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September – October Monthly Calendar

This section will assist you in choosing flower colour for your garden, month by month, throughout the year. It will allow you to create a colour for a planted feature that will continue its themed display throughout each of the four seasons. Try creating a White garden, a Blue garden or even a Pink garden. Mix White and Yellow plants for a cottage garden look or Orange and Blue for a contemporary and contrasting display.

White/Cream


Shrubs

  • ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA.White flushed pink, purplish tinge. Sept./early Oct.
  • - ‘FRANCIS MASON’. As above but with golden variegated foliage.
  • ARALIA ELATA. Branched panicles of white flowers around a central axis.
  • ARBUTUS UNEDO E. Pendent, ivory coloured flowers.
  • CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM E. Funnel-shaped white flowers; pink flush.
  • DABOECIA CANTABRICA ‘ALBA’. 45-80cm. Pure white flowers.
  • ELAEAGNUS EBBINGEI E. Small, fragrant, silvery flowers on mature plants.
  • PUNGENS ‘MACULATA’ E. Flowers as ‘ebbingei’.
  • ERICA CINEREA ‘ALBA MINOR’ E. White flowers July/October.
  • VAGANS ‘VALERIE PROUDLEY’ E. Good white heather.
  • VULGARIS ‘BEOLEY GOLD’ E. 45cm. Golden foliage, white flowers.
  • ‘KINLOCHRUEL’ E. 20cm. Double white flowers.
  • ESCALLONIA ‘IVEYI’ E. Panicles of white flowers; very dark leaves.
  • FATSIA JAPONICA E. Milky white flowers in globular heads. Late Sept./October.
  • HEBE PINQUIFOLIA ‘PAGEI’ E. Pearl-white spikes on glaucous mats.
  • HIBISCUS ‘DOROTHY CRANE’. Large white/crimson flowers.
  • HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS ‘ANNABELLE’. Heads of white sterile flowers.
  • ‘MADAME E. MOUILLIERE’ (MOPHEAD). White with pink shading.
  • MACROPHYLLA ‘VEITCHII’ (LACECAP). Pure white ray flowers, blue central florets.
  • PANICULATA ‘GRANDIFLORA’. Creamy white panicles fading pink.
  • QUERCIFOLIA. Pyramidal panicles, white ageing purplish.
  • LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM E. Pyramidal panicles of white flowers.
  • LUCIDUM AND FORMS E. White flowers in handsome terminal panicles.
  • MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA E. Large creamy white, richly scented flowers.
  • MYRTUS COMMUNIS E. Small fragrant, white flowers with fluffy stamens.
  • OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS E. Small fragrant white flowers in clusters.
  • POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA ‘ABBOTSWOOD’. White flowers, greyish foliage.
  • ROSES. Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.
  • ROMNEYA COULTERI ‘WHITE CLOUD’. Sweetly scented white, “Poppy” flowers.

Climbers


  • CLEMATIS.

Large Flowered Varieties

  • ‘ARCTIC QUEEN’. Double white flowers with yellow anthers.
  • ‘GILLIAN BLADES’. Pure white wavy edged flowers. May/June and August/Sept.
  • ‘HENRYI’. Creamy white flowers, dark stamens.
  • ‘NELLY MOSER’. Blush white with carmine red bar.
  • FALLOPIA. See under POLYGONUM.
  • LONICERA JAPONICA ‘HALLIANA’. White changing to pale biscuit colour.
  • VAR.REPENS. Red buds open to reveal white.
  • MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA ‘EXMOUTH’. Richly scented and cream coloured.
  • POLYGONUM BALDSCHUANICUM. Cream panicles, faintly tinted pink.

Perennials

  • ANEMONE HYBRIDA IN VARIETY.
  • HOSTA. ‘ROYAL STANDARD’. 45cm. Sweetly scented, ivory white flowers.
  • HOUTTYNIA CORDATA ‘CHAMELEON’. 15cm. Single white flowers. June/Sept.
  • LAVATERA X CLEMENTII ‘BARNSLEY’. 1.8m. Almost white “Mallow”, darker centre.
  • PHLOX. Colourful perennials at their best through August, their season extends from late July until early September. For details see August list.
  • PHYSOSTEGIA ‘SUMMER SNOW’. 80cm. Spikes of pure white. July/Sept.

