Despite the torrential rains and wind, the ornamental grasses are still swaying and overlording the garden. Miscanthus, panicums, Calamagrostis varieties are still in flower and providing structure and movement and colour. Interspersed with red stems of dogwood the scene is enough to lift the spirits. This morning the sun is shining on the dogwood and a white/green miscanthus variegatus outside my kitchen window.