Autumn can be such a magical time with the leaves dropping and the colour changing in the garden. It nice to freshen up the pots at the front door a nice welcome of colour and texture depending on what plant you like. Some ideas for pots if you are looking to freshen them up. Buxus are a lovely lush green shrub that come in a nice cone shape or round and are a lovely simple structure plant on their own or with colour around them.
Bay trees are another popular one the lollipop style is very nice and again can look nice surrounded by bark or decorative stone. Some like at lots of colour and its plant the pots with cyclamen and primrose and viola or pansy these are lovely autumn colour. But a lovely idea is to plant selection of shrub colour like grass to give a flow effect and a colour heuchera to give a pop of autumn and a bit of sliver with a trailing variated ivy. this is a long-lasting pot and would need very little care. I must admit I like to mix colour and some shrubs one of my favourites at the minute is using Skimma and Heathers shrubs. There is lots of lovely colour to choose from and adding viola and pansy and primrose give a lovely effect and colour too.
So, lots of perennials in the garden are coming to a finish but continue to deadhead those that are still in flower especially the Dahlia they are going to continue following till frost appears and even some of the roses are starting to rebud so lots of the perennial are still going strong.
If you haven’t thought about planting spring bulbs now is the time lots to choose from lovely tulips selection available and daffodils Iris bulbs and many more to choose so, get your thinking caps on where you want to see that pop of colour in spring.
“September is for planting dreams in the soil, knowing that the quiet work of today will bloom in tomorrow’s Spring.”
