Autumn can bring a nice spell of weather, like we have now the heat and the lovely sunny days can bring a new energy to how we fell, and I am enjoying the vitamin D.
Hopefully ye are getting out in the garden I have to say the Dahlias are giving great colour and its lovely to bring in a bunch into the kitchen. If you have some summer flowers/perennials keep going with the deadheading of flowers and feeding and watering. The rainwater does not always reach the ground with all the greenery growth we have in flowers.
The Autumn bedding range has expanded even more this week we have Heathers and primrose with lots of colours in both. Primrose is a lovely low flowering plant and once deadheaded and watered they can flower right through till Spring.
The Heather plants known as Calluna vulgaris are evergreen shrubs known for their colourful small bell-shaped flowers and dense, shrubby growth. They thrive in acidic well drained soils and are often in moor and rocky landscapes. Heathers are hardy and tolerant of poor soil conditions making it a great choice for rock gardens borders and ground cover in coastal or mountainous areas. They usually have pink, purple or white flowers Heathers plants attract pollinators like bees and are popular in landscaping for their long-lasting blooms. Another type of heathers is called Erica these are more ideal for lime soil conditions again are ideal for containers and rock gardens and come in a variety of colours red, pink, purple and white.
When creating our Autumnal pots, we have beautiful collections of flowers to choose from the orange Solomon to the sliver cotton lavender or senecio and add a white heather and just a lovely on their own this time of year less can be more.
If you want colourful pots add cyclamen and surround it with primrose to complement the colour even add more by using Dianthus or viola\pansy these will give you that lovely full effect. for a long-lasting container, I love using shrubs like Heuchera and add a small grass for movement and then consider a heather or some sliver depending on your colour scheme and a variegated ivy for a draping effect over the edge.
“Autumn paints the garden with hues of gold and crimson, reminding us that even in the fading light, beauty can still bloom.”
