What's Looking Good In June 2024

They live in a perspex shelter from December until April. Some stay in there all year round. The shelter is sheltered -i.e. in between two garages.

 

^very blue indeed.. the Salvia oceana.. and lovely roses and everything else.. I especially like the Rhododendron 'Hackmann's Charmant'..

Most of these from my dry garden border.
Berberis 'Admiration'.. Salvia 'Royal Bumble'.. Convolvulus..

Lavender 'Munstead'.. California poppy.. Helianthemum, Salvia.. Phlox..

Verbascum 'Flush of White'.. berberis 'Bagatelle'.. Lavender, Salvia 'Pink Inspiration'..

Penstemon 'Westminster Belle'..

mini pond area.. Lesser Spearwort.. Phygelius, Hakonechloa..

Anemone 'Wild Swan'..

General scene.. Thuja 'Degroot's Spire'.. Geranium 'Eureka'.. more gravel gardening..

 

Dianthus
Some roses

 

Lupin Chandelier and Rose Gentle Hermione

 

I am a big fan of Nigella. I even have photos of it on my walls! I think it is underrated as people don't come across it in flower at GCs because it doesn't like to be transplanted.

 

I love the dark blue Nigella Hispanica.

 

@ViewAhead how hardy is that gorgeous blue salvia please? I don't do well with salvias, but it definitely looks worth trying

 

Phlomis is looking good and bee popular here as well. Very jealous of all your Nigella @shiney . One if my favourite annuals, I love the Flower and the seedheads but unfortunately it’s not very keen on our garden and if it does grace us with a few flowers it rarely self-seeds

 

I've managed to keep it through 3 winters so far, but I am very far south. I grow it in a pot to better ward off the munchers, so if the forecast is for below zero, I can just pop it in the garage overnight. (As it has no winter top-growth, presumably it could stay in there as long as necessary.) I believe it is supposed to be OK down to about -2. I take the precaution of collecting seeds from it each autumn ... just in case! Definitely worth a go, I'd say.

@shiney, does the Cistus smell of pineapple?