Mid September

Kelmscott Manor was the country home of William Morris, a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement.  Read more here.  These photographs (taken with permission, and copyright © Stephen Bigger 2015) were taken on 16th September 2015. Click on photographs to enlarge.

This is the last instalment of the 2015 blog. Since the blog runs from recent to older, you will need to click of each moth to see earlier months.

Fruit for sale.

A few pictures show shrubs having a late flush of flowers. This is weigela Bristol Ruby, height about 10 foot.

The pomegranite

Choisa, Mexican Orange Blossom

Geramium Rozanne

Sedum spectabilis, or ice plant

Weigela florida

Hydrangea

Acanthus against the house

Ceratostigma

Lychnis coronaria

 late rose

Late rose by the house door

Cotoniaster

Round the back to the compost heaps, here covered in pumpkins

A bit of a nasty, balsam by the river

Trees now, willows

this one old and hollow,

Horse chestnut near pigsties

A quince

crab apple

maple

apple

mulberry

walnut

willow

tulip tree

with autumn approaching

the vine walkway with ash behind

the crinon lily flowering its heart out

the croquet lawn

the back path

ending with the back of the house with virginia creeper colouring up.

September

Kelmscott Manor was the country home of William Morris, a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement.  Read more here.  These photographs (taken with permission, and copyright © Stephen Bigger 2015) were taken on 2nd September 2015. Click on photographs to enlarge. Captions are ongoing - drop in a comment if you spot anything.

Crinon lily in bud

and in flower

 Flower close-ups - phlox

more phlox

a persistent rose

Sedum spectabile, or Ice Plant

Hollyhocks

Darjeeling Red knotweed

A late flush from the variegated weigela florida

Grapes on the vine pergola

A droopy remnant of campion, lychnis coronaria

medlar fruit

the croquet lawn in from of the vine pergola

Struggling blossoms in the rose walkway

A true full of uneatable tiny pears

Sunflowers by the restaurant

Quince fruit

Buddleia

Conkers

Everlasting sweet pea

 The privy garden

An ornamental vine