Yellow/Orange


Shrubs


  • COLUTEA ARBORESCENS. Bright yellow pea-shaped flowers all summer.
  • GENISTA TINCTORIA ‘ROYAL GOLD’. Rich golden yellow flowers all summer.
  • HYPERICUM ‘HIDCOTE’ E. Shallow saucer-shaped, golden yellow flowers.
  • POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA. Masses of single flowers until Sept. or Oct.
  • ROSES. Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.

Climbers

  • CLEMATIS. Miscellaneous species and varieties.
  • TANGUTICA. Bright yellow “lanterns”.
  • ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER. Orange-red tubular flowers.
  • FREMONTODENDRON. Golden yellow flowers.
  • LONICERA X BROWNII ‘DROPMORE SCARLET’. Bright scarlet, tubular flowers.

Perennials

  • COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA. 60cm. Golden yellow, starry flowers. Neat habit.
  • HEMEROCALLIS. “DAY LILY”. 75cm. Clusters of trumpet flowers on stout stems arising from rush-like leaves in clumps. July/September flowering. For details see July list.
  • KNIPHOFIA GALPINII E. 45cm. Clear orange yellow “pokers”. Sept./Oct.
  • LIGULARIA CLIVORUM ‘DESDEMONA’. 1.2m. Large heads of vivid orange.
  • STENOCEPHALA ‘THE ROCKET’. 1.2m. Imposing spikes of bright yellow flowers.
  • OENOTHERA MISSOURIENSIS. 25cm. Huge lemon yellow flowers, June/Sept.
  • RUDBECKIA ‘GOLDSTURM’. 60cm. Orange flowers, dark centres. July/Sept.

Red/Pink


Shrubs

  • CISTUS X PULVERULENTUS ‘SUNSET’ E. Vivid cerise flowers 3-5cm across.
  • DABOECIA CANTABRICA ‘ATROPURPUREA’. 45-80cm. Deep purple “bells”.
  • ERICA E. cinerea forms.
  • VULGARIS ‘ANNEMARIE’ E. 50-60cm. Double rose pink flowers Sept/Oct.
  • - ‘COUNTY WICKLOW’ E. 30cm. Double shell pink flowers Aug./Oct.
  • - ‘DARK BEAUTY’ E. 25cm. Blood red, semi-double flowers.
  • - ‘ROBERT CHAPMAN’ E. 45cm. Soft purple flowers. Gold foliage in spring.
  • ESCALLONIA S. Flower all summer; for details see June list.
  • FUCHSIA. Invaluable for late summer; very free flowering.
  • ‘LADY THUMB’. Reddish pink tubes and sepals with pink veined white skirts.
  • ‘MADAME CORNELISSEN’. Reflexed scarlet sepals, white corolla.
  • MAGELLANICA ‘VERSICOLORr’. Dainty flowers of crimson purple.
  • ‘MARGARET’. Reflexed carmine sepals and frilled petunia purple corolla.
  • ‘MRS. POPPLE’. Large flowers; carmine sepals and deep violet corolla.
  • ‘RICCARTONII’. Scarlet and purple flowers on vigorous branches.
  • ‘SUNRAY’. Red flowers. Tri-coloured foliage.
  • ‘TOM THUMB’. Clear violet skirts and carmine sepals. Dwarf.
  • HEBE ‘GREAT ORME’ E. Bright pink flowers in ascending spikes.
  • ‘WIRI CHARM’ E. Rosy carmine. Dusky purple foliage.
  • HIBISCUS ‘HAMABO. Large pale blush to white “Hollyhock” flowers.
  • ‘LENNY’. Large pinky mauve flowers with a crimson centre.
  • ‘WOODBRIDGE’. Large rich pink carmine “Hollyhock” flowers.
  • HYDRANGEA ‘HAMBURGH’ (MOPHEAD). Deep pink serrated florets.
  • ‘MARIESII’ (LACECAP). Flat heads of rosy pink florets.
  • SERRATA ‘PREZIOSA’ (LACECAP). Salmon pink/red flowers. Reddish foliage.
  • LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA. Pendulous deep claret bracts. June/Sept.
  • PHORMIUM TENAX. Bronze-red flowers on long spikes on established plants.
  • PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS. Miniature scarlet “hunting horns” dangling flowers.
  • - ‘SALMON LEAP’. Resembles ‘Devil’s Tears’ but has orange flowers.
  • - ‘WINCHESTER FANFARE’. Dusky reddish-pink with scarlet lobes.
  • POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA ‘RED ACE’. Bright vermilion flame, the under surface pale yellow.
  • - ‘RED ROBIN’. Brick red. Does best in sun.
  • ROSES. Shrub, bush and climbing roses give colourful displays.
  • SPIRAEA JAPONICA ‘ANTHONY WATERER’. Flat heads of carmine flowers; purple in bud.
  • - ‘LITTLE PRINCESS’. Pink heads; July/September. Small dark leaves.
  • TAMARIX GALLICA. “TAMARISK”. Pink flowers in plumes. Sea-green foliage.

