What's Looking Good In June 2024

It has certainly performed above and beyond.

Love your sun-kissed scenes.

 

Artistic photo of my only Hibiscus rosa-sinensis blooming this morning under our Sahara Sand Cloud ...

 

This is my first Poppy. I have sown a few of these this year. They are all coming into flower one by one. I love them.

 

Arisaema nepenthoides


Arisaema fargesii


Geranium maculatum


Watsonia

 

Lovely pink watsonia @NigelJ . My red one will be a little later. I thought I'd lost it in the horrible damp winter, but it's full of buds.

 

@CarolineL I've struggled to get watsonia to flower regularly. Over the years I've tried them in several spots some drier and some damper. I'm hopeful this could be the final move.

 

Pleased with these containers so far

 

Erodium, Sempervivum and Thyme. (Pink is usually banned from my garden unless it’s the darkest shade!)

 

Simone in Wiltshire we first bought our 'Maltese Cross ' pillar box red Colour I say from Rosemoor RHS about 4 years ago. I have the salmony pink colour as well along with the White version as well . I save the seed heads every year , as they get older they form flat umbels there's plenty of seeds and start another lot for next year come July . My favourite herbaceous perennial in our garden along with Teuchrium 'Purple Tails' our soil is slightly clay in places but they come back every year a Delight ! If you should go to Kew anytime they have it in one or two borders .

 

Tree fern art.



Hosta Sum and Substance flowers developing.

 

@simone_in_wiltshire we love our ox eye daisies but your belief that they wont spread? They started in our orchard and are now all over the garden. Concrete paths are not a deterrent for them. When we are ready to plant out veg we just dig the ox eyes up but leave others to continue to flower.

 

Dahlia "Creme de Cassis"

 

Salvia Amethyst

 

Oxeye daisies will happily seed into other spots, so yes - they'll certainly spread!
They sprawl and spread underground in areas where they're happy, but it's not the only way they reproduce. Deadheading really vigilantly is the only way to contain them if they're not in open ground.

 

Another species lily - again label lost... First flower for years as it wasn't doing well. Now in a tub with TLC.