Gathering In

The days draw in as autumn falls. Golden, beautiful light during the day today - but warnings last night that the frosts are on their way - so the annual 'gathering in' of my tender plants has started. Nothing too severe expected, but it is time. First the Aeoniums - Mediterranean temperatures really required and definitely no frosts. I've been rather too successful at propagating these (the variety in the photograph above is 'Schwartzkopf') - so now I have rather too many - not that I'm complaining as I love them - but I'm having difficulty in finding them a home!

All the Pelargoniums are coming in as well - one by one - from the choice and very tender scented leaved plants to the very 'common or garden' red show-offs, of which I take numerous cuttings in the spring to just fill a number of pots and scatter them around the garden. They give a blast of colour to anywhere that is in need of some. The trailing impatiens has also blazed away in the big terracotta urn - again a rather vulgar colour - but a great 'doer' under the shade of the Cotinus. The Impatiens is VERY tender and will almost liquefy at first frost - so I have taken three pots of cuttings to over winter…and yes, they have all 'taken' - so I have to fit those in as well.

The sunlight is particularly beautiful when shining through the vine over the pergola - it always entrances me - and I know that if I want more vine plants…the branches have probably dipped down into the guttering and rooted there. It will all be cut back after the leaves fall - so then we shall see!

Journal prompt - What have you been propagating - in your garden, or in your life? What do you need to gather in before winter? What do you have that needs some tender care?

Comments

[avis]

So nice to see more posts here! I am starting to move plants inside too.Usually I take too many starts of things in the spring thinking they deserve a chance to grow and that someone will want them . Pelargoniums are a favorite of mine. Is this early for a frost for you?