We are definitely very close to Autumn, all the signs are there, the leafs are colouring and falling, the fruit is ripe, the spiders, cold nights…..Summer started promising and for a while we had the best weather we could wish but at the end of July it started to cool down a lot and we got loads of rain and thunderstorms who ruined a lot of flowers….alas alas it can not be helped. I took some pictures in my garden yesterday for you to see.
These are the last of my grapes in the greenhouse, I got a lot of grapes this year, they are small but really tasty, the vine is only for the second year in my greenhouse and I am very happy with it !It is called Vitis Muscat bleu.
My passionflower (passiflora caerulea) is doing great, it grows like mad, it still has flower buds, flowers, green fruit and orange ripe fruit. I opened a ripe one up to see what’s inside, well, not a lot, you can’t compare them with the passionfruit you can buy in the shops, but the bit that is inside tastes not bad.
And when these guys are starting to flower well it is definitely Autumn, this is Tricyrtis , also called orchids for the poor as they look like real orchids but are a lot cheaper, at least here in Northern Europe. I’ll try to make more pictures of them when they are in full bloom, they are really pretty and easy plants so I am looking for more of them in different colours.
The grapes are such a lovely rich colour. Will you get enough to try making some wine?
oh no, not enough to make wine it is just one grapevine in the greenhouse that I have, just so we can go there and pic some grapes, especially the grandkids love that . besides, I can’t drink wine, one soupspoon of wine is already too much !
I can imagine the grandkids loving picking the grapes. I remember going into my Dad’s greenhouse in the 1950’s and picking his tomatoes. they taste so delicious I can still remember that tomato taste.
You have a lovely garden! And you passionfruit and dahlia are stunning! 🙂
thank you !
Our weather is still hot and won’t start changing until October, I can’t wait. Your dahlia is beautiful.
AH, it’s time for autumn (my favorite season). Your garden is been quite exquisite and I especially love the grape image – it caught my eye –
AnnMarie 🙂
The dahlia is stunning, as is your passion fruit!! Our poor garden is looking very neglected 😦
our garden looks neglected too cos of the rain I haven’t been able to do much and the weeds are growing like mad !!!!
Oh yes we have clover everywhere hopefully now that the weather is warming up we can get out there and restore some of its former glory 🙂