Best of the Bunch Jasminum nudiflorum 1 The first stocks of overwintering onion and garlic bulbs are appearing in retail outlets so buy yours now for planting in October. Also look out for seeds of suitable varieties of broad beans and peas for autumn sowing that will give you a head start next spring.
Of course, J. nudiflorum is probably the commonest species to be planted in our gardens and it originates from W. China, making it fully hardy in our climate. It thrives, trained on a north facing wall at the Porter residence and flowers almost continuously from September to March. It can reach up to 3 metres (10') high given a good support system but can also be used to scramble across and down a banking if you want it to. It works very well with some of the smaller leaved hedera helix hybrids to provide colour and interest all year round.For scent in the garden in a warm, sunny location, you might try Jasminum officinale from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and W. China, with its pure white, fragrant flowers. This true climber, with twining stems up to 12 metres (40') high is a perfect foil for a climbing rose or clematis over a dividing fence, arch or gazebo and, given a sunny location, will flower from mid-summer to autumn.3 Send me a picture of your favourite flower in the garden, with your name, age and address on the back and I will send a book prize to the best entry - you must be of primary school age to enter and the last date to get your entries in is Friday September 16. Graham's Photo Fury Competition, Features Department, Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Pennine Business Park, Longbow Close, Bradley Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1GQ.I will be manning the Garden Advisory Bureau once again so bring along your gardening problems and have a chat. Call the show office on 01423 546158 for tickets sales if you do not have an internet connection.Visit www.flowershow.org.uk for more details of the show which runs from September 16 to 18 at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate.CAPTION(S):This year's autumn show includes some of the old favourites such as the Giant Onion Competition, the National Vegetable Championships, the Floral Art competitions, the photographic competition, the various plants society shows (Dahlias, Gladioli, Fuchsia, Chrysanthemums) and the wonderful displays by nurserymen from all over Britain (their theme is 'A Famous Garden'). New to this show is a Giant Vegetable Competition, the Garden Border Competition and the Fruit Show.Other hardy species to look out for include the twining climber J. beesianum, with its tiny fragrant pinkish red flowers in early to mid-summer and J. humile, an arching shrub, with fragrant, yellow flowers in late spring and early summer.2 Harvest autumn raspberries and cultivated blackberries daily and search the hedgerows for succulent wild blackberries to go with your apples.* TIMELY: Take cuttings from shrubby herbs such as rosemary and sage * WINTER WARMER: This pretty winter flowering jasmine (jasminum nudiflorum) will give you clusters of sunshine yellow flowers right through the autumn and on into springMy diary .... ? If you haven't got your tickets yet for Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, you have until September 6 to buy them on-line.There are around 200 species from across Europe, Asia and Africa, although only a limited number are fully hardy in our strange, temperate climate.Finish off any pruning of summer cane and bush fruits.Prepare vacated plots for these new crops. Take cuttings of shrubby herbs such as sage, rosemary and thyme now as replacement plants for next spring.It is sure to be a bumper event, with nearly 90 classes, including lots of children's classes, from plates of beautiful potatoes and extravagant vases of dahlias to scrumptious jars of chutney. The show opens to the public at 4pm and I will be officially opening it at 5pm. Admission 50p.AS THE first flower buds begin to open on my Jasminum nudiflorum, it has got me thinking about all the other superb climbers and shrubs that fall into this Genus.
* TIMELY: Take cuttings from shrubby herbs such as rosemary and sage * WINTER WARMER: This pretty winter flowering jasmine (jasminum nudiflorum) will give you clusters of sunshine yellow flowers right through the autumn and on into spring
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