What's looking good in June?

I mostly go for foliage but have a number of plants in flower at the moment. I think we should start a Rose directory?

Rhapsody in Blue



Fellowship



Anonymous Whtie Climber



Fox and Cubs wildflower



Monster bamboo shoots



Banana Swirls



Yellow Water Iris



nate if you read this consider a rose dirtectory of all our photos of roses.

 

Just out today.Philadelphus.

 

Immature Korean Fir cones,

 

Great pics to-day guys.......
Must be this glorious summer weather.....

 

Great pics BM but I am still not sure i could live with a blue rose........or red daffodil/delphinium etc

Pete the cones are great, this is terrible, but I found a korean Fir behind a big budlea and red lonicera, we have hacked them back to give the poor Fir a chance AND I have also found some huge erremerus smothered in amongst it all which I don't know what to do about trying to move.

 

Great picture of the Korean Fir Pete.We had a brilliant 15 year old one in our last garden,so left it for the new owners.Guess what.They dug it up and dumped it.I could have cried.

We have planted a new one in this garden. but as yet it hasn't took off.I live in hope.

Kandyfloss

 

Are they fast growing? cane you prune them?

 

Whats this rose Waco....anyone?
Bush rose about 8 foot high..
Must have one..............
Growing roadside.

 

I grew mine from seed, I'm not sure how old it is but its slow growing.
Mine took a few years to cone, now it tends to do it every other year for some reason.
Missed a pic of the male flowers which are unusual. :(
Kandyfloss, thats one reason why I haven't moved in years, there was a house around here that changed hands recently and the new owners immediatly cut down a large beautiful shaped cordyline, then parked a caravan on the spot.
Korean Fir is reasonably slow growing, although not a dwarf, I wouldn't prune unless really necesary it would spoil the conical shape.

 

Home Sweet Home





Ligularia

 

Aeonium Schwarzkopf

 

Gazania

 

Pete how old was your Korean Fir before you got the gorgeous cones? I have one that is almost 5 years old and still nothing. :(

 

Not really sure now mims, is your from seed, I presume it takes longer that way.
I think it was about four to five foot high when it first coned, sunny spot helps I think.
A friend of mine grew one from seed at the same time as me and it just kept going, reached 10ft and still no cones, I think he cut it down in the end and gave up. So its variable from seed, but a GC bought plant should be more reliable.

 

roders this is so funny, I took this one on my road side this evening, then read your post - I mean how am I supposed to know, I don't even know plants in my own garden I am so hopeless! I do know however that this picture is not rosa de l'hay, even though it does look like it.

Just so funny we both did same thing at same time!
"Ill show you mine if you show me yours"