Mature trees, sharp hedges and a passion for roses shape the unfolding beauty of Mittagong's Red Cow Farm.
Here Ali Mentesh gives us 6 plants for autumn.
Cyclamen
Cyclamen hederifolium
One of our favourite plants in the garden, flowering from February well into autumn and handling both dry and wet conditions as long as they have shade.
The foliage is a stand-out all through winter, then they die down for summer.
Goldenrod
Solidago flowers from summer into early autumn and is great in wilder parts of the garden, with grasses, and making a classic blue and yellow combination
with agapanthus.
Rosa Frau Dagmar Haustrop
We grow this rugosa rose mainly for its lovely autumn hips, which I quite like to snack on as I’m passing. We don’t spray the roses, so it’s perfectly
safe.
Rosa Madame Isaac Pereire
This old Bourbon rose with dark pink blooms and a deep fragrance is a repeat flowerer and we find the flower quality and colour is especially good in the
cooler autumn months.
Boltonia
Boltonia asteroides
This tall perennial is a beautiful filler in the summer and autumn border, where its aster-like white flowers make billowing clouds of flowers that catch
the light.
Hydrangea ‘Brussels Lace’
Hydrangea paniculata
Like all the paniculatas, the flowers start creamy white and this one develops hints of antique rose as it ages. The flower lasts into winter as it dries
off, giving a very long effect in our border.