Whaty do i expect to see when I get home tomorrow - well nothing really as it will be dark - the clocks have changed and I think that it is getting dark around 5:30, 6:00 pm in Aberdeen at the moment - definitely long before i get home.
however, based on last year, what do I expect to see before daughter Judy and her mob of rowers descend on us on Saturday (assuming I can force myself outside in the cold - it was 30C here in Tripoli today and i've never been a cold-weather flower... I'm definitely a tropical bloom albeit a hairy-leaved, small upside-down flowered tropical bloom).
Fuchsias - last year there were fuchsias blooming uuntil the middle of november and this year they should be in the greenhouse so wiith even better hardiness.
Pansies and violas - they are the big professional grower plants around this time of year and we have a few dotted around especially in the tubs.
Primulas and polyanthus - they were around this time last year - in fact polyanthus seem to be all year round flowers.
The end of the roses and the carnations - (before the frosts really start to kick in).
Possibly the verbascums might still be flowering and there may be a petunia or two around the place, or chrysanths - though I doubt that my wife will have taken them into the greenhouse - it is a huge tub for the chrysanths - and I hope she has left them out as they are supposed to be hardy and I'd like to give them a try in the stalag - the dwarf asters might be flowering insoide the stalag if the rabbits havent tunnelled in yet
I definitely expect a few great heather displays.
The dusty millers should be settled in and forming an edge to the path in the front - it will interesting to see if they survive the winter.
Anyhow I'm going to do a post with no poictures just for a change.
