What's looking good in July 2017

Grass cut and noticed Sanguisorba has dried out after being soaked earlier today. This is 150 cm tall and everyone seems to like it. Loads of flowers to come

 

Anemones, grasses, hostas

 

Hi Verdun , how big are the flowers on the sanguisorba ? They look quite large compared to other variety's. Is it squirrel lilac as well?

 

Hello Perki, yes Lilac Squirrel. Large fluffy flowers .....not as fluffy today cos they were hit with a downpour earlier.....but prob 5 to 6".
I think all the sanguisorbas are under valued and under used plants......I have them here flowering now for several weeks

 

@ARMANDII? is this a Roscoea?

 

Lilac Squirrel.. another one for the future purchase list

 

Oriental Lilies





Hemerocallis " Aten "

 

It's a Gladiola ( side - view ).

 

Stupid woman, call myself a gardener? I am glad, though....was all set to be really, really jealous as Roscoeas don't thrive here..Gladioli do

 

A few splashes of summer colour around my garden this evening.

I quite like this sunflower which popped up in a corner of the veg patch, glad I left it there.



A couple of self-seeded rudbeckias have appeared in another part of the veg plot, in amongst the sweet corn and squashes, doing quite well left to their own devices.



Here's a close up of the other one, just visible in the background on the photo above.



This campanula has surprised me by producing a second flush of flowers, having already flowered earlier in the summer during the hot, dry spell. I guess the recent rain has encouraged it to flower again. Works quite well with the fatsia as a backdrop.

 

Short n sassy helenium......only 60 cm tall but flowers forever!
Notice the blue reverse on the anemone