Whats lookin' good in June 2016

Peony Karl Rosenfield peeking out between Japanese Anemone foliage.


I bought this Stone Owl for my sister some years ago, but when she moved into an apartment without a garden she gave it back to me. So now it sits facing West under the shade of an Osmanthus.

 

Rose Compassion, one of Woo's recommendations for the side of my Arbour.

 

Jerusalem Sage


This is the second large pot of Hostas and, again, they have come through unscathed by Slugs and Snails.


My Rhubarb I grew from seeds I "liberated" from a flowering plant in Tissington in the 90's which I gave the name of "Tissington Giant" because of the size of the leaves and the thickness of the stems..........and a great flavour.

 

Hi Anthony, it's a very common one with a name that most gardeners will quote, it's called
"haven't a clue"

 

Let's see if anyone knows this one.......in the last post of mine in the third pic down, what's the tall plant behind the pot of Hostas.???

 

Good try, noisette, but.......no It will grow to around 8' with large yellow daisy like flowers.

 

Hi Caroline, not bad, not bad at all!! It's actually Inula Magnifica



It's mostly used, because of it's height, for the back of a border. But I have a "walk around border so I've planted it in the center.

 

I think it's partially luck, Caroline, but also I have a number of fat Frogs that love Slugs and Snails when on morning patrol from the pond, plus I have a number of Blackbirds and Thrushes that also do a good job of adding them to the diet of bird seed and Sultana's that they get fed every morning. My soil is sandy to say the least as there's about 350 - 450 feet of sand under the garden and an old Roman Sand Quarry only 50 yards from the front of my House.