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“Ornamental grasses take their turn to shine in September, as late summer blooms bring bursts of colour across the garden. It’s harvest time in the Global Growth Vegetable Garden – discover a bounty of curious crops and familiar favourites from around the world.”
Clover Hill
As other areas start to wind down, clover Hill reaches its glorious peak in September. The expansive, serpentine beds overflow with ornamental grasses and late-flowering perennials, including Helenium, Echinacea, Hylotelephium and Veronicastrum. As the flowers begin to fade, seedheads provide a wonderful textural contrast to the bleached, buttery grasses. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea ‘Windspiel’ takes on honeyed hues, with its hazy seedheads shimmering in the early autumn sun.
Dry Garden
After a sun-baked summer, the Dry Garden starts to freshen up as rain increases. Late-summer blooms flower freely, with bright amethyst clouds of Aster pyrenaeus ‘Lutetia’ and Verbena bonariensis shining against the surrounding stone. Many of the grasses come into their own. Stipa tenuissima glistens in the low rays of the sun and tall flower spikes of Stipa gigantea add height and movement. The fiery flower spikes of red-hot pokers (Kniphofia caulescens) inject bold colour as the garden heads into autumn.
Herbaceous Border
The summer intensity of the Herbaceous Border extends into September, with the hot bay a highlight this month. The large, rich green leaves and orange-red flower spikes of ginger lily Hedychium ‘Tara’ create a sense of the exotic and pair beautifully with the wide golden flowerheads of Achillea filipendulina ‘Gold Plate’ and unusual, fringed yellow daisies of Inula magnifica. Eye-catching annuals and tender perennials turn up the drama, including the banana Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ showing off its huge, red tinted leaves.
Global Growth Vegetable Garden
In September, the Global Growth Vesetable Garden is bursting with mouthwatering edibles this month. Divided into quarters representing different continental areas, the garden brings together vegetables, fruits and herbs from around the world. Highlights include Chinese cabbage heads in the Asian area; harvests of beetroot and carrots in the Europe and Middle East section; beans galore in the Central and North America plots; and chillies gleaming in the South America quarter. Discover more fascinating harvests in the glasshouse. A new section showcases crops that evolved in Sub-Saharan Africa, allowing us to experiment with growing winged beans, maroon cucumber and camphor basil.
Dazzling dahlias
An impressive array of dahlias bring wow-factor to the Herbaceous border from late summer into autumn. There are around 30 different cultivars to see within the six colour-themed bays, ranging from striking orange Dahlia ‘Andries Orange’ to the more unusual waterlily types, including ‘Sascha’, and simple but elegant single-flowered forms, such as D. merckii, that are great for pollinators. The most popular with our visitors are the spiky-flowered cactus types, including ‘Hillcrest Candy’, with its ombre blooms blending from intense pink to white.
Farmhouse Garden
For a hit of late-season colour head to the south-facing Farmhouse Garden. Freshly clipped box hedges offer a neat backdrop for sumptuous late summer blooms. Each year we pack the beds full of annuals and perennials, both hardy and tender, for a plentiful late season display. Towering Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Torch’ and Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’ peep above Kniphofia ‘Alcazar’, Agapanthus ‘Midnight Blue’ and Ricinus communis ‘Carmencita’ – a beautiful but highly toxic plant, it’s always popular with visitors.
Modern Country Garden
The Modern Country Garden makes a statement this month, as its crisply clipped forms of yew and lollipops of weeping ornamental pear Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’ provide a contemporary foil for the spiky plumes of Salvia ‘Blue Spire’ and floating white flowers of Oenothera lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’. The seedheads of Allium ‘Forelock’ bob and sway in the breeze, floating above a glistening carpet of the grass Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’. The garden is literally buzzing with pollinators in a frenzy going from one flower to the next.
Ornamental grasses and late blooming flowers add colour to the garden in September. At the same time, the ‘Global Growth Vegetable Garden’ grows a crop of unique and familiar vegetables from around the world.
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