Thanks so much James, it's still very colourful at the moment and we're making the most of it while it lasts. We had a few nice warm days last week so it was nice to be outside.
Thanks! We like to grow plants that flower into the autumn as it really lifts our moods as the weather starts to get dismal. Asters are rudbeckia are the stars of autumn!
Thanks for the tour of your beautiful garden. You've still got loads of colour haven't you? I really like the Cosmos Double Click Cranberries. I've got to grow that next year. I follow a lady on Apple Pea Fernsea channel and she has it in her garden and said the bees have loved it this year. I was like you, thinking the Cosmos would never get going but it's doing so well in my garden now. Everything else is winding down unlike your plants which are looking amazing. Surprised to see that you still have Zinnias. Mine were knocked out by the colder temperatures we've been having so I ripped them out a couple of weeks ago. Although we've had some lovely weather lately my back grass is absolutely water logged, just like it was in the Spring so I don't think it'll get another cut this year. The front garden is a lot better so that had a cut last week. Hope you're both okay. xxx
You're welcome Wendy. We've been enjoying the garden as much as we can around work and the wet weather. The Cosmos 'Double Click Cranberries' took a while to get going and it probably would have been better in the garden as it's quite tall, but the flowers are lovely and last a long time in a vase. The Zininas are no longer however after a few nights of low temperatures since making this video! The heads went all mushy so we couldn't even get any seed. Hopefully we have some saved in the packet as this one was really nice. Our grass is the same, the first patch is always wetter than the one beyond the rockery. When it rains heavy it turns into a shallow pool! Hope you're having a good week so far. Take care xxx
Still plenty of colour flowing through your garden right now, looks wonderful but frost snaps approaching soon, I've already had a couple of frosts up here. Grasses, I still can't convince my father (78yr) that there is more to grasses than just a lawn 😒 I had a strawberry a few days ago like that, looked ripe until I touched it and tossed it away too! Your passion and enthusiasm for the garden shines through, thank you both of you! Enjoy your weekend and I hope the weather is kind, Richy 😀👍
Thanks Richy, we're enjoying it at every opportunity when the weather is okay. It took a while for me to catch on to the beauty of grasses but I love them now. As you know, stipa tennuissima is my favourite 👍 We've had some cold nights but no frost so far 🤞Thanks for your support Richy, enjoy your weekend 😀
@@MadAboutGardening Thanks. I have multiple Miscanthus sinensis now, 1 x Flamingo, 2 x Ferner Osten and 3 x Kleine Silberspinne. 1 x Stipa tennuissima(many seedling!) 3 x Carex 'Frosted curls', 1 x Uncinia Rubra 'Everflame', 1 x Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' and 1 x Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Black Dragon'/'Niger' which I split into 4 as it had 3 small plantlets in the tub 😁 Frost, not had any yet but had some on my car window, tonight is supposed to be 2C but feels like -2C so I've covered my 4 x 4ft tall Salvias up with an XXL 2.4m x 2m frost protecting zipped jacket tonight after work. Only for 2 nights as it'll be warmer again. I took photo's but not uploaded yet. They're too good to lose this early as loads of blooms. I have no problem supporting the channel as it's my go-to for gardening, suits my yard fine so thank you to you both and enjoy the rest of the weekend, Richy 🌼😀👍 P.S I've just noticed you have over 5K subs now, congratulations! 🍺😀🙌
@martianleaderrichy1520 That's quite a lot of grasses! We love Miscanthus too. You will already know we have the carex Frosted Curls but we also have Imperata Red Baron in the border with Ben's tree. We always overlook it for some reason in the tours but we should mention it as its a great grass. We're not a fan of the Ophiopogon grasses, the ones we've seen always look a bit scappy, but can see the appeal. We had a busy weekend with chores so didn't get out much in the garden. It's quite mild this week here but rain has come today. We are delighted to get to the 5K milestone, thanks 😊. Hope you're having a good week. Let us know when you've uploaded more photos. Take care 😀👍
@@MadAboutGardening I did notice you skipped past the Red Baron but I chose not to mention it like I did with the Echinops ritro V the other month 😜 Mine is in the planter above bins but still in it's pot and I'll probably move it to somewhere with longer sunshine hours. It seems to be doing ok but I want more Liatris in there, add white to the current Purple and Kobold 😀The Ophiopogon, I bought it because it was 1/2 price, small in height and it had berries on and apparently has tiny white flowers prior so, for £5 I now have 4 👍 Day 2 of 3 off here and similar, chores taking my time from the plants, car MOT etc. I need to remove that cover from my salvias too, hope the 3 nights of frost didn't get them. I'll create a new section 'Over wintering' or 'Frost protection', summit like that and upload them. Wish I was retired as I have so many things to do but little time, especially the website! Maybe I should make another dedicated to gardening 🤔 Just gave myself another headache 🤣 Take care and stay safe, going to watch the new vlog now, thank you 😀👍
