Autumn in Andalusia

Our new autumn season is here! And with it comes an extensive range of NEW and exciting spring-flowering bulbs. We simply cannot wait to show you what you can plant in your gardens this autumn. Here are just a few selections from our new range that you should definitely be growing this year.  Tulips 

It seems strange, I know, to talk of growing winter crops for the polytunnel or glasshouse, smack-bang in the middle of a very sultry Irish summer. But the simple truth is that the secret to making the best, and most productive use, of these valuable covered growing spaces throughout the year has always been to plan and propagate very far ahead.

Characterized by warm to hot temperatures and a long growing season, USDA Zone 8 includes the Lower South and affords almost year-round opportunities for gardening. It is one of the warmest zones in the United States. Enjoying typically mild winters, some Zone 8 plants experience multiple blooming and fruiting seasons. These perennials, evergreens, vines, shrubs, and trees will thrive in your Zone 8 garden.

Surprisingly, even way up north in Aberdeen the garden still holds on to a Summer look at the very end of September, and with an improvement in the weather, lets hope for an Indian Summer.

Sedum Spectabile Autumn Joy brings great colour to the border when so many other perennials have gone over.

We planted the Hebe Autumn Glory in our front garden four years ago.

This hardy perennial is a favorite among gardeners for its stunning display of pink flowers that bloom late into the fall season. Delve into everything you need to know about Autumn Joy Sedum Care to keep it healthy and vibrant all season long.

Before going any further I would like to clear up any confusion for the new visitors logging in to Aberdeen gardening.  I started posting on Aberdeen gardening back in 2006. However, we moved away from Aberdeen in 2014.

Autumn Glory at Great Dixter The autumn plant fair at Dixter just gets better and better – and going there on a day of cloudless blue skies and warm sun made it particularly glorious. This year there were thirty-two stands including several specialist nurseries from Europe as well as the cream of the UK crop.

This is always my favourite of the shows at Vincent Square – it is full of late autumn colour and magnificent displays of fruit and vegetables.  This one was no exception and was full of enthusiastic gardeners buying plants and oohing and aahing  over the perfectly manicured giant vegetables.

Autumn Sown, Well Grown I know I do bang on about it, but autumn sowing of hardy annuals in a greenhouse or coldframe really does make all the difference. At a time when the light levels are low and leaf growth slows right down, the young plants are able to put most of their energy into growing a substantial root system which will get them off to a flying start when they are planted out in the spring.

Back in early September when I was clearing and replanting the woodland part of the garden, I got ruthless with some of the leggy Japanese Anemones and cut them right back. Most had finished flowering anyway and even these toughies were struggling in the low light conditions before I pruned back the lower branches of the trees and shrubs. All the new pl