The zinnias have outgrown the slugs and are providing brilliant posies for the table

Zinnias
The chillis are looking exceedingly cheerful in an old metal container

Chillis
Bishop of Llandaff dahlia is ubiquitous for a good reason – it’s gorgeous and the slugs don’t like the dark foliage

Dahlia
Dahlia Chimborazo is another favourite

Chimborazo
Geranium Rozanne has been flowering it socks off for months and shows little sign of slowing down

Geranium
Our ballerina apple tree (narrow, upright) has a huge crop of James Grieve apples ready for picking this weekend

Apples
It’s always a surprise when the autumn flowering crocus (colchicums) suddenly emerge.

Flowering crocus