@martianleaderrichy1520 We'll have to make sure we don't overlook it in November's tour. It was planted ages ago and split into 3 plants prior to going in. They should get taller and make more of an impact but we thought it would look nice near the dark leaved Sedum. Good price for the Ophiopogon and even better when you get 4 out of the 1 👍. We used to look after a garden where there was a patch of this grass and it always looked scruffy which is why we don't like it much. I've seen it in container displays though and it makes a striking contrast to other plants. We have a week like that coming up with chores such as the mot etc. More time to do garden stuff would be great but even when we did it for a living, we still didn't have much time to work on our own garden. At the time though we enjoyed spending other people's cash buying plants and creating borders. It's funny how life changes direction but we're glad we have this channel and all the wonderful, like-minded people we can chat to like yourself 😁. Hope you got what you needed to on your time off today. Take care 😀 👍
That's a shame, it was touch and go with ours, and we still had to buy some more to make up for what we lost. The variety we grow is usually OK as the leaves are furry but this year has been awful! Better luck next year.
Love Rudbeckia! Yours looks great! I just got Rudbeckia Early Bird Gold to boost my October colour next year. I bought it at Winston Churchill's house (Chartwell) funnily enough. I already have R. Herbstsonne and R. Anthony Waterer!
That's amazing, I bet the visit to Churchill's house was memorable. We have grown R. Herbstonne before but don't know of the others. You can't beat the long lasting sunshine yellow flowers to lift the garden 👍
SO much color still! Wow, guys! Absolutely beautiful :)
Thanks guys, we're enjoying every day while it lasts (when it's not raining!!) 😁
Your garden is so beautiful. I love all the brilliant colors that look so good with early autumn. Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden with us.
Thanks so much James, it's still very colourful at the moment and we're making the most of it while it lasts. We had a few nice warm days last week so it was nice to be outside.
Really gorgeous, I can't believe you've still got all that colour in your garden. Love it!
Thanks! We like to grow plants that flower into the autumn as it really lifts our moods as the weather starts to get dismal. Asters are rudbeckia are the stars of autumn!
Thanks for the tour of your beautiful garden. You've still got loads of colour haven't you? I really like the Cosmos Double Click Cranberries. I've got to grow that next year. I follow a lady on Apple Pea Fernsea channel and she has it in her garden and said the bees have loved it this year. I was like you, thinking the Cosmos would never get going but it's doing so well in my garden now. Everything else is winding down unlike your plants which are looking amazing. Surprised to see that you still have Zinnias. Mine were knocked out by the colder temperatures we've been having so I ripped them out a couple of weeks ago. Although we've had some lovely weather lately my back grass is absolutely water logged, just like it was in the Spring so I don't think it'll get another cut this year. The front garden is a lot better so that had a cut last week. Hope you're both okay. xxx
You're welcome Wendy. We've been enjoying the garden as much as we can around work and the wet weather. The Cosmos 'Double Click Cranberries' took a while to get going and it probably would have been better in the garden as it's quite tall, but the flowers are lovely and last a long time in a vase. The Zininas are no longer however after a few nights of low temperatures since making this video! The heads went all mushy so we couldn't even get any seed. Hopefully we have some saved in the packet as this one was really nice. Our grass is the same, the first patch is always wetter than the one beyond the rockery. When it rains heavy it turns into a shallow pool! Hope you're having a good week so far. Take care xxx
Another brilliant tour, so many vibrant colours 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks so much, it's bringing us lots of joy 😊 👍
I love the vibrant colors too. thanks for the tour guys!
You're welcome, you can't beat the vibrant colours can you! Thanks for watching 👍
Still plenty of colour flowing through your garden right now, looks wonderful but frost snaps approaching soon, I've already had a couple of frosts up here.
Grasses, I still can't convince my father (78yr) that there is more to grasses than just a lawn 😒 I had a strawberry a few days ago like that, looked ripe until I touched it and tossed it away too!
