WHATS LOOKING GOOD IN JULY 2019

Nick, see if you find Geoff Hamilton’s videos. He did a series on how to make plant containers and I got enthused and imaginative at the time.

 

@Perki and @Verdun -Lobelia tupa should get big quick. I grew it until I moved in 2015. Unlike the more common perennial Lobelias it prefers drier conditions. Here in the Cotswolds I used to mulch it with conifer needles and branches - a more solid mulch encouraged crown rot.

 

My phone makes my Art Deco dahlia look more pink than it is, it’s more orangey



The Crosomia Firestars Scorchio is out

 

The Rudbeckias are really glowing in the evening light...

 

One of the stars this year has been my Streptocarpella.............
Streptocarpella by longk48, on Flickr



I was surprised to see blooms on my Eucomis Aloha Lily Nani seedlings as the seed was only sown in March 2018. Not a great inflorescence by any stretch of the imagination and the flowers have only four petals instead of six but that is to be expected at such a young age..........
Eucomis Aloha Lily Nani (seedling) by longk48, on Flickr

There was a lot of talk about planting combinations. I crap at it as this shot shows............


Finally, myfirst bloom on my Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus............
Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus by longk48, on Flickr

It is supposedly happy down to -12°c but I don't test it that much but it was certainly happy in an unheated greenhouse last winter..............
Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus by longk48, on Flickr

 

Under the Bay Trees

White Agapanthus
Blue Agapathus

Hydranga
Cecille Brunner

Phox


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A few more

Cornflower

Geum

Hollyhock
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Shasta Daisy

Backlit Dahlia


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Nice photography skills too Alana

Lots of colourful tall stuff here, looking from kitchen, swaying around in the wind and rain now but not being battered and looking good. Think they’re enjoying the rain

 

Thanks Verdun - some summer loveliness out there today. Lots of butterflies and bees flitting about but not so many dragonflies this year. We live very close to a large nature reserve (Carlton Marshes) so I would have expected to see more.

 

Agapanthus Queen Mum. I am still waiting for Lully and Windsor Grey to open.

 

Lillie pretty princess looking good

 

Hi @zenj , is that bottom one a water lilly ? If so how big is it please. I'm looking to get a miniature ( or two ) for next year.

 

Hi KFF
It’s not a miniature, called yellow queen as been in the pond around 3 years as about 8 leaves at the moment not rampant spreads 3 to 4 ft flowers are around 4 to 5 inches across hope this helps.

 

My one in a planter/pond @KFF is a minature or pygmy white called Helvola, looks pretty but barely lasts two to three days.

 

The out of date plants I bought at Morrison's recently have come back to life.



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