Through the Garden Gate--September

The garden is beginning to look more autumnal now. Leaf colours are changing, leaves are falling, flowers are going over. Autumn colour seems to be earlier this year, perhaps it's due to the hot summer we had. It's just over a year since we started work on our garden and I'm keen to see what it will look like through the autumn. This time last year we had only planted the trees and shrubs, but now the beds are packed full of plants so there should be much more colour.

The leaves on the witch hazel have been gradually turning red through September and the hostas are starting to go yellow.

The sweet peas have done well, but their growth started to slow down so I decided it was time to cut them down. The flower bed looks a little empty now without them.

We've had some very strong winds recently which have blown leaves from the big trees down beyond our garden all over the lawn. I've grown some massive sunflowers this year and their yellow and brown heads have been peeping over the fence. They have been much admired by neighbours. Unfortunately one of them became a casualty to the high winds and fell down onto the flower bed. I'm wondering how long the others will stay upright for.

I am linking this post to Sarah's blog at 'Down by the Sea' for her monthly 'Through the Garden Gate' post