November in Cardiff brings the threat of frost. It doesn't always arrive but a chill is in the air. The garden is starting to look unloved as we spend more time indoors and the days get shorter.
There are a few flowers refusing to give in to winter and a few that start their flowering now.
The seed heads, berries and hips give most of the colour and interest. A few of the plants are promising us a show later, like the camellias and pine tree.
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Aubretia flowering through railings |
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Winter Jasmine just starting to flower |
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Hydrangea still flowering although the blooms are now small |
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Pansy just starting to flower |
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Lonely single Sea Thrift flower |
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Rose still in bud and flowering. |
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Coneflower seedheads |
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Faded Hydrangea flower and discarded clay pots I need to tidy away |
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Hydrangea Pirymidalis. White then pink and now brown, but still beautiful. |
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Pom Pom like seed heads of Anenome |
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Agapanthus |
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Red rose hips |
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Sage with downy feather |
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Laurel stays looking good with promise of red berries to come |
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New leaves of Arum Lily that will get hit when the frosts come |
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Our Christmas tree in a pot with new cones budding. |
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Glossy leaves of camellia will stay throughout winter and in spring the buds will open to reveal pink flowers |
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Cotoneaster berries already food for wildlife! |
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The Beech hedge will keep its brown leaves for most of the winter |
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The Oak's have lost almost all of their leaves.
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My summer gardening clogs are full of leaves and mud. I must put them away. |
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