Late august in our garden ~ 30th August 2015

Pip's memorial Magnolia Bush

  The garden at home is still thriving and there is quite a lot of late coloured blooms on display. I am very impressed with the beautiful salmon-pink gladioli that is proudly standing very tall, I have supported the stems with bamboo canes and the flowers have lasted a long time as they bloom slowly from the bottom upwards.

Gladioli with more blooms to come

 Two late roses are still in bloom a deep red climber that is a lasting memory of Mum as it was rescued from her garden, this climbing bush has done very well this year and there is one solitary rose left. There is also a pink rose on one of our tea rose bushes. 

Mum's Memorial Rose

 Our Rowan tree is full of a heavy crop of the decorative red berries, usually the blackbirds in our garden will have eaten these very quickly. Somehow our local blackbirds seem to be feasting elsewhere this year.
 We have a wonderful pot of blue Agapanthus flowers that is full to bursting point with beautiful blooms. My love for this plant developed on a visit to Australia, where they grow everywhere, on the roadside and in any available piece of empty ground.