In flower now - white/pink/purple please

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My garden always looks at its best in May/June, but I am looking for some autumn colour. Unfortunatety, I don't like autumnal colours like yellow/orange/red, so I am looking for things that I can plant now that are in flower now in white/pink/purple colours. I have a purple aster and a pale blue/mauve caryopteris,, and the chiosya is having a second burst, but everything else is green. Even the roses and eriseyum bowles mauve are lacking in colour.

I have an oleander, cyclamen, violas, a white skimmia and a pink berry thing in pots.

Nerines are lovely at this time of year and dahlias can last until the first frost.
You would have to buy the bulbs in bloom for this year thought.

japanese anemone

Out at the moment in my garden in those colours:
Dahlias
Fuchsias
Cosmos
Japanese Anemone (bit of a thug)
Hydrangea
More asters

Everything is looking a bit sad this year though because of the harsh weather.

My next door neighbour has a lovely clump of Physostegia in flower right now. It comes in pink and white varieties and gets its nickname of the "obedience" plant because you can move the buds into different positions on the stem. I'm quite jealous of it...

Geranium roxanne is still in full bloom, and I also have verbena bonariensis, purple echinacea and anise hyssop, with heathers and callicarpa waiting in the wings. Planning to add dahlias to that for next year.

A have some pale pink sedum that is going strong. Also my deep pink and lilac penstemons are still flowering, although there aren’t tonnes of flowers now.

Thanks all. I was having what I can only attribute to a senior moment, as I forgot what was in flower in the back garden when I asked - Japanese anemone, sedum (pink), geranium Rozanne, a few penstemons, nerines are just starting and the hydrangeas are browning. I have no idea what I was thinking! That physostegia looks gorgeous - I will remember that for next year and definitely get some dahlias and more asters.

We have a pinky-red flowering sage that's looking lovely at the moment. I bought it from the school fete, but it might be Salvia greggii Lipstick

Violas, cyclamen, asters and fuschia (lots are hardy).

Colchicum autumnale- a lovely, ethereal looking crocus. Schizostylis- there are pink varieties. Phygelius, or cape fuschia- some varieties are pink although they might be a bit close to red for you.

I have some physostegia, from my dad's church plant sale. I was sceptical last year when it went in, but it's come back this year looking much more convincing. Haven't tried messing with 5he flowers though. I knew it was "obedient" but I couldn't remember what the woman who sold it to me said it did. Fuchsia are finally getting going too. They seem very late this year.

My favourite things in my garden at the minute are hydrangea, nepeta, penstemon, trailing geraniums, salvia, verbena, white lavender and Argyranthemum. I think that might be it but I might have missed something! Is dark and I can’t quite remember.

There are some very nice purple Heucheras too. Usually evergreen, so a bit of colour all winter.

`Autumn ox-eye' - Leucanthemella serotina, used to be called Chrysanthemum uliginosum, neither name easy! Tall white daisies that make a change from all the purple/pink asters. Likes damper soil so mine haven't done too well after this year's drought.

My verbena bonariensis is still going strong, also salvia cerro potosi (day glow pink colour).

Oh, and knautier Macedonia (don't think I spelled that right! )

In my garden
Lavender
Autumn flowering clematis
Perlagoniums
Cosmos
Japanese anemone

My penstemons (new in this year) are finally going for it.

My cosmos didn’t do very well this year - awful - I gave some to a friend and that struggled as well.

I planted my bulbs earlier on. What are those daisy like things - I can’t remember what they are called?

These troughs have been in full colour since the beginning of June. Not so much now but they are still going a bit!

I have pink and white cosmos flowering well now, though they didn't like it when it was really hot, blue and pink salvias and Gaura The Bride has been flowering since July. I grew it from seed. Oh and Hydrangea Limelight, and dahlias.