September picture round up

[charlie]

Some of you I know have been having some nice weather, here however its been grey and drizzly for days now, but I decided to take a few pictures before heading off to Madeira in case it all goes pear shaped while we are away!
Still a lot of flowers on the Ipomoea

Ipomoea indica 003 by charliepridham, on Flickr
I will probably have to sacrifice these outdoor stems to close the window soon

ipomoea indica 012 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Bits of the hardy stuff are still looking OK

lemon queen 016 by charliepridham, on Flickr

magnolia grandiflora 015 by charliepridham, on Flickr

passiflora betty myles young 001 by charliepridham, on Flickr

passiflora x belotti019 by charliepridham, on Flickr

plumbago auriculata 010 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Taken its time getting there but Salvia confertiflora is flowering at last, I think this had better come in to try and get it to flower earlier

salvia confertiflora 005 by charliepridham, on Flickr

salvia involucrata 020 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Tibouchina grandifolia still in tight bud but urvilleana has been flowering for weeks

tibouchina urvilliana 004 by charliepridham, on Flickr

Abutilon Marion 002 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Scent from Clematis rehderiana is starting to drift around the garden, it seems stronger in the damp autumn air

clematis rehderiana 013 by charliepridham, on Flickr

clerodendron bungei 011 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Cobaea is as usual enormous, again its later to get covered in flowers this year

cobaea pringlei 017 by charliepridham, on Flickr

cobaea pringlei 018 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Hedychium Tara is a stunning flower, never figured out why mine is one of the last to flower but seems one of the first for everyone else?

hedychium tara 009 by charliepridham, on Flickr
wardii looks better later in the day as the slugs eat the flowers off each night in damp weather :(

hedychium wardii 006 by charliepridham, on Flickr
Rather nondescript but I grew it from seed so I am reluctant to bin it!

hibiscus seedling 007 by charliepridham, on Flickr

Next stop Madeira! please fix the weather while I am away :lol:

[AndyC]

I like your Helianthus 'Lemon Queen', would you rate it as garden worthy?
Hope you have a good holiday, I'm jealous.
My neighbours have just returned from Madeira and brought me an Agave attenuata and a green hairy cutting of something unidentifiable in its current state, I'll post a picture for an ID if it survives.

[charlie]

Lemon Queen is a wonderful plant, remains upright without staking (even here in Cornwall!) never gets brown leaves until late into autumn, its only negative is the clump expands quite quickly so within a couple of years you have to thin things down :)

[JonK]

Lemon Queen is a nice plant but required a bit of support for me. I prefer the flowers of Helianthus Monarch but again support is needed. I also think Rudbeckia Herbstsonne is nicer. All are big plants though.

[charlie]

Lemon Queen is a nice plant but required a bit of support for me. I prefer the flowers of Helianthus Monarch but again support is needed. I also think Rudbeckia Herbstsonne is nicer. All are big plants though.

Interesting, I wonder what causes the difference? (I can't imagine you are wetter than us!!)

[JonK]

Charlie, it may be the fact that its at the back of the border, next to the fence with the neighbours shrubs the other side, so it was leaning out slightly and once it became quite top heavy and with the wind, it needed stalking.

Another Helianthus I'm trying this year is H. SALICIFOLIUS. No flowers yet but its now budding up but I like it for its foliage.

You Salvia's are looking good. S. Confertiflora is too tender for me though unless I bring it in each year. S. 'Amistrad' had a good show in the front border from just a tiny cutting. Mental note to myself to try a few more salvia's next year.