Well hello and welcome to Saturday, yes it’s the weekend once more and to celebrate it, we have the weekly meme so excellently started by The Propagator! This shows of six things that are looking good or happening in our gardens every week on a Saturday. This week I am leaving my little garden in Chandlers Ford and visiting one of my lovely clients garden that I currently manage. This beautiful garden is nestled down in the New Forest and is complete with a stream running though the garden. The soils a mildly acidic clay that has been worked for a good few years. And here’s my 6 choices from this delightful garden this week.
Hesperanthus coccinea was more commonly know as schizostylis before it’s more recent name change but the common name Kaffir Lily, is still be used. It’s from South Africa, where naturally grows in damp areas near streams, the leaves are evergreen so there’s something of interest all year around. But it’s this time of year, it is at its peak, with these large red flowers brightening up the dull early autumnEschscholzia californica. The state flower of California, this beautiful annual poppy just appeared in this border, nearly weeded it out but I just couldn’t do it. I am so glad I didn’t remove it, I just love the brightness of this flower, the greyness of the foliage is also very stunning and brings out the colour of the poppy as wellLythrum Salicaria or purple loosestrife is a British native and makes a tall plant best suited for the back of the border. It’s also well loved by the bees!Eurybia divaricata or Aster divaricata as it was called before the recent name change. The White Wood Aster, a North American hybrid, loves a little bit of shade. It’s a plant I am never to sure if I like or don’t like, it sort of grows on me at times and other times, I just don’t like it. I am currently in my liking stageKirengeshoma palmata is a unusual looking herbaceous plant native of Japan. It is surprisingly a member of the Hydrangea family. This woodland plant needs a damp acidic soil and is at home here in this garden. The sycamore like foliage is a great foil for the beautiful flowersTricyrtis formosana. This unusual perennial plant from Taiwan is to me the real sign that autumn has us in her grip! One of the latest plants the flower in our borders, the road lily doesn’t disappoint, holding these unusual shape flowers upright. It is at home in the soil here as well as loving the deep shade. The toad or snake lily certainly makes a talking point in any garden
I hope you enjoyed my 6 on Saturday from my clients garden. If you did please checkout other people’s 6 on the memes founder website https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/ I love seeing other people’s plants and what’s happening in their gardens. Why not give it ago yourself next week and give me a shout so I can take a look
