Looking Good in the Garden in mid-September

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