Whats Looking Good JUNE 2025

Yes, mainly they are plus a little help from us dividing the originals. Beth Chatto sold us our first two plants in 1972 and she told us they were the first she was selling and wouldn't have more for sale until the next year.

Most of ours have come from self seeding and we used to sell them by digging up some of the young ones. Although they like sunny weather and drier conditions they are not keen on no rain for months.

I'll measure some of them.

Of course, the wild yellow ones easily grow to 10ft high. We keep a few of them around that area to keep the Mullein moth from the chaixii as they much prefer the wild ones.

 

Random photos mainly taken early morning because the bright sun doesn't do much for my camera - still haven't bothered to get a different camera



















V. chaixii and a fern self seeded in the greenhouse. The chaixii is about 120ft from where the plants are growing

 

Poppies growing wild everywhere. It's hard work and too difficult to keep the garden tidy.

 

Part of our front verge. These poppies are immigrants from the field opposite, each flower only lasts from sunrise till about noon but does look good in the mornings.












These ferns were self seeded near our front door many years ago. Anything self seeded that isn't in the way is allowed to stay.




The Veronicastrum is only just starting to show the flowers growing. When they are open the bees will mob them.




Seed pods of the tree peony

 

Also self-seeded


and this








Beans are coming along




Some more immigrants to our garden - they are not ours


Neither is he but he does now come when we call him (our whistle means we have bones or scraps for him but he has to beat the cats to it).

 

Thanks

I could say it is all carefully designed to look wild but I would be lying.

 

@Escarpment I've just been down to measure our chaixii and the tallest is 5'8" but the other large ones are mostly between 5'3" - 5'6". With loads that are smaller,