WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD - JUNE 2014

@HsuH - that Anomatheca laxa is lovely!

 

My favourite time of any plant is when things first start to appear. I find that far more exciting and lovely to look at than when they are established.

So here is my first delphinium and i'm hoping the others come out just as well





and my lonicera sempervirens is really starting to to establish now. its my fav plant in my garden





please ignore the weeding that i need to do at the bottom of the last pic

 

Please ignore the weeding that I need to do in ALL the pics I post

 

It is a fairly easy going plant, a bit tender maybe, I always take it into an unheated greenhouse over winter just in case. It is quite easy from seed and will flower the following year. I'm going to collect some seeds if possible (it failed to set seeds last year). I've made a note to keep a few seeds for you if you'd like to have some. Anyone else want some?

 

Not in my garden but.... every morning and evening when I go walking with Bailey we pass through what we locals call "Cherry Tree Copse". It's part of the old Waterton Family Estate and as the name suggests it is full of cherry trees. Last year was a bumper harvest (see photo) and every time I went past I took a handful, just to supplement my five a day of course. The lovely weather in late April, early May this year allowed the blossom to flourish and now the cherries are forming and it looks as though I could be another bumper harvest. I will tell Mrs LWW to dust off the Cherry Pie recipe.

 

I'd love some! Have to see what I have that may interest you...................

 

Penstemon smallii................


First bloom on my blue Sollya heterophylla...................


Polemonium pauciflorum........................




Sisyrinchium E K Balls.......................

 

As Latin?? names go that's on a par with Begonia sizemoreae!!

 

This is a bit of a result......................




It's a self seeded Impatiens glandulifera. Last year I grew a natural selection from seed called "Red Wine" and let a few seed pods go. This is what it looked like last year..............


I was going to tug it as the foliage lacked the red stripe of "Red Wine". Here's the two self seeders side by side (the white one is on the right of the photo).................


Digitalis carillion is in bloom.......................


It's a little on the short side, but as I'm told that it's reliably hardy I'm not too bothered as it should be a lot bigger next year................

 

Super Trouper is the first of my roses to bloom this year. The others are on their way...

 

Just past it's best, but I was away for a month so just pleased to see my Blue Moon in bloom


Sambucas nigra


hoooge delphinium


aquilegia and delphinium


another aquilegia

 

Aconitum (it's much darker blue than this pic)



lupin


Nigella


Poppies


Cosmos


Nuvver Cosmos

 

Lovely pics @lost_in_france

Your cosmos has inspired me and is now the name for my new flower garden trellis. Its perfect i needed to call it after a flower with 8 petals so thank you

 

loved that poppy Eve. Looks a robust chap that will give loadsa blooms in the next few weeks,
Jenny