What's Looking Good In August 2020

Zauschneria californica "Glassnevin" Grows on top of a dry stone wall.


Lilium henryi

Buddleja cordata from the mountains of Mexico

Echinops tjanshanica grows easily from seed, but doesn't self seed much, smells nice and the insects love it. Reaches over 6ft tall, wear gloves when handling. It is pretty tolerant of dry weather.

Alcea "Creme de Cassis"

Clematis "Kermesina" does tend to form flowers with green markings early in the season.


Geranium "Anne Folkard"

Dahlia dissecta

 

Dianella tasmanica

Fuchsia "Thalia" only one I'm growing this year due to fuchsia gall mite


Crocosmia "Irish Dawn"

Buddleja fallownia

Ceratostigma willmottianum

Echinops banaticus

 

Sunflower "Teddy" just starting its performance:

 

First of my cannas flowering (red velvet) and a bonus the tropical white I bought earlier this year is about to flower.

 

Maybe you could plant the salvia with eupatorium Ivory towers / snow ball / Purple bush etc bees and butterfly's good mad for them . Or phlox like white admiral etc. could try Thalictrums with the celphalaria

 

Crocosmia Brazen Hussy - good dark foliage

I think this is Passiflora Amethyst Lady - seems quite hardy here

Cobaea pringlei - found it a bit tricky in Nottinghamshire, but appears to be enjoying it here

 

On a recent trip to the local greenhouse, we came across some new plants.
Echhibeckia: An intergeneric cross between two popular perennials offering the appearance of Rudbeckia with the hardiness of Echinacea.

They are well over a foot in height and very hardy as transplanting did not seem to bother them at all. The flowers are said to last six weeks so hardly any deadheading is needed.

We purchased two large plants at about eleven dollars per plant, which we thought was very reasonable for perennials.