WHATS LOOKING GOOD IN JULY 2019

Phormium Tricolour and Berberis Atropurpurea nana. Who needs flowers?

 

Salvia Snow Hill

 

We have very similar plants Verdun your Lobelia Tupa seems to of got big quick thought it were a recent / last year purchase unless I am mistaken, took mine a good 3 years from 9cm pot to bulk up well ( can just see it in last pic behind helenium ) you've planted it with H. Lime light another plant I've got I've planted mine next to Phlox White admiral, maybe similar planting ideas as well .

 

Indeed Perki, I think it was you who suggested Tupa on the forum. I have a few perennial lobelias here all about to flower.
Tupa is pretty big actually.....I think it’s going to add another 30 cm or more yet. I think I got it as a half litre plant in September so it likes that spot. A very long growing season here too remember.......it made a fair bit of growth over the winter and was noticeably bigger as early as March
I love LimeLight.......it lights up the whole planting when it turns white, as it’s doing now.
I have a dwarf paniculata, Bombshell, too that is really cute.....very late this year

 

Verbena lollipop......much shorter than B.

 

@Verdun Much better than the species too, as far as I'm concerned. No support required and looks nicer in a container IMO!

Nick

 

Regarding the heliotropes I grow mine from cuttings every year or overwinter plants from the perennial varieties incl Chatsworth. Far superior scent than the annual Marine
I also grow a couple of white varieties with a slightly different perfume....again perennials

 

A group of pennisetum Rubrum...Eaton Canyon (?)....just starting to flower. They will make an increasingly floriferous impact through to October

 

A few hostas....some in the ground, some in pots
Now letting them flower

 

These are sunpatiens that flowered all last summer, survived the winter and have flowered again since June I guess.
The troughs I made several years ago, maybe 20 years ago. I made several, inspired by the great Geoff Hamilton
So, on two counts I am pleased with this offering

 

Albizia julibrissin,

Brachychiton acerifolius,

The rough patch on the allotment, something for nothing.

 

@pete, yum, yum. Got some nilla ice cream?

 

Blackberries already? Oh dear, makes it feel like autumn. Too soon! Love your hostas @Verdun - how have you kept the leaves from being turned into lace? @pete see what you mean about the brachychiton flowers - probably much more dramatic if they smothered the bush.

 

Wow, those troughs are incredible @Verdun! How on earth did you make them? I always love grey for paving, patios and containers because I think it highlights the plants wonderfully!

Nick