The October temperatures have been good for the heating bills and good for the dahlias, but, sadly and worryingly, not good for our future as they are another indication of the changing climate.
I thought at the beginning of this month, as I was cutting a couple of sunflowers and a few dahlias for an arrangement, that this was going to be the last floral hurrah for the backyard, but as you can see it wasn’t. We are nearly at the end of the month and I’ve just cut another full bunch of dahlias. The weather has been so mild that even the dinner plate dahlia ‘Belle of Barmera’ has had long enough to produce another three full, shaggy blooms.
Of course it’s not just the dahlias still blooming. There are some roses that can produce the odd flower up to Christmas, but this gorgeous rose ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ doesn’t usually achieve that in my backyard. Sadly, this single stem of eleven blooms will be the last for this year. And, as I conclude this post I have Yves Montand singing the plaintive ‘Les Feuilles Mortes’ on repeat in the background. It’s that time of year.
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Agnes Ashe 
Your cut flower arrangements are something else, I love them.
Thank you. I think it’s Mother Nature doing all the heavy lifting though. 😊
Well, you can make even a nosegay of dahlias look smashing!
Thank you. I think it’s the big, shaggy dahlias that make the ’27th’ arrangement look more interesting. They loosen up the more overly regular, tightly shaped varieties.
You are too modest.
Now you’ve got me listening to Montand singing Les Feuilles Mortes, Agnes! Love your cut flower arrangements….
Thank you. Re Montand singing I’ve watched some of his early performances on YouTube a wholly impressive performer.
Oh, right!
And me too now listening to Montand. And it has finally stopped raining – for today, at least. You must be having our spring. I’ll be glad when you send it back.
Oh we’ve since had torrential rain. Flooding all over the place and I need to get my back gutters fixed. You can have the endless rain back!