Also in the reeds there are vivid splashes of reddish-purple, where clumps of an autumn flower, purple loosestrife, are now big and bright.

The stems of older specimens arch low, bringing to nose-height their stiff but luxurious autumn flower spikes.

Its late autumn flowers are loved by bees; its long-lasting winter berries by birds.

What kind of colours do you like to see in autumn flowers?

Start planting colchicum corms for their colourful autumn flowers.