Long Flowering Into November! Which Perennials Are Still Going Right NowI

Let's take a little look at what is still hanging on in there in November and it's quite amazing when you start to go around how many things are still in flower. Hello I'm Rosie Hardy, this is Rosie Hardy Gardening. If you enjoy this video please leave a like and leave a comment below. Now this is just a few of the plants In the nursery at the moment which are still flowering their hearts off. and basically there are some which are long season, some which have come into flower in the autumn and are still going strong. You've also got things of interest from leaf and stem and seed heads. So let's start off with the ones which have been long season in flower. Well, number one has to be the Anisodontia. Anisodontia aurea has been flowering madly on my shrub. Probably since February, March, it was still flowering through the winter months as well but really putting on a show March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October into November and it's still. going strong. So that is one that is such a good long season flower. Then you've got the Bistorta. Now the Bistorta through the hot summer had a little bit of a rest so they have now come back up into flower. I've got two different forms here. I've got this one which is slightly taller. This one is orange-felt. This will make quite a big clump. um has larger leaves and the actual flower stems on these are much much longer so orange-felt they were flowering really well in the summer it got really hot they had a little bit of a rest now it's got cooler and there's a lot more rain they're coming back and doing their thing so they are up and out also this little one here so this the flowers are a completely different size so they're much squatter than these ones you can see put the two together so this one is That is Elworthy Eyecatcher. from a garden which there are quite a few plants named after and this is a really good one it doesn't get as big it's very bushy tends to be a much bushier plant with tons and tons of flower on it so that's a really good one as well and then Cerium well Cerium Trevor Felley has just carried on going and just keeps on going. Beautiful thistle heads on here and it's been flowering right the way through from May till now and it's still got flowering. So Ceratium trevifeli and then the one that has been flowering quite well and doing well is the anemone and this is anemone ruffled swan. Beautiful reverses on this. So this has been going for a long time as well. Not as long as those but it has been doing a long time. It's Just hanging on in there. So those are my ones. The ones which I would say are more of the long flowering. The anemone probably isn't quite as long flowering as the other ones. So we'll put those to one side. So they were what I would call your long season. So they've been flowering and flowering, flowering for a long season. Then you've got the things which are in flower now because they have come into flower later on in the year. So they are now in their peak of what they should be doing and what they are flowering for. So this is There's not a huge amount that I could find that was flowered, because unfortunately we've done a little bit of moving in of things, but the late season salvias are doing really, really well. So this is pink amistad, and then there are other forms like congestiflora, etc., all of those sorts, which are only just starting to flower now. So they are really late season plants. They're starting to flower, you know, beginning of October, maybe mid-October. But then they'll go on right the way through to the end of November. So there's an awful lot of salvias that you can find, which will give you really good flower right the way through and they'll, Tolerate the first couple of frosts and then they'll start to go down. So the salvias are really good for late season colour, height and all sorts of different things. And then you have the hardy chrysanthemums. Now there are a lot of hardy chrysanthemums that have been out early, but these two are known as late season ones. So the same as you have peonies that come out early, mid and late, you've got chrysanthemums which come out early, mid and late. Some of the early ones are just about finishing now. Some of the mid ones are still in flower, but these late ones, this one is innocent. So this gets quite tall. It would go up to maybe a little bit more, three feet in height. This one actually has got a really sweet honey scent it's quite interesting and this again is another one of those ones which is a really good late plant for all of the pollinators to come in and enjoy because it's really good to have flower late on so that those pollinators can stock up on food to see them through the winter so this is a really good form and that will stay flowering probably right the way through into December as well so that is Chrysanthemum 'Innocence', it starts flowering late it's only been in flower for a And then even later than Innocence to come into flower is this one, Julia Pettersen. Julia Pettersen is a really sweet, Tiny little flowered form, and it makes a lovely mound. Now, this one is a hardy chrysanthemum. It looks a little bit like the Koreans, but it is a really good small flower. So you can see the difference in the flower size from the two that are here. I've got hoverflies all over the place on here at the moment. So these are really good for late season. They're going to carry on flowering now, again, probably through till December. So that gives you a lot of colour, a lot of choice to have things that are going to be flowering through so these really like November this is their season for shining and I reckon most of these are doing really well at the moment so that is great to see those ones all good hardy perennials. For those of you who like to learn about gardening from me I have launched a new year-round membership program where you can learn to look after your plants and gardens Every week I upload a how-to video. Covering a different aspect of the garden and plant care. There are regular live Q&A's and I'm having such fun meeting you all on these. There is also a community space where you can talk more directly to me. If you're interested in this, I hope to see you there. There has been a QR code on screen and there is a link below. So this lot is all the stuff that is flowering. But the other thing to remember is that a lot of herbaceous plants, There are the grasses, et cetera. growing and you're wanting the seed heads off. So you've got the beautiful Miscanthus malapartus standing up around about five feet with its beautiful swaying heads and there are plenty of other Miscanthus that are around there going from really tall to shorter and other grasses. So another grass that looks really good at this time and has