Havenwood September Garden Tour

Early autumn: Yellow Wax Bells, Bush Clover & Chelone

Our back lawn and garden in September

Welcome to Havenwood in September!

After a long hot summer, it was nice to have a few cooler days at the beginning of September and now some golden days of sunshine to carry us into autumn.

I will take you on a quick walk around some of the garden rooms at Havenwood, but you can read more about how I made these areas and what grows here during other seasons in my Garden Rooms at Havenwood series.

The Primrose Walk

First I will walk you around the Woodland Garden, starting in the Primrose Walk and ending in the St Francis Garden:

This entrance to the Woodland Garden is on the south side near the road, and contains a damp area where candelabra primroses reseed regularly, hence its name.

Along the damp Primrose path this month: Anemone 'Pamina'; Sweet Autumn Clematis; and two different Chelone, C. obliqua and C.lyonii

The Lantern Walk

This area is in the very middle of the Woodland Garden, which is about half an acre.

Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma) and Wood Asters (Eurybia divaricata) in the Woodland in September

Red fruit on the Sargent crabapple trees (Malus sargentii)

White Wood Asters (Eurybia divaricata) at the end of the Lantern Walk under the Sargent crabapple trees. These lovely asters are one of many native aster that began to flower profusely around our garden as we stopped mowing everything when we arrived here.

St Francis’ Garden

The lower west end the Woodland Garden is the St Francis mosaic and seat. It is a quite place for contemplation, and it is surround by white wood asters and Turtlehead flowers at this time of year.

White wood asters and Turtlehead in front of St Francis’ garden

The Cottage Garden

This garden was the original front lawn of our home, and it is now full to bursting with flowers for months on end.

Read about the Cottage Garden through the seasons here.

Beds full of pink Japanese Anemones greet visitors as they enter the Cottage Garden this month.

Colchicum 'The Giant' in the Cottage Garden

Euphorbia myrsinities and Geranium ‘Rozanne’ should continue to look well together into November.

Re-blooming David Austin Rose ‘Scepter’d Isle’ in the Cottage Garden

The Pergola Walk

In the bottom of the Cottage Garden is a set of three pergolas that together span over 40 feet. I have several climbers trained to the length of this walk, but the Sweet Autumn Clematis is having its special moment right now.

Sweet Autumn Clematis—this climber can reseed quite a bit in warmer climates, but it does not reseed here in our zone 5/6.

The Birch Walk

One of the most peaceful spots in my garden, the Birch Walk is predominantly white and green year round. It begins with Snowdrops in February and works its way to October’s starry display of native asters. So this is a bit of pause before the whole garden room lights up again, but there an unusual Turtlehead flower here this month as well.

A quiet moment before the asters begin; a wild carrot adding some while umbel flower to the Birch Walk this month after the daisies finished.

Anemone 'Honorine Jobert'; native and self-sown Calico aster just starting; Allium tuberosum in the Birch Walk curb

White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra, grows up to 5 feet tall in the damp bottom of the Birch Walk. It took several cuttings this year to fill this area with new plants.

The Hot Border

It has been one year since I added a second side to the Hot Border, and it has grown really well this past year from divisions of the other side. In two years time I think they will be a nice balance of each other.

Bronze fennel, Helianthus and Gladiolus on each side of the Hot Border this month as the right side continues to fill in after being planted last year from transplants.

Hydrangea ‘Vanilla Strawberry’ has finally got going at the far end of the Hot Border and creates a nice transition to the Fruit Tunnel.

Hydrangea ‘Vanilla Strawberry’ as a transition from the Fruit Tunnel to the lawn.

View down to the lawn from the edge of the Fruit Tunnel. You can see our new torquoise Potting shed on the top right.

The Long Border

This part of the garden is damp and so things grow quite high back here. There are many more native flowers to come in this area.

Bush Clover (Lespedeza) with Cotinus ‘Grace’ near the potting shed

Mohr's Rosinweed with Bush Clover (Lespedeza) this month

Kitchen Garden

I recently published a before & after post for our Kitchen Garden, so you might enjoy a look at the whole process! Here are a couple of new flowers in this garden this month:

Rudbeckia maxima near the Kitchen Garden

Peacock Orchid, Gladiolus murielae, in the Kitchen Garden this week

Sunset in the Woodland Garden

Thanks for stopping by Havenwood for a walk around!

This is link to Carol for Garden Blogger Bloom day, so take a look at all of the lovely gardens around the country!

Love to hear what is blooming at your place this September!

Related posts:

Havenwood August Garden Tour

Havenwood July Garden Tour

September 2023 Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day