Helenium 'Mardi Gras'. Took me a while to find this one but I'm so glad I persevered. Nice and short and with long-lasting, vividly coloured flowers.
Miscanthus 'Starlight' - a recent addition - here backlit in the early sunlight.
Helianthus 'Miss Mellish'. Bit of a thug this one (its rhizomes spread rapidly so needs to be kept in check) but its many flowers are stunning.
Display of sempervivums in a trough.
My wife's pink basket.
My wife's yellow basket.
My wife puts together lovely hanging baskets every year.
When the Acer leaves fall, for a few days they're just as beautiful on the ground.
Beautiful red Japanese Acer which we inherited with the house. We usually lose the leaves to a storm before having chance to appreciate them, but 2023 was kinder to us.
Crocosmia lucifer in full bloom.
Eryngium 'Big Blue' and Allium sphaerocephalon growing up through the silky veil of Deschampsia 'Schottland' flowers. A totally unplanned but really delightful mix.
I managed to catch the Stipa back-lit by the early morning light.
Stipa gigantea in full bloom in mid-July. Crocosmia lucifer also at its peak behind. My island bed to the right has Eryngium 'Big Blue' & Agastache 'Blue Boa' taking pride of place.
Stipa gigantea in early June just coming into flower. Grown from a seed I picked up in Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Lovely yellow Lupins taking pride of place in my wife's island bed behind,...
Helenium flowers in their prime. Embarassed to say I'm not sure which variety - they've been there so long.
View the other way across the front garden in early July. Heleniums and Eryngium in the foreground with Stipa gigantea behind. Crocosmia lucifer just coming into flower by the hedge.
Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton' flowers in their prime. First saw this plant at Bluebell Cottage Garden & Nursery and now I couldn't be without it.
View across the front garden in early July. Anthemis 'E.C. Buxton' in the foreground with Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' standing proud behind & to the right.
Our front garden in a village on the edge of the Peak District. The front is south-facing and has a deep layer of loamy topsoil over the underlying clay.
Brunnera 'Jack Frost' leaf.
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