What's Looking Good in July 2024

Romneya coulteri just starting into flower

Spheralcea Newlease Coral

Circium Eriophorum (I think - the label is deep underneath 6 feet of prickly but impressive leaves)

Watsonia - from Cally gardens before owner died on plant hunting trip

Eryngium from seed - good colour but a bit floppy

 

Considering the fact that many plants didn't grow properly this year, probably due to age and weather, I still have the one or other nice corner.

I don't see that many butterflies and bees around, but maybe I'm out at the wrong time respectively, they are camera shy.
Just managed to take a picture of the white one.




This one is at the corner of the new path and will be moved into the new bed in winter.

 

Astilbe - been there at least 10 years....
Best year ever
Jenny namaste

 

Some photos of OH's garden in Norfolk. I do the flower borders, he does the lawns and shrub pruning.

 

Clematis Etoile Violette.



Helenium Sahin's Early Flowerer.

 

Crocosmia Paul's Best Yellow

Lilium henryi (I think). Was about 3ft tall in mum's garden on nearly pure sand. Now 5-6ft and multiplying like mad.

 

Lovely pics everyone,
Two tone hydrangea

 

Hope they do well for you

I grow lots of berries so June-Sept I'm harvesting something daily.
Blackcurrants are the first and take the longest to pick invariably in the blazing sun, but I do really like them.
Now it's blackberries and blueberries.
This is what I picked just now - The blackberries (1.1Kg) were just from one half of the canes, I'll pick the rest later-



Then comes Autumn raspberries - I usually get 6-7Kg from them.
So by the end of summer half of one 6ft freezer just has frozen berries (~25Kg), but I'll get through most of them before next season - I have about 75g/day berries with my morning porridge.
But a special treat are little blackcurrant tartlets with a frangipane topping - they are a bit too moreish.

 

Pics of the day... taken between showers!

The North-East corner. At the back: Crinum Powellii Rosea just starting to push up its flower stems.

Monarda x 'Melissa'. It's not obvious on the photo, but these 3 specimens planted this year are suffering a bad attack of powdery mildew.

The West border, central part.

 

Sunday morning blooms before the haze goes ...

 

Tall lobelia ... and a very pink hydrangea.

 

And from another angle ... with a slightly less lively colour blend, against the soft tone of a Caryopteris, with a pale pink Fuchsia Flashlight as backdrop. Plus, the bees have been going nuts on my tall Veronicas. The flowers are so tiny, you would think it not worth the bother, but obviously they know better!

 

Thalictrum delavayi - a gorgeous delicate plant but difficult to do it justice from distance with a photograph.





But getting in a bit closer ....





Or even closer still ....

 

Those are beautiful, @LunarSea!

 

It’s the last summer in this garden, so doing my best to appreciate everything.