The Garden in November

 

There are some nice autumn colours in the garden including above the two large pots of Hostas at the front. Below is the dwarf crab apple, the maypole crab and the silver birch.

There are even flowers starting on the wallflowers below. 

The campanula has more blue flowers.

And the odd rose in flower. 

The bedding border has been cleared of the Dahlias, and already some bulbs are beginning to appear. In November?

It was yesterday, the 14th November that I cleared most of the leaves from the lawn, nearly filling the garden waste bin in the process. It was a combination of a leaf blower and a garden rake. The few that were left were taken by the mower when I cut the grass. Maybe the last cut this year?

Next to the wildflower border in the picture below, I cleared all the Asters that have been poor for the last couple of years. The soil seemed quite good so next to the dwarf wall I planted some Dianthus that I split from the plant that used to be in the large pot that collapsed. 

And then some bits from the Geranium that struggles in the poor soil of the long border. I left a large area to make sure the Asters do not reappear before finding some new plants in the Spring.