November 2026 Picture of the Month

At this time of year, I did not expect to see so many plants and shrubs still in flower in the garden, so this month's image is one of them. I'd forgotten what it is called, but the app on my son's phone tells me it Abelia Grandiflora. By October it is usually coming to the end of its flowering season – but not this year! The heavy rain of the last few weeks has brought about an amazing recovery in the garden – especially the grass, which has recovered really well from the summer drought. Just a couple of months ago, there was hardly a blade of green to be seen. But it is a delight to see roses still in flower, and cosmos still a riot of colour this late in the year. It has been a disastrous year for fruit, though, but there is still plenty of last year's crop in the freezers to keep scurvy at bay! iPhone 14..