There's still plenty of colour in the garden, there's hardy geraniums, snapdragons, nasturtiums and calendulas still blooming merrily away.
I love calendulas, they are such cheerful flowers and will self seed, so once you have them, you'll always have them. They are frost tolerant, and will keep flowering away quite happily in a sheltered spot in the garden. A must for any cottage or herb garden; if you can bear to pick them you can use all of the plant fresh or dried for cooking or for teas.
My nasturtiums are still going strong, I planted seeds beneath the huge clematis/honeysuckle barrier between us and next door. The nasturtiums have rambled up through the hedge and have appeared about fifteen feet up at the very top, enjoying the autumn sunlight. You have to admire their perseverance! My nasturtiums have kept on blooming throughout the summer, surviving two successive incursions of Cabbage White caterpillars who steadily munched their way through all the leaves and then bogged off to pupate somewhere or other. It looked a real mess for a while but I waited until the caterpillars had all wandered off before cutting the plants right back; new leaves appeared very quickly, followed by the flowers. I also have lots of seeds ready for next Spring.
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