Whats Looking Good September

@Adam I re Snowdrops: when snowdrops were introduced to the UK is not sure; it was thought to have been the Romans, but now it looks as if it was the 16th century.

 

Surely 500 years is enough to be considered native? Like robinia apparently.

 

Japanese anemone

 

My Hamelia patens is blooming ...

 

Not seen that before Victoria.
Just looked it up.

 

Lovely photo! How do you stop them spreading everywhere?

 

Thank you dasiym, they don't spread much in my garden.

 

Kniphofia Toffee nosed. I like the way it fades to a cream with age.

Rose Cocoloko near the kniphofia with similar colour tones.

Lathyrus sativus - not much flower but such a good colour

Roscoea Vannin flowering the first time. When the plant gets older, the stem is about 1m and red with good leaves - looks good even out of flower. I'll try to get a better image!

 

My kniphofia [Mango Popsicle] just gets eaten by slugs every year @CarolineL . Even this year with the drier/milder winter and spring, once those juicy stems appear, they're slug magnets. I got one stem flowering, and the other emerging ones were destroyed. It's always disheartening, as I like them.
I don't have a big problem with the Jap. anems spreading, but I only grow the whites @daisym, and I don't mind if I get more of them as they're very useful for those shady sites. I think the pinks tend to spread more readily, judging by what many people find, because they don't mind drier conditions, whereas the whites seem to prefer more moisture. Always depends on the variety too - I have one which is definitely more vigorous than others.
The cyclamen are all thriving, and have been flowering for a while




and the Rudbeckias are [at last] managing to fend off the slugs and do their thing. They've had a hard time this year , despite the dry weather. Lots of dreadful foliage damage. Hopefully, they'll continue flowering - loads of buds emerging.

 

My pink cyclamen neapolitanum are flowering, at least, the ones that escaped the demolition activities from the chickens' scratching.

 

I have quite a few 'accidental' pink ones @Goldenlily26, but I don't like pale pink!
I leave them though, as it's good to have some colour at this time of year in shady areas. Fortunately, the most prominent ones are a bit darker

 

They seem to be very obliging. Mine are growing alon top of a bone dry, stone wall in full sun all day. My daughter had a holiday in Greece a couple of years ago and said they were flowering all along the cliff tops in really stony soil. I think the main thing is a good hot bake in early summer. I am sure I planted some white ones, no sign of them.

 

@fairygirl I hope my kniphofia survives! The recent rain has probably helped the slugs. Strangely my large kniphofia "Christmas cheer" never shows any sign of slug damage, but I believe the popsicle series have a lot of k. linifolia in them, so they are much smaller and finer.