Gardening

[Hugo]

The giant Begonias have flowered quite well this year but in the last few weeks there has been a powdery mildew on the leaves, I'm not going to do anything about it now as they are at the end of the season and the flowers are dropping off now.
The strange thing is  that in the back garden there is no mildew on the Begonias there and the Bear's Breeches which are notorious for having its leaves infected with a powdery midew has had none this year.

[Nemesis]

Lovely Hugo. Mine were very slow to start with, but we haven't had any mildew as yet. But I have only had one flower between 2 Bear's Breeches plants. One had dreadful mildew and the other has been infested with snails.

[Nemesis]

The recent heavy rain seems to have weighted down most of my Begonias, but here is just one of the survivors.

[Hugo]

It's a beautiful coloured flower Nemesis, is it one of the giant Picotee variety?

[Nemesis]

Picotee  Sangria Hugo.

[Hugo]

Thanks Nemesis.     

[Nemesis]

Last night's weather didn't do them much good !

[hollins]

September garden. Damsons anyone?

[Hugo]

They look delicious Hollins, you'll  be able to make Damson jam with that lot and some left over for Damson wine too.     ZXZ
Those plants look interesting what are they all called?

[hollins]

This is the first year we have had fruit on that tree and what a lot!

I'm not sure of the exact varieties of the plants but the general names are these.....
Top row, left to right.....David Austin rose, Hoya, Hydrangea.
Bottom row, left to right......Cyclamen, Rudbeckia, Scabious in bud, Dahlia.

[Hugo]

Last night's weather didn't do them much good !

It was a real howler up here too.  The trees were bending like mad but this morning it was so calm and unbelievable from the night before.
Some of my gardening tasks today were sorting out those Begonias,  at this time of the year if you  touch them the flowers  just seem to fall off, and as for Marco's tail then that can do a lot of damage to the plants.

[Hugo]

This is the first year we have had fruit on that tree and what a lot!

I'm not sure of the exact varieties of the plants but the general names are these.....
Top row, left to right.....David Austin rose, Hoya, Hydrangea.
Bottom row, left to right......Cyclamen, Rudbeckia, Scabious in bud, Dahlia.

Thanks Hollins, your garden must look a treat now with all that colour.     

[hollins]

Not much colour this morning Hugo, cobwebs and fog!

[Hugo]

Still very effective Hollins and those cobwebs look good in the hedge.    I think at this time of the year we also get the trailing variety of cobwebs that seem to wrap themselves around your face and body.    Ugh!
I like your panorama photos too and I'm going to have to learn how to do that as my camera does have that facility.    Rhuddlan is an expert on that so I'll have to ask him next time we go for a walk together.

[DVT]

Some pics taken at Bodnant yesterday - mid-morning!