Pictures of the garden in October

The hellebores begin to push their floral handles. Their well cut leaves rerelease on a carpet of lamium maculatum 'Aureum'.

The dahlia cactus 'Nectar' always offers its flowers in mid-October.

Although not liking very much the variegated flowers, I like this dahlia the name of which I lost. The very first flowers of the year aren't variegated, the white appears on the following ones.

The achillea 'Cerise Queen' has a beautiful colour which turns pale when the flowers age. It's a sturdy plant, but that it's necessary to make younger every three years, what isn't a problem because it develops very quickly.

The anemones of Japan and the tall asters lie down a little bit in the rain.

The lamium maculatum 'Anne Greenaway', bought last summer, likes well the sun and blooms non-stop from May till November.

The polygonum campanulatum blooms well in the shadow. Caution, invading.

The hosta sieboldiana, even with faded leaves, prolongs the spectacle with luxurious colours.

I like very much the asters the rich colours of which agree so well in the atmosphere of the autumn.

The English rosebush 'Heritage' still offers us of beautiful bouquets.

A very sturdy chrysanthemum which resisted in two wet winters.

The nepetas are present always since May.

In the middle of October, the hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' is always so beautiful.

A fog named aster 'Lady in Black'.

This hydrangea in the unknown cultivar shows us the stages of the life of a flower.

Planted in July, 2000, this acer palmatum 'Senkaki' is very promising.

The flowers of the gaura lindheimeri seem very light over the sedum 'Autumn Joy'.

The colour of the foliage of the lamium maculatum 'Aurea' illuminates the flower of the geranium 'Johnson's Blue'.

The foliage of the viburnum 'Mariesii' takes beautiful purple colours in autumn. In fact it is colored very gradually from the beginning of July.