September has just started and today is a gloomy day in the garden. Drizzling rain showers with suddenly, completely unexpected, sunshine in between! You can see that autumn is coming because the flowers are no longer shining like in July. Fortunately, there is still a lot to see.
The fruit is doing very well! The raspberries are tough and they show it. Last year we quickly picked the last ones at the end of November. They keep creating new buds and the bumblebees are so happy about that! The blueberry has also done its best, we picked the first harvest and there is more to come.
The cucumbers keep on giving. They should be mini cucumbers but they grow in a very high tempo! No complaints because with toddlers and preschoolers it is nice if things go a little faster. Moreover, the plants have beautiful yellow flowers, before the cucumbers arrive. The strawberries are on the last round and they have a new resident. Leggy and large, he sits imperturbably on a leaf, beautiful for the photo.
The white climbing roses still bloom but also less exuberantly, just like the Hydrangea, but we'll see that later. The Acacia is getting it's leaves late but it is also the last to lose them. It is still fresh and green.
The butterfly bush has almost finished flowering, but there are always a few late bloomers left ;)) The Phlox is a completely different story, it stands in all its glory. The flowers are facing downwards today, they are very have with rain. But they give the dark garden a boost of light.
A close-up of the Phlox should not be missed, the flowers are so beautiful! A flower of all small flowers and radiant white. The pink of the Hydrangea is fading a bit, the flowers are not so firm anymore, but still beautiful. The St John's Wort berries are a reddish brown now!
The berries on the Cotoneaster are already growing big, but it will take a while before they start to colour. The Knotweed flowers for a long time and it remains beautiful. The Viburnum has almost had the second bloom, then it will bloom again in January. The little spruce loves the rain and the cold, it's not cold yet but with 1 out of 2 you can't complain ;)
A single flower blooms in the red rose, also not as pretty as in juli. The Lobelia is an annual but it is a strong little plant, it still blooms happily on. It's little blue flowers give a lot of pleasure during summer until late in te fall. The geraniums still have plenty of buds, so they will continue for a while longer too.
