VOLCANIC SORREL, CRABAPPLE
OCTOBER
Footed vase
Kenzan
Dome of chicken wire
Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve ‘Calliope’)
Crab apple (Malus ‘Prairie Fire’)
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum ‘Innocence’)
Clary sage (Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica)
Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)
Hollyhock (Alcea ‘Halo Apricot’)
Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis)
Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea)
Tomato (Solanum ‘Sungold’)
Volcanic sorrel (Oxalis vulcanicola ‘Sunset Velvet’)
Late October. It’s a glorious time of year in the garden, as the season gently winds down it is positively smouldering and flickering with fiery leaves and fruits. The hardy chrysanthemum in the outdoor beds are a useful resource as our tunnel-grown varieties begin to dwindle. Asters are still performing - we love their little lilac daisy faces, so great for pepping through as both filler and texture. The volcanic sorrel was given to me as a gift; it’s an enchanting plant, the leaves follow the sun and quiver closed every evening. I grow it in my garden at home in London, bringing it indoors before the first frost… any day now!
