What's looking good in July 2015

Yes they are and the heads are lovely, so glad you have others as they look lovely

 

Ligularia Przewalskii..



Leonotis Leonurus...

 

Another Abutilon hybrid grown from seed this year..............


Salvia stolonifera...............


First time that my seed grown Salvia miltiorrhiza has flowered and it is a real gem!


An unknown Impatiens grown from seed that @Jenny namaste collected in Nepal. It was a lot taller until the wind blew it over................


Aloe striatula....................

 

Fabulous combination, @strongylodon

 

Having put up with a cold, wet and windy spring and summer there's very little in the way of colour in my gardens. Most of my annuals have already been binned but there is a little colour in one bed. As you can see, Nicotiana have done well.

The most difficult garden I've owned to date, this is the only surviving tree I have and it's been a fight to keep it alive. I planted it six years ago and it's only put on 2ft in height. I've lost four others.


Sambucus 'Black Lace'. I lost it's parent plant in the above bed last year due to the weather conditions here and decided to give a couple of cuttings a go. Now in a sheltered spot, I'll have to wait and see how this one fairs in the pot.


One of the few surviving double Antirrhinum's. It's the first time I've grown these but I still prefer the originals.




Oswald disappearing amongst the flowers.

 

Plenty of floral colour there Sheal. I was thinking , from your posts, that it was mainly green.
I'm not having a good tomato year . Not a generous Spring weatherwise was it,
Jenny

 

Rudbeckia 'Chocolate Orange'...

 

My front garden is a good size @Jenny namaste but my roses are the only colour in it this year, everything apart from the Lupins earlier has failed. It's such a disappointment when weeks are spent growing from seed and nurturing, then it all gets wiped out. Better luck next year I hope....if I'm still here of course (house move).

I think tomatoes are quite fickle, they never seem to grow the same two years in succession. I was doubting mine a month ago but they've started to come on now. Perhaps yours will put on a spurt soon, fingers crossed.

That Rudbeckia is gorgeous @Lolimac, it looks good enough to eat!

 

This is my Passiflora × violacea which I bought from Morrisons in February 2013. It is in a pot (and kept outside!) with my clematis. I had one flower on it last year and thought it had died over the winter, but, its returned this summer to smile at me. Isn't she beautiful?

 

She certainly is

 

That's always been one of my favourite Passifloras " M "

 

I've only ever had the more common one before and, as much as I liked it, I didn't want another. Mind you, when I bought this one, I was at my previous home but I really, really liked it.
I'm surprised it has survived because I understood it was a conservatory plant (which I don't have). Mind you, the past two winters have been mild, I suppose.

 

Green with envy over your Passiflora @"M" - mine croaked the winter gone.

Just for @Anthony Rogers here's my Impatiens balsamina...............


First flowers on this Salvia dolichantha...............


It was grown from the same seed as my other one but this has a far more blue hue to it.

Digitalis ferruguinea and D.ferruguinea gigantea................


And for @fat controller my Lobelia tupa ...................


Schizanthus pinnatus................


Salvia patens....................


And another shot of my Salvia miltiorrhiza just 'cos I love it!

 

Pelargonium Mosaic Red, every flower is different



Pelargonium Maverick Star



Pelargonium Madame Salleron



And one for my friend who shares the name......

Pelargonium Apple Blossom



This one starts white, gets a pink picotee edge then turns pale pink.