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Fireworks and foliage

Close up showing a plethora of flame red leaves

There are many less obvious shrubs that take on exciting shades of red, purple and yellow in autumn

Filed Under: Posts Autumn November

Viburnum farreri (var. fragrans)

Close up of cream flower heads

Bears clusters of sweetly scented white flowers opening from pink buds in late autumn

Filed Under: Plant of the month Autumn November

Salvia ‘Amistad’

Several clumps of long-petalled purple flowers

This has become a bit of a celebrity salvia in the past couple of years

Filed Under: Plant of the month Autumn October

Cosmos bipinnatus

Eleganr white petals surround a bright yellow centre

Annuals grown from seed are well worth having a go at

Filed Under: Plant of the month Autumn September

A late burst of colour and fragrance

A bee feeds from the pale purple flower with thin petals and a yellow centre

The last blooms of autumn are so special and I want to savour them before the first frost comes

Filed Under: Posts Autumn Late colour

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Plant of the month

August
A bumble bee settles on a lilac blue Agastache

Agastache ‘Black Adder’

his giant hyssop has fluffy, lilac blue flower spikes on straight stems that grow to about 90cm high.

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