New arrivals and autumn returnees
A new flush of colour has appeared in the past few days. Some are autumn specialists such as the cyclamen and hardy fuchsia. Others have come back for another show. I'm especially pleased with Primula vialli which I thought only flowered in spring, and Echinacea 'Art's Pride', once again lighting the prairie garden with a fabulous hot glow.
Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple' - a favourite of mine. Always puts on a good show and survives even tough winters below ground level. 
The first of the early cyclamen. I need to figure out the difference between C. coum and C. hederifolium
All the sunflowers have flopped over - luckily this one fell onto the wall. My first proper photo with my new long lens, a birthday present from DB. 
Echinacea 'Art's Pride' My plant of the year. Well worth all the hype it's getting this autumn.
Primula vialli, back for another virile display in hot pink and magenta.
posted by Sue Beesley @ 12:18 pm
6 Comments:
Lovely fuchsias - they're my favourite flowers, but unfortunately I can't grow them here - too hot for them.
Where are you Sue? What exactly is 'too hot'?
Hi Sue - sorry, forgot you are in Milan, of course. Interesting that fuchsias don't like it. Maybe they'd be happy in your winter?
A question: how come your blog makes your balcony look as big as my 100ft garden!
Sneaky photos! Actually I have two balconies, front (east facing) and back (west facing), each about 10 x 1m. But most of the photos are from the front, where things do best. Our living room opens onto the front, and it's where I sit, so I tend to have seedlings and plants out of season at the back, then transfer them to the front when it's time.
Lovely photos as always Trillium. Just exactly how do you get your primula viallii to come back each year? Mine always disappear after flowering never to be seen again.
Hi Obelixx,
Interesting question - I only planted them this spring so I've not been through a winter with them. They look OK just now, but if we move soon, I'll never know if they came through. I have one spare in a pot through so I'll take that with me and see....
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