Dodging the showers for a kaleidoscope of flower and fruit – roses, camellias, hellebores, hollies, decorative leaf, bark and seedheads

Acer griseum

Alstroemeria Indian Summer

Arum italicum

Berberis glaucocarpa

Betula Silver Shadow

Calathea Sebrina

Camellia Paraside Blush

Camellia Paradise Glow

Camellia Sekiyo

Camellia Survivor

Chasmanthium latifolium

Chrysanthemum Hillside Apricot

Citrus trifoliata

Cornus alba Sibirica

Correa backhouseana

Cyclamen Parasol

Daphne gemmata Royal Crown

Eriobotrya japonica

Helleore Double Ellen

Hellebore HGC Camelot

Hellebore HGC Ice Breaker Max

Hellebore Verboom Beauty

Hippophae rhamnoides

Ilex aquifolium Bacciflava

Ilex altaclarensis James G Essen

Ilex meserveae Little Sensation

Ligustrum lucidum Curly Wurly

Mahonia lomariifolia

Mahonia x media Buckland

Melianthus major

Miscanthus

Miscanthus sinensis Kleine Fontaine

Panicum virgatum Heiliger Hahn

Paperwhite Narcissus

Phormium All Black

Pseudowinter colorata Moulin Rouge

Quercus sartorii

Pyrus Pashia

The roses too continue to put on a good show, with some near perfect blooms –

Champagne Celebration

Flower Carpet Coral

For Your Eyes Only

Glorious

Joie de Vivre

Lace

Pedita

Reflections

Sally Holmes

Silver Anniversary

Varenna Anna

Ann Henderson

First Great Western

Phab Gold

Sophy’s Rose

Teasing Georgia

Unknown

Wild Rover

and other joys –

Salvia Phyllis Fancy

Sarcococca orientalis

Skimmia Temptation

Stipa tenuissima

Tilia cordata Winter Orange

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Veronicastrun Fascination

Viburnum betulifolium

Viburnum burkwoodii

Hessian-wrapped tender specimens

Hessian Henge – bananas, mostly

Phomis seedheads against grasses

Glasshouse Border

I’m hoping the rain will stop so I can get in an afew hours in my  own garden this afternoon – there are dahlias to lift and a venerable banana to wrap up before the imminent drop in temperatures – tulip bulbs to plant in newly cleared containers and a many other jobs I’ve been unable to do whilst the weather has been so difficult (I’m definitely a fair-weather gardener!).