Lady Rozanne in Blue

While many summer plants are very much past their best, the gorgeous geranium Rozanne is flowering still.

The fuchsia is losing lower leaves and while the patio containers are looking good with unusual combination of Busy Lizzie and Sweet Peas, it's Rozanne that steals the show this week.

 

Geranium Rozanne is one of the top plants recommended by the RHS, and is merited with many awards.

Fuchsias

As of September 2016, we have a few new fuchsias to add to the collection.

1. Fuchsia Mrs. Popple, (x2) probably one of the most popular. I planted them temporarily on one of the vegetable beds, to be planted in position during the autumn. Mrs Popple' is a vigorous upright shrub with small, dark green leaves. Flowers single, with bright red sepals and tube and violet-purple petals, as described on the RHS website. Here's the link.

2. Fuchsia "Genii". Again, I planted this temporarily on one of the vegetable beds, to be planted in position during the autumn.

Description on the RHS site: Genii' is an erect medium-sized deciduous shrub with yellow-green foliage. Flowers single, small, with narrow, up-curved cerise sepals, slender cerise tube and reddish-purple petals. Here's the link.

I took cuttings from an established Mrs. Popple recently, and will likely repeat in a few weeks, together with "Genii"

A Little Heavy Rain

It's been a good summer. Warm and dry, mostly.
Today is different, though. We got 15mm of rain overnight, so I'll not need to be watering for a while. That said, even in the heavy rain, I planted 3 recently purchased fuchsias in a temporary spot before final position later in autumn.
And with that, I returned to the dry shed to potter about, listen to the radio, and write this blog, all the while catching up with messages & texts. Might mention multitasking male, methinks. Multitasking seems best undertaken while seated.

Multitasking male