SILVERBERRY & GOLDEN OATS
NOVEMBER
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum ‘Spider Bronze’, ‘Allouise Salmon’ & ‘Allouise Orange’)
Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum)
Fire lily (Crocosmia ‘Hellfire’)
Golden oats (Stipa gigantea)
Ornamental onion (Allium ‘Gladiator’ & ‘Summer Drummer’)
Potato vine (Solanum laxum)
Silverberry (Eleagnus)
Switch grass (Panicum ‘Warrior’)
Toadflax (Linaria purpurea)
Vintage brass lassis cup
Something a little shimmery to kick off the festive season - Silverberry (Elaeagnus) with silver and yellow-gold leaves, feathery Golden Oats (Stipa gigantea) and Chrysanthemum 'Spider Bronze' for a pop of colour.
November is a great time for finding metallic ingredients and hunting through the garden for materials with a bit of a sheen to the flowers or leaves. Seed pods are a satisfying textural element - we tend to harvest them around now before it gets too wet and soggy in the garden. A surprisingly effective addition were the crispy crocosmia leaves - the blades turning gold and bronze.