What's looking good in July 2015

Some of the gorgeous hydrangeas I've recently bought

Hydrangea macrophylla Sabrina




Hydrangea paniculata Vanille Fraise




Hydrangea macrophylla Together

 

Carnations raised from seed





Campanula Campbells Blue



Ophiopogon Nigrescens



Fuchsia Lady Boothby



Fuchsia Bianca



Fuchsia Quasar

 

Lovely Carnations Anthony I have a list of ones which I plan to get next year - they were my Grandad's favourite flower so I'm giving them a go.

 

Datura wrightii................


It survived the winter in the ground...............


Canna brasiliensis from seed this year.................


Agapanthus.................


Eucomis punctata.................

 

Hellenium 'Double Trouble'.


Agapanthus Headbourne hybrid from own seed, always has around 25 stems.


Rudbeckia Cherokee Sunset.


Eucomis Bicolor.


Canna 'Cleo'. Two plants side by side, one from JWK and one from Peter S.






The Washingtonia has recovered after all four fronds went completely brown after the Winter frosts.


Begonias Gryphon and Grandis with the first Brugmansia flower.


Exotic bed has now filled out although some plants are smothering others.
Over planted? probably.

 

blackberry beauty. also grown for its winter interest, as the pods open and hold /cradle shiny black seeds all winter in them.

 

I like that Redstar, is it possible to have a name please ?

 

http://thegardenfrog.me/2014/07/27/my-love-affair-with-the-blackberry-lily/

Over the years I have let them just reseed as they wish, they do drop seeds down during the winter, early spring. and I do harvest some seeds to mail out to friends in March. When the babies come up, in little spear shapes resembling right away their adults, they do not bloom the first season, but the second, so an ongoing crop is necessary. the other thing I have noticed is the babies are very shallow rooted, and easy to accidently to come out of the soil, so when I can, I gently lift the baby and put it back in just a little deeper, not much. and as you can see the weight of the pods can play havoc on the plant, so I do use a thin green stake to help them keep standing with soft twine in two to three locations up the plant. many are close to each other, so I can use one stake for two to three plants

 

Iris domestica, formerly Belamcanda domestica

 

Hi Redstar,

Thanks for the link.
I'm gonna have to have a look for it now " Iris Domestica ".

I thought it was in that family as it reminds me of the Tigridia Pavona that I grow.

 

some fantastic planting combinations and FABBy pics everyone really enjoyed this thread ....gives you hope for the coming months ...especially heart warming to see all the various bizzy buzzy bees in the pics...just warms the cockles of me 'eart
@Anthony Rogers for mentioning it in another thread the (£1 land roses)

 

Hi @BeeHappy ,

I think I can speak for all of us here in saying a big



to you for taking the time to look back.

It's nice to know that the newer members do look back over what has previously passed and been posted

I hope we've all given you a bit of inspiration for the forthcoming growing season

 

@Anthony Rogers NICE post
and oh its safe to say i'm positively dizzy with inspiration...cant see me again now

 

Just have a bit of cake, we'll gently ween you off your Sedum obsession

 

LOL i was going to say that i'm safer looking back at the pretty piccies instead of posting