Whats looking good in August 2015

Here's a few from this morning. Came back from 8 days holiday to a lot more flowers and our soaker hose set up has kept the pots alive. (I have a lot of things in pots ATM as we are building a new garage with a new border against it).


I picked every last sweet pea and cosmos before going away, yet came back to this: (I have 3 areas like this as they are flowers for my wedding on the 28th)

And here's the aforementioned pots...one third are dahlias which I'm keeping in containers as the digging last year was too much. The rest are a mostly roses and shrubs for the new border.

 

Desfontiania spinosa...............


And Salvia "Black and Blue" has finally started blooming.................

 

My son's very first seed sowing experience has flowered. Nasturtium 'Phoenix':





I'll make a Plantsman out of him yet!

 

From your young son's point of view, at least it was worth waiting for nFrost.

 

Pelargonium
Vancouver Bicentennial



Thunbergia Black Eyed Susan



Tigridia Pavonia



Fuchsia Bella Rosella



Fuchsia Cascade



Fuchsia Lady Thumb



Fuchsia Tom Thumb



Fuchsia Walz Jubelteen



Fuchsia Pink Fantasia

 

Ismene x festallis just gets better..............


Lilium (michauxii?)...................

 

My favourite Fuchsia - Purple Rain


Orange King


Pink hydrangea

 

Thunbergia gregorii and Sollya heterophylla are both proving to be hardier than I imagined and have survived another winter outdoors.............




Salvia glutinosa is a big thug of a plant!




Salvia patens is having a really good year..............


Fuchsia magellanica..............


Tradescantia...............


And finally, Tulbaghia violacea which is very late this year............

 

My Gunnera

As you can see from the normal size pine cones this not the usual Gunnera. I have neither the space or a suitably damp spot for the giant form. So this is Gunnera magellenica from the southern tip of South America, likes a damp shady spot but definitely hardy and with me evergreen.

 

Our biggest hydrangea. Tried dying it blue which worked with the small ones but think this was too big.

Tree lilies, first year.

My favourite part at the moment. I just love dahlias. The white hydrangea was grown from an offshoot but has overtaken the original plant! Roses are in pots awaiting the new border. The yellow dahlia is planted but just trying to escape!

 

Manfreda elongata is a hardy succulent that is related to the Agaves...............

 

Albuca shawii................

 

My border with next doors garden. For the last 30 years this was a conifer hedge. New neighbours moved in last xmas and one of the first things they did was to remove the conifers. A small investment on my part for one packet each of sweet peas and dahlias and jobs a goodun.

 

" jobs a goodun ".

Hahaha, don't be so modest, that looks absolutely stunning, well done