Earlier this week just down by the decking we noticed this lovely purple/pink flower and looked up on identify.plantnet.org that it could very much be a cyclamen. God knows how they ended up there as we never planted any tubers or seeds but we’ve just seen that it’s a possibilty that mice or grey squirrels may have transported them there. They look brilliant though and we wouldn’t mind a few more of them. More on the perennial here.
And here’s a couple of cyclamen related tracks:
We’ve just received some pictures from Debby H now we’re into the autumn season. She took a photo of the red robin bush (above) in the south of France just before she left to come back to London. “I took a photo of the red robin bush in the garden there. It has grown new red leaves which I have never seen before at this time of year. It usually happens in spring and sometimes in autumn. It just goes to show that this September has been much cooler and wetter than usual in that part of the world.” She’s got a point.
Back in north London things are still looking great, with the cosmos (above) still thriving. “Not quite so many flowers but pretty good for late September” and she’s right. There’s even some volunteer/self seeded ones growing alongside the path (below). The one we bought at B&Q after being influenced by Debby’s cosmos still has flowers and some new buds.
The sedum which we’re partial to are flowering and the golden rod is looking brilliant too (below).
Excellent stuff Debby. Hope the garden continues to look great even in the next few weeks as we approach the end of the year. Cheers again Debby!
Weeds up to me knees 