What's Looking Good In June 2022

Part of the front garden in the early morning sun

We have a number of small and large grasses but this one always looks good early and late


Alongside it are some of the Salvia turkestanika that are just getting growing




















Not front garden

 

More front garden shots





The flowers of this Dracunculus have now gone over so I could take a close up of the interesting stems. The flowers looked great from a distance but I wasn't keen on approaching whilst they were in full flower.

 

Random shots in back garden



Campanula lactiflora, grows up to 6ft high and flowers for about two months - needs support and I just run some string around all the stems


Hemeracallis, Enchanter's Spell


Self-seeded between my veg plots and they attract lots of pollinators






White Verbascum with a cerise eye has spread well and the roots go very deep


A yellow one has popped up. I don't know whether it has crossed with the wild, 10ft tall, yellow Mullein


Wild poppies have grown across the entrance to one of my compost heaps! so I'm currently using one of the other heaps instead.


They're all around the wild garden as well


Pyramid Orchids are just getting going in the wild area but no sign yet of the Bee Orchids

 

Double white Philadelphus 11ft high


Chinese lanterns are looking lush - without being watered. It flowers later






Bugs are smothering most of the plants in the garden. Mainly these and blackfly




Male asparagus

 

You'll notice that I post photos more infrequently than in the past but put up more pictures. That's because the photos are stored on a drive connected to Mrs Shiney's computer and not mine. As she works on it a lot I don't get access very often.