What's Looking Good In June 2013

I know I know its on the daylily thread but just in case you dont look

"Creature of the Night"

 

'Creature of the Night' wasn't that a 1982 album by the Rock Band 'Kiss'?

 

I nearly jumped out of my chair when it started -

 

Beautiful pictures, Woo, Armandii and Spruce.

 

Its been so windy and dull here today been trying to get a good picture of this
Iris 'Chrysographes' this shows the true colour but a bit blurry

Better picture but the flash went off
I love this and even better I grew it from seed, got 4 plants 1 flowered last year and all four are flowering this year and all look as dark as this, looks like velvet

 

Well done you Simbad - that is quite an amazing colour!

 

My garden has decided it wants to bloom at long last!

Chiastophyllum (I bought this today)


Geranium


Lupin


A tiny Rock Rose

 

Lovely Sheal - glad to hear that you are now catching up with us!

 

At long last we are being rewarded for a long winter. If anybody is interested in doing swaps with either of the Iris for Iris they may have plenty of I'd be interested. The pale orange 1 (Apricot Silk) is slightly earlier than the dark purple 1 and not as tall. Not a clue what the dark purple 1 is called as here when we moved here but very free flowering and tough as old boots which is just what I like gardening in Scotland as I do! 1st Rhododendron came from Glendoick specialist nursery (Winter Spice) and reasonably expensive 2nd a cheapo from Lidls not bad and cheap as chips!

 

I'd be interested in a bit of the Apricot Silk silu , I don't have one that colour very pretty,think your other is the same as an unknown I have too, what do you think?

I'll be splitting this one its a huge clump and the scent is amazing 'Jane Philips'

'Action Front'


But if there are any of mine you like just ask a few are fairly big clumps now, except the white that has a family waiting list

 

I'd love some Jane Philips if you find that you have any spare when you come to split them up

 

Yes I think you are right Simbad, our 2 Iris do indeed look incredibly similar and yours doesn't have a known name either. Maybe we should call it John Doe! Oh yes please I'd love either Jane Philips and or Action Front have neither. Which ever you have more of. The only other Iris that I have is a small almost black (very dark purple) 1. It's not flowering yet. If you'd like I could take a photo of that and maybe you'd like a bit of that too?Oh I do have 2 lots if Iris Siberica, mid and dark blue, if they are of interest they are flowering atm so could supply photo.