This week the weather has been very showery with occasional spells of sunshine. So I've not been able to do much work in the garden or at the allotment. The allotment work at the moment is mainly digging. Wet weather and digging don't go well together especially as the soil is clay which becomes very sticky and slippy when it's wet. In between the showers when the sun has come out it's been lovely and I've dashed into the garden to do a few jobs like weeding the salad beds and cutting back a few dead plants. There's a lot to be done and these short quick sessions are not enough, I could do with a few fine days to have a good tidy up.
A week or two ago I was thinking that the garden was looking a bit dull, but I've started to see more colour appearing recently. The sedums are going pinker each day and some plants are beginning to take on their autumn tints. Sometimes I look out of the dining room window at the back garden and there seems to be a lovely golden glow about it, a mellow, autumn glow.
I've noticed a few gaps in the borders where a bit of colour wouldn't go amiss now that some of the summer flowers have gone over. I put some dahlias in, but felt there needed to be a bit more. So I bought some heucheras from the market this week. They are really useful plants, most of them are evergreen and there is such a variety of leaf colour, you can always find one to fit a colour scheme. They are also not too fussy about where they are put, they will grow happily in sun or part shade. I was going to buy just one plant but I was spoilt for choice with the colours available. There was an offer on if you bought three, so of course I had to.
I bought a pinky orange one, which I planted in the top border to contrast with the dahlias.
There's a yellow one, which I've put in the yellow border.
This silvery, green one has lovely pink flowers.
They look good from the dining room window, and they look good when the autumn glow descends on the garden.
