Needing more colour!

[HarpyBirthday]

Hello all, any ideas for plants to add flowers for this time of year ?

Got hydrangeas already.

Fuschias ? Any particular brands that folks could recommend as Hardy ?
In the south east.

What direction are you facing?

South facing
TIA

In my garden I have rudbeckia, salvia, petunias, geraniums, knifophia, and nasturtiums in bloom. Also repeat flowering roses are having another go. Clay soil, also southeast.

Thanks. I've got geraniums in a corner - v easy to grow, albeit a bit low key. Will look out for some of the other suggestions.

Perfect, plenty of choice with lots of sun!!

I got a few new perennials a couple of weeks ago and they're rioting away, delphiniums, verbena for height, some anemone Japonica (September charm I think they're called and a lovely pale pink variety. I've got some geums still doing well, lovely shades of orange, peach and bright reds, I've also put a load of colourful heuchera in to a shadier patch as I was feeling autumnal! The wisteria are showing no signs of stopping flowering (late flowering variety) if youve a wall or arch.

Might be worth seeing what the garden centre have in already blooming at this time of year and going from there

Oh and a nice bright echinacia!

Japanese anemones and violas are good at this time of year for some late colour.

In June, July and August Dahlias are brilliant. They come in lots of really bright colours and are generally hardy. You lift them in the winter and keep them upside down in a shed. Then inay you replant them again and they shoot back up. My Mum had some for about 15 years.

Pink or white and yellow Japanese Anemones and all manner of dahlias.

@Waterboatlass how long will an echinacia flower for now...saw some really nice ones recently but didn't buy them because I thought they might be over soon.

Michaelmas daisies. I have some lovely purple ones and some white.

My roses are repeat flowering ones and will still be going for some time.

Yes, our climbing rose is in bud again now, too.

I'm expecting into Oct for the echinachas but we're a bit further north so it might be a bit of trial and error

The Dahlias are looking good too, those that have done well anyway, and will hopefully still be going some time but it's been a tough year on them slug wise!

I wouldn’t try Fuchsias in a S facing garden in the SE. They like moister conditions, which is why they grow well the W of England.

I agree with you @caringcarer dahlia are stunning and they keep flowering profusely all the way through to the first frosts.

I've added a photo to show that, despite struggling with the growing conditions this year, mine are just come into their own in Aug, with loads of new buds that will bring colour all through Sept.

When you uplift them, you trim off the long roots that hang off the tubers to tidy them up, then split them (plenty of tutorials online about how to do it correctly) and hose them off before storing them away, This way, you can easily double your tuber stock for next year, which is better value.

Ive also added a couple of photos of sweetpea which had been struggling due to the cold and rain, but in just 2 weeks have recovered well and now making up for lost time. Plus I planted a trough with lobelia, petunia, zinnia, and mixed herbs - thyme (which smells divine when you brush past it), sage, marjoram and oregano, for their foliage to fill in the gaps.

Looks fabulous daisychain!