited to visit and find out how things are going.
n20gardener 
I have not yet noticed that the hakonechloa has turned colour. I need to go check. Concerning the fig tree, the 2nd series of figs are smaller and less sweet but yours seem to me (from the photos ) to be quite small… the birds will be happy!
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I like the tiarellas. They do so well in shady spots. The birds are enjoying my holly berries. My figs long have dropped their leaves and put up a closed sign for the year.
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A lovely optimistic post, the sunshine must be doing its job. Now I used to have a tiarella, I must check. You are giving us SoS reason to go out into our own gardens!
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Jealous you have figs! I love them but they are not grown here. The fungus sounds awful! Is that what killed the tree that is seems to be growing from?
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My poor Hakonechloa is flat on the ground thanks to the rain. The Tiarellas look very pretty and still with plenty of flowers
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The rose hips are very pretty indeed. I should leave more roses to go to seed too.
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It seems to have been a good year for figs, my parents have them for the first time in many years on their tree.
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Oh yes, it is autumn. I tend to forget. The weather seems to be getting unseasonably cool here, but it is really right on schedule.
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Honey fungus are a pretty popular edible mushroom here, as long as you’re not one of the few people that get tummyaches from them. So if you feel like another harvest…
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That’s interesting! I wasn’t even tempted and have despatched them. RHS recommends burning or landfill if I remember rightly.
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