WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN JULY 2018

Verdun he'll have to take pic's mate...as it's a guessing game until we seem them but he did say they was pricy

 

@Gail_68 , could be the Ponytail Plant. I have one Beaucarnea Recurvata which has green leaves and three B Guatemalensis which has red tipped leaves. They can be quite expensive and slow growing, but gorgeous.

@longk, I saw a Salvia guaranitica var.violacea here years ago on the side of a building that had a tree trunk and went over the roof ... stunning!

 

Hello Victoria...I have 3 ponytails together...just showed him images of the other names you mentioned and he said no...so we're popping over tomorrow ...I'm getting out the home

 

@longk ... just found an old photo of it ... old because it was in the days when I was Lady of Leisure (LoL) ...

 

Not really a guessing game Gail....you said purplish flowers so an educated guess. But, you are right, best wait for the picture; better still get the name of the plant when hubby is there again

 

Verdun he's taking me tomorrow and I suppose the will follow

 

Yup, mine are a metre and a half plus from seed! Loves moisture though which ain't so great this summer.

I'm not so sure that is Salvia guaranitica var.violacea - wrong colour and it is one of the more diminutive Salvia guaranitica. It sounds more like S.concolor to me judging by the size.

 

Lovely plant though longk
I divide mine every couple of years or so
This is Ruffled Swan. Taller than Wild Swan and develops semi and fully double flowers soon
Got Elfin Swan too just opening out. A dwarfer form that I will take a picture of in a day or so. Charming variety

 

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Think it could be Cyperus alternifolius Martin.
Kind of a dwarf hardy Papyrus.

 

Gail said purple flowers though. Cyperus alternifolius makes large plants down here that survive the winter.

 

Hosta, in full sun yet only slightly bleached

 

Just a couple of Lilies for today.....




Those are normal size Pansys . I've never seen Lilies this big before, they're just over 12" wide.

Unfortunately I can't get anymore as they were in an un-named bag of 12 ( for £2 ) mixed Oriental Lilies from The Range last year. I think I'll be getting some more next year just in case

 

Crinum Powellii ...first flowers this year and hoping for a lot more....one of a few clumps here. Alba yet to flower but hoping. Not sure they would have survived the Beast from the East but, hey ho! They did

 

Hydrangea Limelight flowers enlarging and soon to turn white and will dominate this scene for the rest of the summer