Stars in the September Garden

Before the rain, after what seemed like weeks without it, the September flowering plants were just about coping, some of them looking fabulous despite the lack of water. I went out and photographed a few of what I call 'stars' in the garden, the best appearing below. They are now looking more 'comfortable' after the rain, although quite a few have fallen over and have had to be propped up.
For sheer breath taking impact, but not necessarily my favourite, it's Rudbeckia goldsturm and it's been flowering like this for weeks. There are masses of small self seeded plants nearby, so there will be even more of them in the OTRA community gardens next year.

Salvia involucrata bought several years ago from Hinton Ampner NT garden is doing really well outside the kitchen window and can be seen waving about from inside the kitchen. I saw it used to very good effect recently at Cannington Walled gardens where they have a special 3 for £12 on the plants.

 Here's an attempted close up of the flowers which apparently have to be pierced by bees to reach the nectar because the petals are so long and tubular. Must take some cuttings.

 Another favourite bought from Hinton Ampner on the same day, this is Helianthus Lemon Queen

 Not obviously wonderful, this is Salvia Phyllis fancy bought from TWIGS this spring to accompany another one I've had for several years in a pot. I wonder if it will overwinter in this spot?

 I love this plant, often used as a back of the border plant, I can't find its name at the moment.

 Brian's Dahlias, see previous post for more on these.

 A mixture of Asters, Eupatorium and Rudbeckia, as seen from the arbour.

 And coming back to the house I noticed the tree fern and Acer looking rather lovely in dappled shade.

Although we're now officially in autumn, the garden is still filled with colour and interest which is great.