Climbers

  • CLEMATIS

Large Flowered Varieties.

  • ‘COMTESSE DE BOUCHAUD’. Cyclamen pink.
  • ‘DR. RUPPLE’. Deep rose, pinker darker bar.
  • ‘ERNEST MARKHAM’. Petunia-red.
  • ‘NELLY MOSER’. Blush white with carmine bar.
  • ‘NIOBE’. Dark ruby red with golden stamens.
  • ‘PINK CHAMPAGNE’. Pink flowers with silvery bar.
  • ‘VILLE DE LYON’. Bright carmine red.

Small Flowered Varieties.

  • TEXENSIS ‘DUCHESS OF ALBANY’. Deep pink bells, cherry band on each sepal.
  • PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS. Miniature scarlet “hunting horns”.

Perennials

  • ANEMONE X HYBRIDA.
  • ASTER. “MICHEALMAS DAISIES”. Splendid in borders and for cutting.
  • ‘CRIMSON BROCADE’. 80cm. Intense ruby red; fully double flowers.
  • ‘LADY FRANCES’. 90cm. Deep pink; late. Cuts well.
  • ‘ROSE BONNET’. 25cm. Masses of double pink flowers.
  • ‘STARLIGHT’. 30cm. Bright cyclamen red.
  • CROCOSMIA ‘LUCIFER’. 90cm. Flame-red trumpet flowers in wands.
  • DIANTHUS. “PINKS”. Sweetly scented flowers. For details see June list.
  • GERANIUM ENDRESSII ‘WARGRAVE PINK’. 45cm. Salmon-pink flowers. Dense foliage.
  • X RIV. ‘RUSSELL PRICHARD’. 20cm. Bright magenta pink. Grey-green leaves.
  • VAR. STIATUM E. 10cm stems with pink flowers.
  • HELENIUM ‘MOERHEIM BEAUTY’. 80cm. Large “Daisy” flowers of mahogany red.
  • HEMEROCALLIS. “DAY LILY”. 75cm. Clusters of trumpet flowers on stout stems arising from rush-like leaves in clumps. July/September flowering. For details see July list.
  • LAVATERA X CLEMENTII ‘ROSEA’ (OLBIA). 1.8m. Rose coloured “Mallow”.
  • LIATRIS SPICATA ‘KOBOLD’. 60cm. Lilac mauve flowers in dense spikes.
  • LOBELIA ‘RUSSIAN PRINCESS’. 75cm. Brilliant scarlet, lipped flowers in spikes. Purple leaves.
  • MONARDA ‘CAMBRIDGE SCARLET’. 80cm. Intense bright red flowers.
  • NERINE BOWDENII. 45cm. Pale pink “trumpets” after the leaves. Oct./Nov.
  • OPHIOPOGON PLANISCAPUS ‘NIGRESCENS’ E. 15cm. Short pink spikes;black grass.
  • PENSTEMON IN VARIETY. June/September.
  • PERSICARIA. See under POLYGONUM.
  • PHLOX. Colourful perennials at their best through August, their seasonextends from late July until early September. For details see August list.
  • POLYGONUM. “KNOTGRASS”. Stiff spikes over dense clumps of narrow leaves.Long flowering and easy to grow. For details see August list.
  • POTENTILLA ‘GIBSON’S SCARLET’. 30cm. Single brilliant scarlet lowers.June/September.
  • ‘WILLIAM ROLLISON’. 45cm. Semi-double rich orange yellow flowers.
  • SCHIZOSTYLIS COCCINEA ‘MAJOR’. 60cm. Numerous spikes of crimsonflowers. September/November.
  • ‘MRS HEGGARTY’. 60cm. Clear pink flowers.
  • SEDUM ‘RUBY GLOW’. 20cm. Purple grey foliage; glowing ruby red flowers.
  • SPECTABILE ‘AUTUMN JOY’. 45cm. Bright rose heads. Purplish stems.
  • ‘BRILLIANT’. “ICE PLANT”. 45cm. Tiny bright pink flowers.

