Cheers to Debby H for letting us know that she’s now brought in most of the tender plants from her garden what with the weather starting to get a lot colder now. In the above picture, on the left are all of the tender plants from outside and on the right, a view of the rack with house plants on it. As Debby said “Most people use stools to eat at their breakfast bar. We have given our stools over to the larger plants!” Brilliant!
The outside plants in more detail, nearest to the camera the canna lilly, an orange tree, two lemon trees and the two strelitzias furthest away.
Above are the two strelitzias, which she said are not that overly keen on direct sunlight when outdoors, “Strangely they like being outside, but they don’t like full sun. We have to keep them in the shade or the leaves go brown and crispy.” The actual plants were grown from seed as well and we do love the moveable circular platforms that the pots are standing on. It’s a great idea for moving plants around to follow the sun. Our mate in Berlin, Phil Harmony uses the same method with all his plants on a platform so he can wheel them about his patio.
(Above) “This shows the orchid and cactus with the plant rack behind them. Again, the orchid must be kept out of full sunshine.”
“It’s a bit cramped but we have managed to squeeze everything in.” she noted. We think the plants will thank you with lots of growth and flowers next year for keeping them in the warmth Debby, they will! Great stuff and thanks for sending us the pictures!
One of the best things about this gardening lark is when people pass on things and we’ve picked up all sort of stuff from out in the street or left on garden walls with a “Take me” note on it. We’ve found gardening tools, a very strange coatstand that works as support for climbing plants
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 
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!
“Then there’s the wonderful Ornithogalum (below) with four flowers now clearly visible.” it does look wonderful Debby!
“And just up the road from here is a great front garden with a wonderful array of tomatoes all along the front border. There’s also sun flowers and other plants I don’t recognise.” That front garden is crazy! Love those climbing tomatoes! Cheers for sending those Debby.
As Debby wrote “Finally, the 
A big thanks to Debby H for sending us some pictures of what’s going on at the moment in the plant pots and flower beds in her north London garden. The 
Weeds up to me knees 