It’s been a good year for autumn berries. I hope that doesn’t mean it’s going to be a harsh winter as, the old wives tale, goes.
Earlier in the year I photographed the three coloured berries of our climbing plant which, with a bit of research, turned out to be amur peppervine or porcelain berries. These have now all turned blue.
The pirocanthus which is growing with it has retained it’s glorious red berries.
Blue coloured berries
Amazing red berries
Blue and red berries together
These berries give us a splash of colour to look out on from our kitchen window. They are as striking as the wonderful autumn leaves that are all around at the moment. The autumn beauty is lingering this year which is lovely.
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The berries are a real splash of colour.
They are and the blue ones are so unusual.
Soooo pretty. I’ll bet the wild birds love these.
We are surprised that the birds haven’t eaten more of them. We have loads of birds visit the garden but at the moment I think there is an abundance of food for them. We have woodland behind us. I always have two fat blocks hanging from the rose arches and during the harsher parts of winter and also in spring when birds have chicks they disappear really quickly but at the moment they are hardly touched. The blackbirds do like the berries on the hymalayian honeysuckle.
I really love the colours at this time of the year xx
I do too. I think this year the colours seem extra spectacular. xx