What's Looking Good In August 2013

Although I said we have mainly green now in the garden there are still a few individuals that are colourful.











and the campanula are going into their second flowering

 

A couple of months ago the aruncus was looking spectacular but it has just been cut down, leaving some of the leaves and is now allowing the grasses to show through as they start to develop their height and stripes





The borders are looking quite untidy but we're gradually cutting them back when they get too bad



Some of you may remember me bemoaning the fact that out front flower bed by the footpath had lost many thousand Aquilegias during the winter. We quickly plonked in (technical gardening term ) some other plants that we had lying around. The bed is now a bit scruffy but, at least, there's something there. We'll decide what to do later but we shall definitely put some Aquilegias back - a few have already come up from seed we sprinkled there.

 

A few more shots

 

The kerria has started to flower again


These Black Russian are already 4" across - pity about the one lower down that a bird had for lunch

 

Because you're not as big a 'plonker' as I am

 

I think that's Thalictrum rochebruneanum (Meadow Rue) - I spotted it at East Ruston and Mrs Shiney identified it. I thought I've got to buy that, then on return home I found I'd got some in my garden already (although only a tiddler) from a local plant sale

 

Yes, John's right, it's thalictrum but not rochebruneanum - which is single flowered. It's the Hewitt's Double.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1921

Jenny, we only have the one main stem and the plant is normally propagated by division, so we can't produce any for sale. We may try to grow them from seed but I don't know if they grow true and how long they take to flowering. If the birds don't get the seeds before they're ripe I'll save you some

It's quite a striking plant and worth a position in the garden. Ours is a good 6ft high so needs to be in the right position. There are no flowers below 4ft.

They come in different colours and we saw masses of them the other week when we visited the RHS gardens at Hyde Hall. Theirs were singles but looked excellent.