What's Looking Good in July 2024

It's Thunbergia @Victoria, an annual but quick growing once it gets some heat!

 

That surprised me @shiney, I grow several Miscanthus varieties, including Zebra grass, and, like you, have never seen any pollinators visiting as they don't produce nectar or pollen.

Pruning your bamboo is going to be a tedious task, I'd pace yourself or invite visitors to have a go .

 

Ah, I have that growing up a trellis, self-seeded from last year,, but it does not look lush like yours!

 

You'll have to trade some of your heat for some rain @Victoria! Maybe you could encourage it with a mulch? It definitely likes heat as it remained in suspended animation here from April until early July when it started to warm up, a bit!

 

Oh, wouldn't I love to do that ... we have passed 30c already before noon!!!

 

That's too hot for me, even after 10 years in the Caribbean! You could try one in a container, this one's going mad:

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I hope it’s not related @shiney. If it develops a haunted doll expression it will be swiftly transported to the compost bin using very few air miles .

 

Astrantia Superstar is a very good doer @fairygirl mine also got bigger than expected though .

I like the Hakonechloa going up by the steps with the erigeion spilling over at the bottom @Plantminded

 

This is the closest I am ever likely to get to a blue hydrangea. I think all the rainfall has helped this yr. Normally it is pink, but mauve and a hint of blue predominate at the moment.

 

Thank you @Perki. I put the Hakonechloa there to bind the soil on the bank and prevent it washing down onto the steps and also to stop the birds throwing soil onto the steps while searching for worms. It works on both counts, and looks good too .

 

Lily "Montezuma"


Coreopsis

 

A frothy display of Erigeron karvinskianus and Stipa tenuissima.

 

Hemerocallis Catherine Woodbury.


Crocosmia Lucifer.


Agapanthus Twister.


Hibiscus Bluebird.


Sunsatia (Nemesia) Mango, kept it going over 12 years via cuttings.