Blue/Mauve


Shrubs

  • CARYOPTERIS X CLANDONENSIS. Violet blue flower spikes Aug/Oct.
  • - ‘KEWBLUE’. Darker blue flowers than clandonensis.
  • INCANA ‘HEAVENLY BLUE’. More upright and compact. Bright blue flowers.
  • CEANOTHUS X DELILEANUS ‘GLOIRE DE VERSAILLES’. Sky blue. Arching habit.
  • CERATOSTIGMA WILLMOTTIANUM AND ‘FOREST BLUE’. “PLUMBAGO” blue flowers. July/Oct.
  • CLEMATIS HERACLEIFOLIA ‘WYEVALE’. Reminiscent of blue hyacinths in size and colour.
  • HEBE ‘MARJORIE’ E. Light violet and white flowers in racemes.
  • ‘MIDSUMMER BEAUTY’ E. Lavender purple, long racemes.
  • ‘MRS WINDER’ E. Bright blue flowers.
  • HIBISCUS ‘BLUE BIRD’. The “Hollyhock”-like flowers are fully 8cm across.
  • ‘MEEHANII’. Lilac-mauve with maroon eye. Variegated foliage.
  • HYDRANGEA ‘BLUE WAVE’ (LACECAP). Flat heads, pink and purplish blue.
  • VILLOSA. Porcelain blue umbels with lavender florets.
  • PEROVSKIA ‘BLUE SPIRE’. Deep blue flowers in greyish-white spikes.
  • TEUCRIUM FRUTICANS ‘COMPACTUM’ E. Pale blue flowers in racemes until the frosts.

Climbers

  • CLEMATIS

    • Large flowered Varieties.

  • ‘ELSA SPATH’. Violet purple.
  • ‘FIREWORKS’. Large blue flowers with deep petunia-red bar. August/Sept.
  • ‘GIPSY QUEEN’. Rich velvety, violet purple.
  • JACKMANII. Violet purple. June/Sept.
  • ‘MRS CHOLMONDELEY’. vender sepals tipped purple.
  • ‘MULTI-BLUE’. Double flowers; blue with each central petal pointed white.
  • ‘PERLE D’AZUR’. Light metallic blue with creamy stamens.
  • ‘THE PRESIDENT’. Purple suffused claret.

Small Flowered Varieties.

  • X DURANDII. Flowers rich blue with yellow stamens.
  • VITICELLA ‘ETOILE VIOLETTE’. Purple with creamy yellow centre.
  • - ‘PURPUREA PLENA ELEGANS’. Tight rosettes of violet purple.
  • PASSIFLORA CAERULEA. White petals with purplish blue growths.
  • SOLANUM CRISPUM ‘GLASNEVIN VAR’. Rich purple blue with orange-yellow stamens.

Perennial

  • AGAPANTHUS ‘HEADBOURNE HYBRIDS’. Trumpet heads, pale to deep blue.
  • ASTER.”MICHAELMAS DAISIES”. Splendid in borders and for cutting.
  • ‘EVENTIDE’. 80cm. Deep blue flowers; semi-double.
  • X FRIKARTII ‘MONCH’. 80cm. Lavender blue, golden stamens. July/October.
  • ‘LADY IN BLUE’. 25cm. Semi-double rich blue.
  • ‘MARIE BALLARD’. 90cm. Delicate powder blue flowers.
  • ERYNGlUM. “SEA HOLLY”. Rosettes of divided leaves, attractive in winter.
  • VARIIFOLIUM E. 45cm. Whitish green flowers, white veined leaves.
  • LIRIOPE MUSCARI IN VARIETY E. 30cm. Blue bells like “Grape Hyacinth”.
  • NEPETA “CATMINT”. Lavender blue flowers all summer.
  • PHLOX. Colourful perennials at their best through August, their season extends from late July until early September. For details see August list.
  • SCABIOSA CAUCASICA ‘COMPLIMENT’. 60cm. Violet blue flowers on long stems.
  • TRADESCANTIA. Three-petalled flowers all summer. “Rush” leaves.
  • ‘LEONORA’. 45cm. Bright Oxford blue.
  • ‘OSPREY’. 45cm. Snow white with blue “feathering” in the throat.