365 pictures - Day 174

A lovely late summer/ early autumn day. 

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Little red apples. 

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The buddleia is still having flowers, alongside the developing seedheads. 

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This garrya in our garden is flourishing. I chop it back hard in the spring, and it pushes out lots of fresh new shoots over the summer, accompanied by the little tassels that will open up in late winter. 

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Autumn cyclamen. 

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Phormium with flowers. 

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These look like lumpy pears, but they're quinces. 

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The cotoneaster at the back of the garden is having its berries now. It's doing well, considering there's a row of conifers just over the fence!

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The hypericum is having a second flush of flowers, along with the berries from the first lot. 

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Tomatoes!

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Our Limelight hydrangea gets a pink tinge to the petals as the flower heads mature. 

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Conkers!

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Late summer grasses and flowers. 

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Another plant poking over our fence from another garden. This one's a leycesteria. 

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Next door's rose. We're getting all the joy of this!

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These bushes were flowering in the borders at the garden centre. I think they're some kind of laurel. 

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Plenty of buds still on the roses! 

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The golden rod is going to seed now, all fluffy and pretty. 

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It's still flowering!

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The grape hyacinths are poking through beneath the acer already. They won't flower until April, but it's a nice carpet of green over the winter. 

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Wet and gloomy all day. Yet the garden is fresh, green, and hanging with raindrops. 

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The berries on our rowan are swelling and changing colour. They'll be a goldy-orange on this tree. 

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Green summer foliage. Oh, and a couple of ring-tailed lemurs.

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Pretty white anemones. 

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A red oak in close-up, showing the beautifully shaped leaves. They'll turn a gorgeous colour in October/November. 

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Raspberries. 

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That clematis that had the lovely lilac flowers earlier in the year? When the petals drop and the seeds swell, it comes up with these fabulous punky hairdos. 

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Verbena bonariensis. Gorgeous border plants that seeded themselves. I meant to move them further back in the border, but didn't really get round to it. They look lovely where they are for the time being. 

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Birmingham city centre. More trees than Paris, apparently. 

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Still have lots of lovely yellow roses.