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The garden is getting ready for its winter slumber – here in the UK at least – but there is still colour and fragrance to be found if you look hard enough.
One – (Left) The bell-shaped flowers of arbutus unedo. I planted two earlier this year which I’m hoping will eventually form part of a low hedge to replace one of box which developed the dreaded blight.
Two – (Right) A butter yellow rose – variety unknown – flowering for the third time this year and pushing its way through the berries on a pyracantha.
Three – (Left) A hebe – variety unknown – rewarding me for chopping back several shrubs that had overwhelmed it by producing a few pale mauve flowers.
Four – (Right) An apple – or possibly pineapple – mint fighting a battle with Japanese anemones that have spread everywhere in this patch of the garden. I think it’s winning at the moment.
Five – (Left) There are only a few berries on this holly bush probably because I gave it a drastic prune a few months ago as it was crowding out one of our apple trees. By the way, is there anything more lethal to a gardener’s fingers than dead holly leaves?
Six – (Below) An autumn/winter medley of winter jasmine, cotoneaster and ivy berries. A splash of colour for the gardener. Breakfast, lunch and dinner for the birds and pollinators.
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A surprisingly vibrant November garden.
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