I’ve been out in the garden with my camera to film a snapshot of how it looks in October. Pretty good, as it turns out, though the weather has now taken a turn for the worse, autumn is tightening its grip and the overall trajectory is a downward one. Filmed 10th & 11th October 2023.
The garden in October.
garden ruminations 
Navajo, from Japan, grown here, and blooming there? It gets around! ‘Assam Orange’ ginger is . . . interesting. I have ignored it for a while because I had been more intrigued by the gingers that I see in Southern California, and I do not see it there. I sort of wonder if it is uncommon there because it does not perform as well as other gingers there, AND if it might actually be happier with more pronounced seasons here. Its performance there suggests that it might be.
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The few gingers that are hardy here have I think mostly come from northern India, so a monsoon climate with a lot of rainfall in their growing season. Lack of moisture when they’re trying to grow fast between June and August, is something they hate. I wonder if they would be evergreen in your climate, and even if they were, the shoots once flowered are going to die, so they’d still have a cyclical growth pattern. They’re wholly deciduous outdoors with us but under cover it gets a bit messy.
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Because they get shabby here, I cut them down during winter. Their foliage mostly succumbs to frost anyway. I can not remember their foliage surviving through winter during the past few years, but that might be because I cut it all down regardless. In Southern California, the old canes get groomed out after bloom, although some of us prefer to simply cut all growth back at the end of winter because it is easier and neater. Canna has the same issue. I think that it looks better if it gets cut down completely.
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Well…My ears aren’t working today but I did enjoy the tour. Your video is very clear and your garden is lovely.
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What a delightful garden tour!
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The Camellias are stunning, and the Cannas are huge! Everything looks very healthy. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend!
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I’ve had a lovely visit to your garden this afternoon Jim, without getting wet. Your range of plants is impressive and I love those begonias. That first camellia though is the star. So pretty.
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A great trip round your garden, and to think your garden is looking so interesting in mid October. I am impressed.
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