September in the Northern Hemisphere

[Gabriela]

A most beautiful month featuring flowers AND fruits, so I'll give it a start with Clematis heracleifolia 'China Purple' at its best (the huge leaf behind belongs to Arisaema fargesii)



Aconitum alboviolaceum


and Arisaema triphyllum fruit among Brunnera leaves

[kris]

Gentiana paradoxa grown from  SRG seed

[ruweiss]

The plants in the small holes grow quite well, Daphne modesta even sows itself.

[Yann]

A few ones from the dunes, after a busy end of week i needed to walk a lot.

Gentianella uliginosa, Eryngium maritimum, Hippophae rhamnoides, Cakile maritima and others knickknacks.

[Yann]

The heavy light is inappropriate for photos    The Parnassia palustris and Pyrola rotundifolia.

[Yann]

Don't fall on it

[Yann]

Colchicum autumnale far away the sand

[ArnoldT]

Yann

Is that an Eryngium?

[Yann]

Photo 824,26 are Eryngium yes. Vey common along the coast line but localised to undisturbed zones.

[Andre Schuiteman]

1. Salvia chamaedryoides. Although it produces the odd flower earlier in the year its main flowering period here in the London area is September - October. The pure blue flowers are a bit smaller than those of the well-known cultivars shown in the second photo. My plant has nice grey-green leaves but clones with plain green leaves exist.

2. There is not much that beats 'Mexican' Salvias (mainly selections and hybrids of S. greggii and S. microphylla) when it comes to producing a colourful display over a long period. These bushy herbs or subshrubs start to flower in May and continue non-stop until November. Here shown are the cultivars Hot Lips (red and white), Golden Girl (pale yellow) and So Cool Pale Blue (pale lavender, not true blue).

3. Alyssum spruneri. This is more often cultivated as A. stribrnyi, which is a synonym. The accepted name is certainly less of a tongue twister! It flowers all summer in poor gritty soil in a dry, sunny spot and self seeds a bit.

4. Scutellaria pinnatifida. Flowers just as long as Alyssum spruneri and under the same conditions. Also known as S. orientalis subsp. pinnatifida, under which name I received it from the AGS seed distribution 2015/2016.

5. Rhododendron hippophaeoides Haba Shan. This mainly flowers in March - April but at the moment it has quite a few unseasonal flowers out. This named clone is sometimes said to be the nearest to blue in colour of any Rhododendron but it is still not what I would call actually blue. Bluish violet is more accurate, I'd say.

[ashley]

The silvery foliage of your S. chamaedryoides sets off its blue flowers very well Andre. 
'Blue Note', supposedly a hybrid with S. lycioides, has lovely intense flowers over a long period but its foliage may not be quite as good as this parent.

[Mike Ireland]

Tricyrtis macrantha macranthopsis just starting to flower. Leaves soon scorch even in late September sunshine.
Physoplexis comosa seedling self sown in tufa & in raised bed in alpine house.
Cyclamen mirable I think.

[Leena]

Colchicums are now flowering well , and also Crocus nudiflorus came up last week. Colchicums increase well in my garden, but autumn Crocus (nudiflorus and puchellus) stay alive (mostly), but don't increase or set seeds. Still, I'm happy that they stay alive.
In the last picture out of season flower in one of my 'Amber Queen'- seedlings, flowering for the first time.

[Mariette]

Very nice range of flowers, Leena! Obviously You´re gardening in a more favourable part of the world. Due to the disastrous drought, colchicums and the first crocusses wither very quickly.

At least Salvia forskaohlei looks still fresh.

[Gabriela]

Colchicums are now flowering well , and also Crocus nudiflorus came up last week. Colchicums increase well in my garden, but autumn Crocus (nudiflorus and puchellus) stay alive (mostly), but don't increase or set seeds. Still, I'm happy that they stay alive.
In the last picture out of season flower in one of my 'Amber Queen'- seedlings, flowering for the first time.

Very envious Leena - good envy though I don't know where the Colchicum is this year, only the white one flowers and the chipmunks eat the corms of two large groups of Crocus speciosus in the summer, by the time I noticed the big holes in the ground. There should be some left but no sight of them due to the drought.