A Very Rich September….

They say that Autumn provides the richest colours of the year but we are still enjoying a late summer and the colours are just as rich and deep.  Here are three colourful shots from our garden this morning.

Clematis are, like many other flowers, having a second flush of flowers…this time as the flowers fade and fall they leave behind an interesting little cup of stamens…

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Rowans (or Mountain Ash) are also having a bumper year for berries, wax like bright reddish/orange glow richly against the dark green foliage…..

Rowan

But there are a few ‘surprises’….here a loan Sedum flower that has self seeded has pushed its way up through the Hydrangea bush……

Sedum-and-Hydranga-1

We still have all the colourful glow of autumn to come, so it may be wise to mentally store up these colourful memories to see us through the darker months of winter.

20th September

© David Oakes 2013