Your passion and enthusiasm for the garden shines through, thank you both of you! Enjoy your weekend and I hope the weather is kind, Richy 😀👍
Thanks Richy, we're enjoying it at every opportunity when the weather is okay. It took a while for me to catch on to the beauty of grasses but I love them now. As you know, stipa tennuissima is my favourite 👍 We've had some cold nights but no frost so far 🤞Thanks for your support Richy, enjoy your weekend 😀
@@MadAboutGardening Thanks. I have multiple Miscanthus sinensis now, 1 x Flamingo, 2 x Ferner Osten and 3 x Kleine Silberspinne. 1 x Stipa tennuissima(many seedling!) 3 x Carex 'Frosted curls', 1 x Uncinia Rubra 'Everflame', 1 x Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' and 1 x Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Black Dragon'/'Niger' which I split into 4 as it had 3 small plantlets in the tub 😁
Frost, not had any yet but had some on my car window, tonight is supposed to be 2C but feels like -2C so I've covered my 4 x 4ft tall Salvias up with an XXL 2.4m x 2m frost protecting zipped jacket tonight after work. Only for 2 nights as it'll be warmer again. I took photo's but not uploaded yet. They're too good to lose this early as loads of blooms.
I have no problem supporting the channel as it's my go-to for gardening, suits my yard fine so thank you to you both and enjoy the rest of the weekend, Richy 🌼😀👍
P.S I've just noticed you have over 5K subs now, congratulations! 🍺😀🙌
@martianleaderrichy1520 That's quite a lot of grasses! We love Miscanthus too. You will already know we have the carex Frosted Curls but we also have Imperata Red Baron in the border with Ben's tree. We always overlook it for some reason in the tours but we should mention it as its a great grass. We're not a fan of the Ophiopogon grasses, the ones we've seen always look a bit scappy, but can see the appeal. We had a busy weekend with chores so didn't get out much in the garden. It's quite mild this week here but rain has come today. We are delighted to get to the 5K milestone, thanks 😊. Hope you're having a good week. Let us know when you've uploaded more photos. Take care 😀👍
@@MadAboutGardening I did notice you skipped past the Red Baron but I chose not to mention it like I did with the Echinops ritro V the other month 😜 Mine is in the planter above bins but still in it's pot and I'll probably move it to somewhere with longer sunshine hours. It seems to be doing ok but I want more Liatris in there, add white to the current Purple and Kobold 😀The Ophiopogon, I bought it because it was 1/2 price, small in height and it had berries on and apparently has tiny white flowers prior so, for £5 I now have 4 👍
Day 2 of 3 off here and similar, chores taking my time from the plants, car MOT etc. I need to remove that cover from my salvias too, hope the 3 nights of frost didn't get them. I'll create a new section 'Over wintering' or 'Frost protection', summit like that and upload them. Wish I was retired as I have so many things to do but little time, especially the website! Maybe I should make another dedicated to gardening 🤔 Just gave myself another headache 🤣 Take care and stay safe, going to watch the new vlog now, thank you 😀👍
@martianleaderrichy1520 We'll have to make sure we don't overlook it in November's tour. It was planted ages ago and split into 3 plants prior to going in. They should get taller and make more of an impact but we thought it would look nice near the dark leaved Sedum. Good price for the Ophiopogon and even better when you get 4 out of the 1 👍. We used to look after a garden where there was a patch of this grass and it always looked scruffy which is why we don't like it much. I've seen it in container displays though and it makes a striking contrast to other plants. We have a week like that coming up with chores such as the mot etc. More time to do garden stuff would be great but even when we did it for a living, we still didn't have much time to work on our own garden. At the time though we enjoyed spending other people's cash buying plants and creating borders. It's funny how life changes direction but we're glad we have this channel and all the wonderful, like-minded people we can chat to like yourself 😁. Hope you got what you needed to on your time off today. Take care 😀 👍
I planted a rudbeckia last month and the slugs have eaten it 😮
That's a shame, it was touch and go with ours, and we still had to buy some more to make up for what we lost. The variety we grow is usually OK as the leaves are furry but this year has been awful! Better luck next year.
Love Rudbeckia! Yours looks great! I just got Rudbeckia Early Bird Gold to boost my October colour next year. I bought it at Winston Churchill's house (Chartwell) funnily enough.
I already have R. Herbstsonne and R. Anthony Waterer!
That's amazing, I bet the visit to Churchill's house was memorable. We have grown R. Herbstonne before but don't know of the others. You can't beat the long lasting sunshine yellow flowers to lift the garden 👍