Autumn - A Gardening Article from Moosey's Country Garden Autumn Autumn in New Zealand is a puzzling season. Here in West Melton it's a mixed-up time of the gardening year. The timetable gets a bit confused. The edges are a bit blurred.
Autumn colours are everywhere, traditionally subtle.
The sorbus is still in leaf - spectacularly covered in flames of red and orange. A berry tree opposite is sporting the forest green and scarlet colours of a Scots tartan. Sprays of small burnt orange hips cover the Wedding Day rose. The lime green leaves on the driveway elms are paling, while those on the berberis are darkening to a shocking dayglo red. A well bred plant will take this time of year seriously, dying off with dignity or correctly building seed pods.