What's Looking Good In June 2024

Definitely @shiney , how wonderful. I love seeing them visit our feeder so to have a nest would be fabulous

 

Green getting greener!



A view up the bank.

 

First ever flower on seed grown lilium. I think it's l. chalcedonicum as the flowers are at least twice the size of pumilum, and it has lovely silver edged leaves. (Label gone missing again.)

Good point - no lily beetle turn up on it, pumilum or henryi - it seems they prefer hybrids.

 

I'm very surprised at this @ViewAhead as we have transplanted lots of it the last few years. Is this just a problem when it is bigger or in flower as we have been moving small 5-10cm plants that have come up all over?

 

Peace Lily.

 

This looks gorgeous, Plantminded. Trebah looked by no means as green as your one.

When I came back, everything had grown a lot.

 

The reason given is it likes to root deeply and doesn't like to be disturbed, but I have always found the roots are shallow, especially with self-seedlings which are very easy to pull up. Maybe it is because the flowering period is quite short and there is a tendency for powdery mildew as the seed heads ripen. All I know is GCs don't tend to stock them as potted specimens, which is a shame.

 

Nigela is a annual so the GC would sell seeds not plants, unless in seedling stage, the seedheads are great dried for flower arrangements.

 

But GCs sell loads of other annuals as plants, just never Nigella. I guess that the fact it is very easy to grow from seed influences this. Some, like annual lobelia are a bit tricky in that regard, so maybe that's why they do the starting off for us. Also, lots of annuals flower all season, whereas Nigella does not, probably making it better sense economically to supply seeds rather than plants.

 

Maybe with Nigella, it’s also a transport issue, a bit fragile (maybe not to break but to flop?) plus it’s easy to grow directly ( except in my garden). I rarely see Cosmos in GCs and when I do it is quite pricey compared to other annuals but seems to sell out quickly. Nigella would maybe need to be a similar price but would not be seen as good value?

 

I’ve spent several days moving things around. We had a very old, large laurel tree removed and a previously shady area of the garden is now flooded with sunshine which is wonderful…but..
All my beautiful Hakonechloa Aureola and Allgold seems just as happy in full sun but their colours have grown brighter and brighter and brighter. Their neighbours Heuchera Dark Amber which where rich dark plums, walnut and burgundy and complimented the quieter Hakonechloa are now bright pinks, reds and caramels. It’s all a bit too much

Hopefully I can find homes for everything. I’ve sorted destinations and moved most of the Hakonechloa. Just pondering in the Heuchera, I may leave some in situ for now as at least they fill some of the space but can’t quite decide if I like their “new” colours or not. To compound the issue, I had to move the Heuchera out to avoid damage when the tree was removed. They are a Rex variety so quite large and been a few years old we’re ready for dividing - the three originals ended up as 15!