got Very narrow see-through stems and that is the Millenia SkyRacer and SkyRacer is up here at six feet but its foliage is down lower so all you're getting to see is that wonderful yellow stems and then a little bit of a seed head on the top but it's really fabulous because it's just like a shimmer. And so you can see through it and look through to other things. So those are really something that is looking good at the moment as well. So you've got your two grasses, your Miscanthus and your Millenia, they look great. Then what about seed heads on things? So there are certain things that you wouldn't consider the seed heads look really good, but Rudbeckia Goldsturm, when the flowers go over and you leave those dark stems, they look great against other things. So they're something that you can leave standing and insects will love just crawling around on there because they might be catching moisture so they can go and get moisture. It might be somewhere where they can just sit and be slightly protected from predation and that sort of thing. So it's always worth leaving some of these things up because they are helping wildlife as well, so that is something to consider. Now once you've had things which are there for their seed heads, what about the stems, what about the foliage on a lot of herbaceous perennials? So when you go and look at things, something like Euphorbia palustris for instance, Absolutely amazing colours in its autumn foliage colours, really, really beautiful. It goes yellows and oranges and that stays sitting there looking really good for probably four or five weeks in the autumn months. So that's a really good way of getting more interest into the garden. But then once it defoliates, it's got the most beautiful pink red stems, which will stay looking good again for about another month. So they are... Well, almost as good as, say, your cornus stems. They aren't going to last a long time, but they're going to give you a really good show while they are up. So that is Euphorbia palustris. Then you've got the Amsonia, and the Amsonia, all sorts of different forms of them will have different coloration on their foliage. And Blue Ice is one of those, which is a really good form. And blue ice, the foliage will go wonderful yellows and purples. And then again, once the foliage falls off, it has beautiful purple stems, which again, stay looking purple for maybe another three, four weeks, and then they go brown. So that is a fantastic way of looking at things. Then when you look at big leaves, your peonies. The peony leaves are looking stunning at the moment. Peony Karl Rosenfeld, some of the leaves are beautiful burgundy red to bright red. Others are oranges and yellows. So you get, again, you get this lovely sort of mat of foliage, which is not tall, but it's lower. So you've got a contrast with your trees, which are looking fantastic in their autumn colour. And then you've got your herbaceous looking good in its autumn colour and maybe some shrubs. So those are excellent as well. Another one that gives you a good big foliage just before it dies off and goes lovely colours are the Rodgersia. So the Rodgersia podophylla types lovely big round leaves and they go fantastic oranges as well. So just look Just look at what they are doing and leave them and let them do that until everything falls off and then you can do something about trimming up and tidying up the plants if you want to. But it really is, don't sort of think, oh I tidy up early because if you leave things you will be surprised at how much colour and interest there will be in the garden from stems, leaves and seed heads. Then there are a few which really are hanging on. They were probably late season and they are just doing a last little bit of flower. So you've got some of the Symphiotrichums, especially the Cordifolium hybrids, and this one is Chieftain which is quite a tall one, with little flowers but it's got sprays of lots and lots of these little flowers. You get this beautiful light purple lilac mist of these flowers there. So they are still hanging on and they'll hang on until about mid-November. So that is something to look at. So that's another colour. So they were late into flower and they're still hanging on in there. Something that has been sort of mid-summer and having a second flush are the Rudbeckia trilobas. So they are still there. So that's great to have a little bit of brightness in there as well. And again, they're of different heights, but they're having a second flush of flower, Rudbeckia triloba, looking really good. And then the Actaeas. This one is Matsumurae White Pearl, and this one comes into flower much later than the Simplex varieties. So you would expect this to still having flower on it now. So this is a late season, so this is coming on and it's got these beautiful white flowers. It's already had some flower as well. It has green foliage and this one wants to be in the shade. So you can imagine this in the shade shows up. It has a little bit of a perfume, not as good as the simplex ones, but it isn't bad. It is there. So again, it's going to be attractant and different insects will be going to these. So from all of this stuff that's looking good. You've also got shrubs which are still looking good and hydrangeas and especially hydrangea early harry is just looking stunning at the moment. It is on the last legs of its foliage looking good and if we get a really heavy rain or winds in the next couple of weeks it's going to defoliate completely but there are those shrubs which look really great and you know they just add interest into your borders etc. So from what we've got here we've got some really good colour and the interesting thing about all of the plants that are here is that they are all different shapes and sizes of flower heads and that will attract all sorts of different types of pollinators in there. You're going to get bumblebees, you're going to get the odd fly, you're going to get hover flies but it is good to have all of this and to leave some flower out there right the way through until these flowers have finished because a lot of this is really All of those insects, so that they've got their stores, they've got their energy so that they can go and hibernate and come back next year for you. And all of your herbaceous stuff, it will all die back down, it will go into hibernation, it will be underground, you won't see anything until the spring and then it comes back again as well. So that is... Just a little tiny look at what there is and there are lots of other things out there but just a little tiny look of all the different things that you can still have in flower in your garden at this time of the year. Thank you very much for watching and please do subscribe to the channel. If you want to watch another video of mine, YouTube thinks this one is perfect for you.