Whats Looking Good September

I don't think many of my cyclamen will get carried by ants @Goldenlily26 , as they aren't in great numbers here, but yes, they certainly do that. Mine will be mainly wind blown if they're further away from the original plants. Hope you get a few whites, but it's always hit and miss with them. The person who sent me them knew I only wanted whites, and was sure they all were! Such is the way of things in a garden

 

Do you think pink is the basic species colour and white a colour break or variant that is unstable?. Would white ones revert to pink eventually, I wonder?
I bought some scented miniatures to grow in my North facing bathroom window, they were a mix of scented pink and white but I have lost several and only have non scented pink ones left so I am going to start again.

 

My Lonicera Gold Flame has decided to flower again.



Acer leaf on Hakonechloa aureola.

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I had Knifofias years ago but found that they were a hiding place for snails - found dozens amongst the leaves. I think my favoutite is K. Rooperi which flowers late.

 

I've only got some spring flowering knifophias but they rarely flower well due to snails, likewise crinum powellii.

 

I expect the whites do revert to the more common pale pink @Goldenlily26 - I'm assuming that's what you meant in your post yesterday? Many white plants are less stable.
I only grow the hedera type, although I'd have the coums as well if they could reliably stay white! I've used the persicas as a temporary display in the past but they don't survive outside here unless you're really lucky with the site and weather. Perhaps with our milder winters [yuk] they might last longer, but that also means wetter rather than snowier/icier, so it would need to be pots and sheltered sites. Perhaps I'll give it a go - everywhere has those at this time of year!

 

Yes.
I do not bother with the persicas, too iffy for down here where it is wet, wet, wet, so slugs, slugs and more slugs.
I like the coum for their foliage, they are in a raised bed so have reasonable drainage.
I must get my a**e into gear and get myself to the GC to stock up on some replacement scented ones. I must remember to go on wrinklies day to get the store discount, 1p for every pound spent. Wow!

 

Kniphofia pauciflora


Hylotelephium "Red Munsted"


Fuchsia hatschbachii


Dahlia coccinea (seedling)

 

Some rain has helped the garden here get a bit more healthy looking.
Kniphofia last week having just started to bloom:

Rose hips from a self sown wild variety:

Some Sedums:

Pyracantha berries in a pot with Mixican fleabane and herb Robert:


Also posted a video showing some of what was in bloom in the garden here today.

Happy gardening!

 

I didn't realise there were scented cyclamen @Goldenlily26 - that's something I've managed to miss over the years! I have a terrible sense of smell though, which got worse with the pandemic, so it's probably not worth my while.
I had potted persicas in the past on top of a table in a courtyard garden, so that probably helped re slugs. They're a nightmare here, even after that dry spring we've had. It just delayed them!
I found a nursery that does a nice dark C. coum, so I may be tempted. They'd be nice with the snowdrops, although I mainly have a slightly later variety, so they may not appear together.
I'll just have to get some of the bog standard snowdrops then...

 

I have only been able to get snowdrops to grow in my garden by planting them around an acer, in a cold, dark North facing corner of my garden. They are always at least a month behind everyone else's snowdrops to flower but at least they have grown and flowered.
I always smell the cyclamen when buying them as not all of them have scent, I noticed the ones I last bought, slowly over two or three years, lost their perfume

 

Some early morning sunlit scenes.

 

Anisodontea perking up now that it's inside a shelter. I don't think it enjoyed the heatwaves this year ...



Euphorbia milii starting to flower (a white one, still small as yet)



Hydrangea flowers drying off, love the shades ...



Fuchsia 'Margaret' grows very tall ...







Cotoneaster ...



Flowers of Pachyphytum 'Captain Jessop' ...

 

@Michael Hewett You grow such lovely unique plants.

 

Thank you @Victoria, I find them interesting