Month: October 2012

I have never had a Christmas Cactus bloom so early, the only thing is it will be finished by then.  I repotted it two months ago and it has gone from strength to strength since!

Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of comments about people not liking this time of year in the garden.
Plants dying back and looking unsightly, leaves falling and leaving trees, shrubs and plants bare. Coldness, dampness in the air, daylight reduced etc. etc.

I personally love this time of year. I tend to look at it from a totally different point of view.

No matter what the year has brought us weather wise, the garden has done it’s best to please us. Also do not forget, how our gardens have made us smile with all kinds of surprises with out of season flowering this year.

Our gardens, are going into sleep or rest mode and rightly so. We should allow and help it all the way.

But if we look very closely, we can see signs of next years hope and pleasures already waiting for us.

Today I spotted, the lovely red buds on a Mountain Ash, the buds on a Sedum waiting to burst open with new life next year, and best of all for me was the buds on a fern that will wait all winter to reveal their beauty as the new fonds unfurl in the Spring.

So as you tidy up your garden for another year, take a closer look and see what Mother Nature has in store for you in just a short few months to come.

Finally if you can, take a walk somewhere where you can walk and kick your way through a blanket of fallen crisp leaves, there really is nothing to beat it.

And remember in just 51 days, the days will be getting longer. Enjoy.

I was dying to show you all my prized acer that I got in Ratoath G.C. last year (Acer palmatum ‘Red Pygmy). Each day I have been going out after work to see if it was yet at its best. As with all acers at this time of year, every day makes such a difference. 

Today, almost all of the leaves have dropped.  🙁

But I’ll show you another nice one that’s looking great right now. And this one has lovely dark stems which are a great contrast to the green summer leaves.