What's Looking Good in July 2024

Signs of summer at last!

These were supposed to just be for Lotus but you know how it is...



Campsis 'Stromboli'

It's unusual for the Oleander and Magnolia to flower together..bit much of a muchness!

Hemerocallis fulva Flore Pleno

Double Punica



Buddleia w. Sungold

 

Gazania..takes well to division.

Calla..self sows.

Some of Eddy's Hemerocallis..a lovely reminder of a lovely man.

Alstroemeria psittacina with variegated leaves

Hardy Gardenia smells better than it looks

Ensete maurellii Mk2

Colocasia came through the winter

So did Gloriosa...

 

Jealous of a fair few of those @noisette47 .

 

If it makes you feel better, I could start a 'trees and shrubs that died this winter' thread?

 

Love your formal water features @noisette47 - and like @pete I envy your plants! Is the magnolia grandiflora?

 

Hi Caroline, yes M. grandiflora Glad to report that all your kind 'swaps' are alive and kicking!

 

I haven't been on here for a while, but here are a few recent pics from my garden ...

Campanula persicifolia



Rose 'Nostalgia'



Echinocereus



Campanulas growing in a wall









Fuchsia 'Anne Hoogendam'



Disocactus ackermanii



A little 'garden' I created on an old driveway into a disused garage ...

 

Beautiful, Michael.. (Except the prickly thingies ).

 

Missed it again.
My Queen of the Night cactus flowered and died two nights ago when I failed to check on it before going to bed. The second year in a row I have missed it. It has only had one bud each time so I have to wait until next year, 3rd time lucky?

 

Yes roses are prickly aren't they

 

Some clever plantings going on above ^...
Very dry here again and I don't water..
Lythrum 'Dropmore Purple'.. Dahlia 'Bantling'.. roses.. Phlox 'Sweet Summer Lilac'..

Anthemis 'E.C. Buxton'.. Salvia 'Royal Bumble'.. Lavender 'Munstead'..

Lavender 'Ashdown Forest'..

Geranium 'J.S. Matu Vu'.. Astrantia 'Warren Hills'..

Sidalcea candida.. with roses..

Geranium cambridge varieties.. Fuchsia 'Shrimp Cocktail'..

Lavatera 'Burgundy Wine'.. clematis/roses..

Spigelia marilandica..

Trachelospermum jasminoides.. Clematis 'Margaret Hunt'.. 'Princess Diana'..

Thuja 'Degroot's Spire'.. calm with chaos..

Penstemon 'Westminster Belle'..

 

@Mrs Hillard do you leave your Shrimp Cocktail Fuchsia in the ground all winter ? I understand it is meant to be hardy but I have never found it to be so. I haven't got it now.

 

My garden gradually loses its plants. Many didn't grow as hoped for. Somehow, it feels different this year. The pictures below are taken from the first floor.

 

Hydrangeas! Pinker than a pink thing ... and a little more nuanced.