What's Looking Good in August 2014

This is my hydrangea aspera 'hot chocolate'
Its the first time its flowered it almost died last year after i got it.





Here is one of the first flowers on my chinese witchhazel firedance. The colour is sooooo vivid



And here are the lovely tiny delicate flowers on my ophiopogon planiscapus 'nigrescans'

 

Viola Molly Sanderson

 

Browallia americana


Tigridia pavonia


Pennisetum purple baron


Hibiscus trionum


Cuphea ignea - Cigar plant


Musa velutina - looking forward to eat my own bananas

 

A few climbers
Cobaea scandens


Rhodochiton


Thunbergia


Basella rubra

 

That looks interesting!
Do you eat the leaves?

 

Yes, as it happens we had some stir fried for dinner earlier. Delicious

 

Lobelia 'Queen Victoria'



Rudbeckia ..Goldstrum..



Honeysuckle...

 

@Lolimac - Nice Queen Vic! The slimeys found mine and they were stripped bare overnight

 

In the greenhouse are a couple of new (to me) Gloriosa;
G.lutea...................


And G.carsonii................


In the fledgling exotic bed is this Solanum lancifolium (thanks to Kristen for this).................


In the same bed my Impatiens niamniamensis is romping away (please forgive next doors Clematis and the picture quality)..................


My new "favourite thing" is a vine - Caiophora hibiscifolia......................


A big thank you goes to Charlie Pridham for giving me this.................

 

Fantastic longk

 

HELIANTHUS 'LEMON QUEEN'





Eucomis "Pink Gin"

 

it looks lovely placed against the purple Acer behind it Spruce,
Jenny

 

One or two still standing out in the straggly jungle
Arum Italicum

Geranium Buxtons Blue

Geranium Anne Folkhard

and some Harebells

Jenny namaste