The garden has a topsy turvy feel to it. There have been swarms of ladybirds this week. The clematis is in flower again as is the hebe that I had carefully deadheaded for the winter. There have also been misty mornings and the leaves are turning. Here’s six things from the garden this week.
One
The leaves on the persimmon tree are turning beautifully shades of red. They don’t last long before they fall to the ground. This is the cue for starting up this season’s leaf mould heap.
Two
Last season’s leaf mould did not go very far. I decided to cardboard over one bed in the veg patch and use the leaf mould to cover the top. Since achieving this neat finish the foxes have had fun and have dug down to find the cardboard and have shredded it. I reburied it all again. I can see this could go on!
Three
The hydrangeas are really putting on a great autumn display, the colour deepens every week and this week the re-flowering geranium psilostemon clashes rather well.
Four
The heavy dew has left delicate edges on the scented pelargoniums. A visit from the greenhouse retailer confirmed that I will be without a greenhouse until January. Now what am I going to do with eight pots of tender pellies? I’ll be squeezing some into the shed and hoping.
Five
The climbing hydrangea on the north facing fence is putting on a show of yellow leaves. This is the border that is severely infested with cinquefoil. It is my last job to start, one I have been putting off I admit. It’s a thankless task but I will try to dig through the border and remove as much as I can.
Six
There always seems to be a rose having a go at bringing back summer. This one is ‘Lady of Shalott’. It hasn’t really settled into this spot but it is doing well enough that I will leave well alone.
I moved an hydrangea into the spot vacated by r. ‘Darcey Bussell’ and that confirmed that another one of the Darceys will have to go too. That might tip me into removing the last one as well. I have some veronicastrum waiting for a new home and this could be the space. A few leucojum bulbs have been bought and the camassias were found and planted out. the leucojums have gone into pots until I can see where the gaps are in the borders. I’m beginning to feel on top of things again. The clocks go back this weekend, time to start thinking of tulips pots.
Enjoy the autumn season, there’s still plenty to see in Jim’s Garden and of course he has all the links to other SOS posts. Happy Gardening.
n20gardener 
That autumn colour of the Persimmon is amazing!
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Nice close-up of the leaves of this pelargonium! and yes tomorrow we will sleep an hour more … but we will have an hour less in the garden …
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You seem to be in control, which is brilliant. Lovely colour to the persimmon and the rose is beautiful. And so the cycle continues. Have a great week.
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Oh yes, the colour of the persimmon is fab. Why do foxes dig down to the cardboard? As for the pellies, when I didn’t have a garden I used to bring mine into the house over winter, cut back by half, and placed on a windowsill in a cool room. Watered maybe once a month?
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I wonder if the spare room can accommodate them. 🤔🤔
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Seeing the lovely bright colour of your geranium has reminded me that my psilostemon haven’t reflowered this year, which is unusual.
I particularly love the photo of the geranium leaves this week.
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I just realized that for me the time change does not happen until next weekend – phew! I wish they would kill this ritual. I don’t even care if they keep standard time or move to year round daylight savings.
I love the color of the rose, like a rosy sunrise. The pelargonium leaves are also nice – I want to stroke them!
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It was one of those what can I find this week moments and then I saw them and like you, thought wow.
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The Persimmon color is beautiful. Darn foxes!
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Great photos this week – especially the persimmon tree and the fallen foliage on the lawn. There’s something very pleasing about a mulched border – I hope the foxes tire of the cardboard game.
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I’m catching up – and I’m glad to report that they foxes do seem to have given up!
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Those foxes think that you are providing the entertainment. This week the fox in our patch stole a dog toy from another garden and has been playing with it. I find it left in different parts of the garden each day.
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I wonder why the foxes dig up the leaf compost to shred the cardboard. Lovely fall colours and I especially like the rose.
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I always worry that they are looking for somewhere to make a new den. But they seem to have left this area alone now.
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It seems that everyone who enjoys gardening is familiar with those geraniums. I just got my first from Tangly Cottage Gardening at the end of last winter. I must put it into a situation where it can grow as much as it wants to.
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Wow to the Persimmon leaves, what a brilliant splash of colour. Hope the foxes have grown tired of their digging game. Good luck with the cinquefoil battle -it’s rather a thankless one I’m sure.
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