[rivkele]

hello,

me and my OH are going to tie the knot in october with a kind of pagan ceremony in our garden, (weather permiting) and i was wondering what i could plant now (in pots or in the ground) which would be flowering/looking nice in october. i'm normally more of a "if you can't eat it, it's no use to me" kind of person, so the only things i have flowerwise so far are jasmin and lavander and a couple of geraniums in pots.
whatever i plant has to be able to survive a scorching spanish summer, but if they're in pots i can put them in shady spots.
any suggestions would be most welcome.
thanks!

[Janeymiddlewife]

Roses, not sure about dahlias, rudbeckias, michaelmas daisies should all be around in the autumn? Like you not really a flowery person - sure others will be along soon,
Good luck!

[Eatyourgreens]

A lot of the summer stuff, if planted late will be in flower by then.


Bob

[cathangirl]

Chrysanthemums.
I had an October wedding 40 years ago and my bouquet was made of lovely rusty coloured ones.  My fave flower, but then again, I am a Scorpio so it fits.
May you have a long and happy marriage.....  never go to sleep on an argument, is my advice.
cathangirl

[catllar]

Hi there, I'm in Catalonia too, but on the other side of the mountain! I've done a few wedding flowers in my time and your idea sounds great!! You should be able to keep asters (michaelmas daisies) and with a bit of luck and a lot of shade and water, roses should be in second or ongoing flower, but in pots.....hmmm and you're a bit late to plant them in the ground and expect them to flower this year, but ... neighbours??? You could always go the grasses and corn route  plus a few hops (do they grow wild near you like they do here?) and I've generally got Perovskia in flower. You could try some cosmos too - they grow like weed here,  single open flowers -v. simple and loads of feathery leaves - they cut well  and look great stuffed in jamjars ,but I'd avoid the dahlia thing - they can be lovely but a bit stinky close up and  earwigs down your cleavage aren't a good look, now are they? You could use eucalyptus (not suggesting you grow it in a pot though) and rosemary - also some of the sage family flower late.  You must have some olive trees you can rob, sorry , prune  and the good old oleander off the roadside should still work.You might get love- in- a- mist (very apt)  and if the flowers have gone over the seed heads are fab. Some of the sun-flower varieties are interesting, not the ones you grow for bird feed though, some of the cultivars have multi-heads that aren't necessarily the size of dinner plates. Depending where you are, have  you any neighbours with bougainvillea? Makes great traily bits (but has thorns)  Of course, what you choose depends on what you want to use it for-  your hair, tables, walls....  Hope some of this helps, have a great day.

[rivkele]

yay, thanks so much for the replies. i'm off down the garden centre as soon as i get a chance! and i probably will end up begging some roses from my neighbour, she has some gorgeous ones and they're looking really good this year with the wet spring we've had. i've never seen hops growing wild here, but i'll ask about them at the garden centre too. thanks for the dahlia warning, earwigs wouldn't be a pleasant addition to the bouquet