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@alp lovely pics, especially the rose.
Here's some of mine.

 

Morning everyone
Bright here, for the moment!

 

@Logan They are gorgeous .. Always love your roses.

And a very good morning to you, @Verdun

 

Hi to you all, lovely and sunny start to the day, but looking to the forecasted rain later!!

Lots of beautiful pics from @alp and @Logan !!

Hope you enjoyed your walk @Verdun .

A Topping Tuesday to you all!

 

Thanks @Upsydaisy

 

Here is another of those minature roses that I like.Bought it as a pot of four cuttings in a pot from our local farm shop.One of the cuttings died but the other three that I potted on are now growing out in the front garden.I do so love the two colours

 

@Kandy they look healthy.

 

Enjoying all your posts & pictures. Alp hoping you had a splendid trip & glad you found time to witness some garden inspiration. The end of June is the pinnacle of the season for me.

Lupins & Delphiniums are still going strong with more flower shoots emerging, managing to keep the powdery mildew at bay after all this drought. However, the heavens have just opened particularly hoping you receive some Alp - it really must be bone dry there in the Essex Sahara.

Enjoying the scent of trachelospermum jasminoides, a real stunner that was brought for my birthday last year. Looking forward to the Hydrangeas, Agastaches, Salvias, Penstemons & Geranium Rozanne taking lead. The Aquilegias & foxgloves are over, everything is definitely 2-3 weeks ahead here this year.

Will keep my eyes peeled for Salvia Guanajuato & Agastache Kudos Mandarin at Hampton Court/Wisley RHS shop next week. Will be my birthday treat to myself

 

Kudos Coral, Tangerine and Heatwave too Mark
Heavens opened up here now and hanging around for most of tomorrow.....shame I wanted to water the garden

 

The hanging baskets are beautiful. I have yet to master the art of planting them up and keeping them looking good.

 

Stunning roses, @Logan So pretty!

 

@Verdun stop rubbing it in. My garden soil is still dusty and it's now 6pm.

 

It's here so if it's forecast, it'll be with you in the next hour, surely!

 

I do think rose cuttings are easy to roots. I have gone around with scissors and those from last year are now flowering. Hope I can come across one like yours..

 

@Mark56 Missed your post a bit. Yes, I reckon this is the best time to go round RHS or other gardening places.. I so want to see the salvia nursery in Kent. I wonder if our lovely @Tetters knows the address. I remember seeing this man talking about his salvias in his garden in Kent. I must google it myself. It is raining and I went out to speed up the gutter water flow. One of my skywater gutter is out of sync and I could hear the waterfall from that spot. Going to be troublesome to have it repaired. I cleared all the mess in the rain gutter attached to the lean to and hopefully I will have 2 little butts full of water before I go to bed. It had been do dry here.

Talking about fragrance: Ex asked me what the lovely fragrance was in the garden. I have lovely jasmines, trachelospermum jasminoides and honeysuckles. He made me laugh when he said if the perfume came from the Clematis Jackmanii. No, I need to buy some scented clematises.. The scent has been lovely. In the lean to, the perfume from the double lilies Isabelle and Elena has been heavenly.