The Garden in October

Warning: There are way too many pictures in this post. Feel free to either scroll through very quickly, or give it a miss altogether!

October flowers in the back yard.

Lilac:

Redbud:

The wisterias haven't completely covered their support yet, but they are looking pretty good anyway:

The snowball bushes are still a bit green:

On the western side of the house, first this orchid which has been flowering for months, but is coming to the last of its many flower spikes:

Jerusalem sage - Phlomis - Just starting to open:

Borage, and a few Californian poppies in the background:

I mentioned last month that the abutilons had been extremely pruned, but here's one of them starting to grow again, and flower:

Ceanothus:

Camellia "Volunteer":

Echiums reaching for the sky:

Crabapple almost finished:

 

North of the house, the first of the daylilies, looking a bid sad in the rain today:

Rosemary-leaved grevillea:

 

The directions from the house break down here. The next few are east of the house, but further on we'll go back to the north. 

Daisy of unknown name:

Melianthus:

A miniature iris:

Rugosa rose:
 

Hypocalymma angustifolia:

Now we are back on the north side of the house. Columbines:

And if the photos had loaded in the order i wanted them to, these ducks would have appeared after the lavender:

Here's the lavender. Can you see the ducks in the background?

Doesn't matter, you have already seen them.

Back on the east of the house, ajuga is blooming in the concrete pots:

Why does blogger sometimes swap the order of photos? It is one of life's little mysteries. These cliveas were going to be my last photo, but they aren't:

Acacia glaucoptera:

My big rusty ball which once sat in a bare patch of the garden, is now almost hidden by leucadendrons and digger's speedwell:

And last of all, an aloe:

I know I missed a few things, and there are a few where the photos just weren't clear enough to include. October seems the most "flowery" time of year in this garden.

If you made it to the end, well done.