Further to my last post I agree with Snowbird and Sam that the mystery flower is a rudbeckia of some kind. Thanks to everyone for having a guess.
I’ve since found this, smaller one which was only about a foot high.
I replanted a dozen young strawberry plants on Monday morning in the drizzle, making good use of my new border spade. They’ve now got plenty of space and will get any sunshine all day long so I’m hopeful that they’ll do well next year. That is if the fox stops digging around as it has done.
The second of 
the three Michaelmas daisies is now flowering. It’s an aster novi-belgii Lady in Blue, a compact plant noticeable for it’s intense blue-purple semi-double flowers.
Although it’s doing well I’m probably going to move it in the spring as it’s really in the wrong place.
Happy gardening, and have a good weekend!
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I’m waiting for the postman to bring me some new strawberry plants. I am determined to make home made strawberry jam next year.
Joanne I’m not that keen on strawberries, and much prefer raspberry jam. xx
I have a new batch of strawberry runners in pots, I think we will have to put them in a raised bed in the tunnel for next year as the hens and ants love strawberries.
Cath a good idea by the sound of it or you’ll have none. xx
Whoohoo!!! I was right!!!! Smashin!!
Like you I was planting strawberries but not in the drizzle so many of them wilted. They have perked up now. I had tiny strawberries this year which was surprising given the rain we’ve had.
Ooohhhh, you have a fox….I’d be in hiding watching it! Naughty guy digging though.
I do like your michaelmass daisies, they are a gorgeous colour. I have the white ones which are very hardy and come up in abundance each year.xxxxx
Snowbird well done. There are foxes resident on the allotment site so I often see them around. There used to be one we named Digger for obvious reasons, he was a real nuisance.
Thanks, I’ve also got some white ones that are just about to start flowering. xx
My strawberries are fruiting again, crazy plants. Unfortunately with all the rain the slugs are getting to them before me
My asters are in full flower this year. I always forget how tall they get. Some probably aren’t in the right place to be honest but still they are a lovely shot of colour at this time of year and the bees love them. Hoping for some sun this weekend. WW x
Welly there were some flowers on the older ones that I dug up. The asters as shown in the header are around five feet tall, and buzzing with bees.
I hope so to after all the rain yesterday. xx
I really need to get my strawberries tidied up. I promised myself that when I made a new strawberry bed, I wouldn’t let it get out of hand as it had before. I’d better get cracking with it.
Jo I had to do that to see which plants I wanted to move. I’m hoping that that the new patch will be easier to keep tidy. xx
your getting more done on the plot than I am Mike my soil has been ever so claggy due to the huge amount of rain here in Eastbourne this month
David it’s been close to being too soggy at times. I hope that yours dries out a bit so you can tidy up before the winter. Cheers,
Sounds like the plot has been nicely arranged for the next growing season. Always pleasant to have flowers still appearing at this time of year. Have you drawn out where you have put everything, or are you just looking forward to surprises when spring finally comes and shoots start popping out of the ground in different places? After weeks of sunshine, fall has definitely arrived here with colourful leaves and rain! The salmon, trying to spawn, will appreciate the rain in the rivers and streams as they start to head for ‘home’.
Glo it’s looking good so far. It sure does, and they’ll be okay until the first frosty night.
I have drawn out a plot plan which still needs some ‘fine tuning’, especially for the flowers.
Colourful leaves and salmon spawning really does herald the arrival of fall doesn’t it. xx
Still flowers! And lots of colour, too. You’ve certainly planned ahead for strawberries!
Nikki there sure are. I hope so but we’ll see next year when they grow and hopefully fruit. xx
If you do not like strawberries, do you think the fox will oblige you in keeping the crop down? Sods law has it, that the odds would be in your favour.
Menhir it’s usually the birds that peck at them, but we shall see next summer. xx
Our birds go for the gooseberries, notwithstanding loads of protective netting, usually two layers of it! xx