What's looking good in July 2017

Leonotis nepetifolia is just starting to bloom..............
Leonotis nepetifolia by longk48, on Flickr

It'll be looking really good in about a weeks time!

 

Im growing leonotis leonorus longk....expecting it to flower any day now

 

In South Africa I believe it is called 'wild dagga' as opposed to 'normal' dagga, and I have noticed that from some internet sources the seeds are very expensive. Of course, they could be entirely mistaken about its other, non-ornamental uses...

 

Bought pack of these from lidl and forgot to plant them.. be alright if I stick them in now for next year? Ground or pot?

 

Clematis "Dark Eyes"




verbena bonariensis



Developing seeds on dracunculus vulgaris (they'll be a gorgeous orange come Autumn)



Alcea rosea Chater's Yellow



Hypericum



Black Cornflower



Tumbling Toms



Tumbling Toms flower



Daylily (forgotten the variety)



lavender hidcote



Jasmine - this one begins yellow and fades to cream: heady scent!



Blue Cornflower

 

Dahlia Melody something..


Echinacea




Few days later



Ignore the weedy railway banking .. crazy height on this hollyhock!



Stargazer



I has blueberries!

 

Linz, re your ismene, I would plant them out in pots asap. They wont flower until next year but you can build up the bulbs until autumn. Keep compost fairly moist
Mine are in the ground but it is very mild down here.....had masses of flowers so far and hoping for more.....lovely, fascinating and scented so very worthwhile

 

Awesome. Thank you, @Verdun will get on to it this afternoon. Take it they're not frost hardy, (lidls info is very vague) bordering with the Brecon Beacons don't think I'll chance them in the ground

 

Not too frost hardy Linz. According to bulb size, they can be large, give them decent size pots.

 

Persicaria Fat Domino

 

Just thinking, I ought to update my avatar picture.....got a suntan now. Looking a bit pale like my passport photo at the moment

 

How about this one then