A leisurely start to the weekend with a garden stroll taking in the late summer colour and architectural seed heads.
Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’, Thalictrum ‘Elin’stems & Deschampsia grass
“Keep off the grass”
Stachys ‘Hummelo’ seed heads in front of the grass, Bouteloua curtipendula and seed heads of Nectaroscordum siculumbehind
Other plants that caught my eye included:
Aster lateriflorus ‘Horizontalis’ – low growing very dense aster with masses of tiny pale pink flowers October
Eryngium yuccifolium – architectural sea holly with round flowers
Penstemon ‘Husker’s Red’ – dark red foliage early in year with pink / white flowers. Red foliage in autumn
Sanguisorba ‘Red Button’ – tall growing, small red drumstick flowers October
Molinia ‘Transparent’ – attractive grass
Eryngium bracteatum – flowers look rather like a Sanguisorba
Dianthus carthusianorum – tall dianthus
Serratula seoanei – low growing, dense habit, masses of tiny ‘knapweed like’ flowers October
Selinum wallichianum – soft umbels all summer long
Plants with good seed heads adding depth to the planting design include:
Echinacea purpurea
Allium
Eryngium alpinum
Origanum ‘Hopleys’
Papaver orientale ‘Karine’
Phlomis russeliana
Stachys ‘Hummelo’
Aruncus ‘Horatio’