Whats lookin' good in June 2016

Peony "Immaculee" just starting to open

........as roders would say

 

Peony Karl Rosenfield

This is what my borders look right now and yet I've got a Peony, a Lychnis, Geum, two Iris, an Allium, and a Ornamental Grass to go somewhere

 

Yep, Freddy, I agree. It was the rose that my wife and I both fell in love at a RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park near Knutsford. We decided then and there that we wanted it and so I asked the guy at the stall and pointed to the rose saying "I'll have that!!. He looked puzzled and said "is it yours?" which was followed by a lengthy period of confused conversation before I realised that that particular rose was already sold and waiting in the Creche for the owner. Luckily, there was exactly one left so I bought that and so now it has memories of my Wife. This year it has excelled itself and it flowering it's floribunda head off

 

in the summer evening, Anthony, it does exactly that and seems to glow in the evening light in the borders. Again, it was another one that my Wife and I fell in love with when seeing it in the borders at Hidcote and so it wasn't long before we bought one it was in our borders!!

 

At the base of the Observatory

 

"Rosa 'Crazy for You' produces a abundence of lightly scented scarlet,lemon,carmine, cream single flowers per stem and tend to repeat-flower continuously from summer to late autumn.

• Flower Colour: Red, White, Yellow
• Flower Type: Single
• Flowering Month: June, July, August, September
• Soil Type: Acid, Alkaline, Heavy clay, Normal
• Aspect: Sun, Partial Shade
• Hardiness*: Hardy

• Award: AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
• Foliage Type: Deciduous
• Foliage Colour: Green
• Height*: 1.1m (3.7ft)
• Pot Size: 3 Litre
• Special Attributes: Scented flowers, Bee friendly"

While it says above, Freddy, that it likes heavy clay or normal soil, it is doing really well in my light sandy soil and looks very happy next to Rose "Trumpeter".

 

Yep, a shrub/bush rose getting to a height of around 4', Freddy. It is one of the few roses where I would break a habit of not recommending any plant and definitely would recommend this one, particularly as it is one not commonly seen.