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the colour of cherry stains. As they fade and dry out they turn, so the seedheads are facing upwards. Even when they have disintegrated they still retain a certain elegance way into autumn.Don't forget that this week is the Malvern Spring Show. The first

, as afternoon fades to evening, their hold on life loosens and the petals tumble to the ground.However, be not downhearted, for the central seedhead is left behind and that looks almost as gorgeous: a glaucous bluey-green, it adds an architecture to borders way

.In the meantime, hungry birds will make short work of seedheads and do a much better job of finding slug and snail eggs than I ever could. The frogs will bed down in their hibernaculum and among leaf piles, and the mouse, worms, slugs and beetles will stay warm

stems with soft twine to the willow, leaving some give in the twine so that the stems don't break in the wind and have space to grow.AdamWater daily, snipping off any seedheads forming under the foliage, and feed plants weekly with a high

: an extraordinarily vigorous plant, which never disappoints. It rockets from nothing to about eight feet and then, over the six months, the white blooms turn into pinkish seedheads.Darn it. What about beech trees, yew hedges, alliums, all sorts of clematis, deep red

foxglove might just as easily self-seed in my garden as this one did last year.The caterpillar certainly had a good feast - my partner and I made regular checks on it and found that it was getting through a flower an hour. But there are some seedheads

Today we got our first proper frost. The roofs of the buildings are dusted with white, the grass is crispy underfoot and the seedheads are glittering with ice - at least they are when the sun breaks through the lowering cloud. All very lovely

. They're reliable and trouble-free plants.Phlox paniculataFor a zing of blood-orange, there's little to beat heleniums, whose daisy-like flowers are loved by bees for their nectar. After flowering, the seedheads are attractive well into autumn