Whats Looking Good In June 2023

From my wanderings this morning.
Aesculus californica.



Cant remember the name of this.


Aloe aristata.


Aeonium nobile.


Protea appears to have been bleached white by the sun.

Echinocereus

 

Delosperma? Dimorph... something?

 

Its not delosperma, but I know it looks similar.

 

Luma apiculata looks good this year:

 

Meant to add these to yesterday's pics as then came out on Friday.
Platycodons.

Lavenders fragrance is lovely.
Apples and Pears...for some weird reason we have no Plums...first time ever. Last year we had no Apples or Pears...put that down to the high temps

 

Thanks @shiney . I wasn't sure, not being able to see the leaves for the blossom.

 

Is it a Lampranthus @pete ? What soil are you growing your protea in ? I've got a mimtues I can't spell it but its part of the protea family which is looking very sad , I keep wondering if its get phosphorus poisoning I am growing it in 100% peat

 

Hi @Perki ,the protea is in the ground, but I have others of the family in pots.
I recently found something called bark fines, it's fine decomposed bark.
Just my thoughts but I don't think just peat is suitable, its not very open and well drained, possibly too acidic as well.
I'm mixing the bark with sharp sand and I have some ericacaous John innes about a third of each.


I feed occasionally as well when roots are established, if they start to look a bit yellow an iron feed often helps.

It's not Lampranthus but similar in flower.

 

Drosanthemum hispidum

 

Of course.
I love all the Ice Plant family.

 

Some from me mostly roses / clematis

Best looking potato plants Ive ever grown

Finally got a Eremurus to flower

 

From a tiny cutting I took from my parents garden before selling their house 3 years ago.....1st year blooming. So chuffed!

Cleomes....thanks to @CarolineL .....1st year that I finally have more than one in the garden !! I actually have a lot this year.

 

Nice to se all the colour @Perki, @Upsy, @Logan.

 

Thank you @Victoria