Halfway through November and it is very clear that we don’t have as many flowers this month, I think the flowers have decided that winter will soon be with us. We have had a very mild November so far, with just one cold day last week. The wind is from the south west bringing warm air up from the south Atlantic, this is confusing us as well as the plants! However, wandering round the garden I can find a few spots of colour.
Rosa,The Dark Lady
Most of the roses still have flowers blooming.
Rosa Bonica.
Bonica starts flowering in June and hasn’t stopped since, I will cut her back soon to give her a rest, otherwise I think she would carry on all through the winter.
Rosa Evelyn.
Evelyn still has her amazing perfume, so it’s worth going for a wander just to bury your nose amongst all those lovely petals!
Late bloom on Hydrangea.
The Hydrangea under the kitchen window is still putting out lots of new blooms, most of the other hydrangeas are now fading or even turning brown, but this one keeps flowering.
New Flower on blue mophead Hydrangea.
Fuchsia Hawkshead.
Hardy Fuchsias are still flowering, they have done really well this summer.
Campanula poscharskyana
This ubiquitous campanula never seems to stop flowering, yes, this one is underneath Acer Osakazuki.
Jasminum nudiflorum.
The winter jasmine by the front door has started flowering, and we will have plenty of bright yellow flowers over the next few months.
Iris foetidissima.
The berries on this iris shine out in the woodland, making a lovely splash of colour.
Taxus.
Now I know why we have so many Yew seedlings in the garden, I have never seen so many berries on the tree in the corner of the back garden before, they look so lovely, almost like a Christmas tree with it’s decorations.
Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting this meme on the 15th of every month, do pay her a visit to see other flowers in November.
This mild weather is definitely rather confusing Pauline both for us and the plants. I’m really hoping that it cools down soon. Those red berries on the yew must really add a bright and cheerful touch on dreary days.
Our very warm weather seems to be leaving us now Anna, the forecast for the coming week isn’t too good, with it becoming cooler by next weekend. The red berries looked so pretty, I’ve never seen so many on the tree before.
I always find it amazing that roses, which are supposed to be quite delicate and fussy, bloom well into the fall. Though we have had a few frosts, there are still the odd bud or two.
Roses seem determined to carry on flowering, no matter what the weather Jennifer, you have to admire them! No frosts here yet, but we have been told that colder weather is on the way. Flowers this time of year are so precious, we have to make the most of them.
Your taxus plants are beautiful! I have a half dozen taxus plants in my garden, but I have never seen any berries. I wonder if it may be the variety or perhaps their age. Most are just a few years old. How old are yours?
Thanks Deb, I think the berries must come with age. The tree was here when we moved in here 25 yrs ago, so could be about 30 yrs old. Quite often we clip the tree, when it gets too fat, so then we only have a few berries.
So many beautiful roses! Your hydrangea looks so fresh and new, quite a nice surprise for November. Mine have all taken on their autumn hues. Love the berries on your yew and on iris foetidissima!
The roses just carry on Peter, no matter what the weather is doing, but I’ll soon give them a trim so that they have a rest.The berries certainly stand out, that is until the birds or little mammals find them!
I think I enjoy the flowers of roses more now than in spring; there may be less of them but they stay in good condition for longer when it isn’t so hot. It looks like your garden is very gently fading to winter. The Yew berries are, as you say, just like a Christmas tree. Do you think a lot of berries mean it will be a cold winter?
No Christina, I don’t think that lots of berries mean a cold winter, it means there were lots of flowers in the spring, it’s just that I didn’t notice them. We also forgot to prune it back this year, so we must be cutting off the flowering branches when we do remember to prune it. Usually we are lucky to see about a dozen berries, the birds will have plenty to eat this winter.
Those roses are really special. And the red berries glow and it’s good to think the birds will have lots to eat this winter.
Thanks Catmint, the roses keep going until in the end I cut them back.The birds know where to come to in the winter, they seem to eat all the berries far too quickly, and don’t think to leave some for later, hopefully we will have enough.
Your roses look so lovely and fresh. Once the frost comes they get that withered moth look that Farrer wrote about. It’ s probably a good idea to cut them back and give them a rest. I have buds on one of my hydrangeas, I wonder whether they will open. I didn’ t know it was supposed to get colder. Oh dear, I haven’ t finished my tidying up yet. Have you?
The weather forecast on “Countryfile” said that by next weekend it would be colder, but no, I certainly haven’t finished tidying up and this week is going to be far too busy!
You have so many wonderful blooms Pauline. Your ‘Evelyn’ is a perfect color and shape and I love the hydrangeas. Enjoy the nice weather.
Evelyn has such a wonderful perfume Susie, I’m glad she’s still in flower for me to enjoy. The weather, I think is going downhill from tomorrow, a day indoors seems sensible!
I have clicked on ‘subscribe’ again today, just in case…! and am sorry to have missed all the posts that I inevitably have… 🙁
You have some lovely roses too – I am interested to read about how floriferous Bonica is as I have seen pictures of her and wondered if I could squeeze her in. If she flowers for that long then it sounds as if she is worth having. Interesting to see your close ups of the yew as that confirms that the little seedling I have found is indeed yew, and probably from the churchyard in that case which is on the other side of one of our neighbours!
I checked and you are on my list of subscribers Cathy, so I don’t understand why you aren’t getting e.mails from me. I hope it works this time.
Bonica is amazing, her only fault though is…..no perfume! I keep finding little yew seedlings all over the garden, I think I might find a little forest next year!
Rosa ‘Bonica’ is quite lovely. My Yew doesn’t has hardly any arils, I wonder why yours has so many?
Bonica is a super rose Jason, whose only fault is that she doesn’t have any perfume.
I have never known our yew to have so many berries before, it is really amazing this year. In previous years it has been clipped a bit, but we forgot this spring. I can’t say that I noticed any flowers in the spring, but we must have had them to get this result.
It’s November…and you don’t have many flowers! That had me smiling, I have hardly any!!! How lovely to see your roses still putting on a show, especially Bonica, how beautiful she looks swaddled in raindrops…
I have a self seeded Yew, it’s about three and finally had berries this year….xxx
Roses would flower all winter if I didn’t cut them back Dina, they never seem to want to stop. Congratulations on your first yew berries! Soon you will have more seedlings, as long as your birds don’t fly off somewhere else to deposit them!