As the nights draw in and the days get colder, our gardens can seem a little drab. So Alan Gray is here to share his top plants at East Ruston Old Vicarage this October, many of them specimens he's been propagating. Get ready for plenty of plant inspiration and serious FLOMO*.

*FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out

PLANT LIST

Hardenbergia violacea

Dahlia 'Sam Hopkins'

Ricinus communis

Eucomis pallidiflora subsp. pole-evansii

Ricinus 'Blue Buddha'

Ricinus communis 'Carmencita'

'Persicaria orientalis

Dahlia 'Hadrian's Sunset'

Dahlia 'Hadrian's Midnight'

Lysimachia clethroides

Lobelia tupa

Epilobium canum (syn. Zauschneria californica)

Kniphofia rooperi

Amaryllis belladonna 'Alba'

Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'

Tulipa sprengeri

Hydrangea petiolaris

Jasminum nudiflorum

Vinca major var. oxyloba

Salvia greggii 'Royal Bumble'

Clematis orientalis var. orientalis   

Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer'

Ipomoea lobata

Passiflora 'Constance Elliott'

Humulus lupulus 'Aureus'

Bomarea acutifolia F&M 130

Betula utilis var. jacquemontii

Acanthus sennii

Rostrinucula dependens

Fuchsia 'Delta's Sara'

Dahlia 'Polventon Kristobel'

Orlaya grandiflora

Zinnia elegans 'Benary's Giant Lime' 

Galium verum

Pulsatilla vulgaris

Ageratum petiolatum

Argyranthemum 'Jamaica Primrose'

Tagetes erecta 'Jolly Jester'

Tagetes patula 'Cinnabar' (Dixter Strain)

Clematis rehderiana

Rosa 'Columbian Climber'

Aeschynanthus 'Black Pagoda'