Evening sunshine – exploring some warmer tones for the late summer border

Heleniums, always starring in the late summer border - the yellow here is Double Trouble, the other, Helena Red. Below, the same combination in different focus and below that, Ruby Tuesday Helenium Ruby Tuesday (above) and more rich tones to follow - Achillea Walther Funcke Crocosmia George Davison - and peaking between the twin peaks…

Mellow Yellow – something to soothe after a 5am Alarm Call and my first visit to New Covent Garden Flower Market

Above - Helenium, Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm and Crocosmia George Davison. A busy day at Petersham Nurseries, after a 5am start to get to New Covent Garden Flower Market.... before closing the gates behind me this evening....