Whats Looking Good In August

I noticed yesterday my Callicarpa is thick with flower buds. A promise of lots of berries for the birds later. The new Myrtle is also full of flower buds. My beautiful Gertude Jekyll is having a second flush of flowers and smelling wonderful.

 

Rudbeckia.



Catalpa.



Hydrangea paniculata and bamboo.



Dahlia Starburst Pink.

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Most of these probably belong in @Papi Jo's 'Close-up' thread, but they're also 'Looking Good' at the moment so I've opted for here.


Helianthus 'Miss Mellish'






Allium 'Fireworks'






Sorbus aucuparia - next door's Rowan which spends most of its time in our garden






Rudbeckia 'Rustic Dwarf' - interesting variations within the same variety






Dahlia - unknown variety (£2.99 from Home Bargains!)






Xerochrysum bracteatum - Strawflower (also from Home Bargains)






Sweet Pea

 

I use a lot of grasses in my garden because the soil suits them, and I like them . Here's a few after a rainy morning today.

Calamagrostis Karl Foerster, a good one for sun or shade, columnar, good winter interest. Also makes a a good informal hedge, self limiting at 1.5m.



Dwarf Pampas, Cortaderia Pumila, evergreen, nice dome shape, flowers start about now and look good until July the following year.



Miscanthus Malepartus, flowers start off a rich burgundy red, fading to an attractive tawny brown. The wide leaves have silver ribs.



Imperata rubra, Red Baron grass, lights up in sunshine.



Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis", a very upright bamboo, with golden canes which develop a tint of magenta in the right lighting, plus the occasional crooked cane.

 

I love a good colour clash

 

We planted a Phyllostachys nigra near our greenhouse after the people behind us extended their house by 50% towards our boundary and we ended up with a huge wall to look at (but no windows thankfully). It grew quickly and did a good job of partly obscuring it. But (as I've probably mentioned previously) the House Sparrows developed a taste for the young leaves or their buds such that we've ended up with a lot of tall leaf-less stems.

It's tried to run a couple of times but I've been able to dig the runners out easily and bring them on in pots.





Love your grasses @Plantminded, especially that Miscanthus malepartus.

 

Monarda. I planted two last year, only one reappeared this year.

 

Thank you @LunarSea, it’s my favourite grass, doesn’t get damaged by wind or rain and has the best coloured flowers.

I’ve never seen any birds showing an interest in my bamboos, annoying for you. That nice backdrop to your garden compensates for that brick wall though .

 

Surprise surprise a second flush of flowers on our Wisteria on the front Arch, never had a second flush after the first one in May before.

 

Cup and Saucer Plant (Cobaea scandens) has just started flowering



Rudbeckia


The first sunflower


Liatris

 

Little dianthus I got as a plug last year- Mendlesham Minx, thriving well.


I got 3 different types, but they were in those damn teabags and I couldn't get the others released well enough, so they didn't make it. Annoying, as they weren't cheap.

 

Sinningia cardinalis


Salvia miniata just coming into flower.

 

Vallota (Scarborough Lily) are blooming. They live on the North facing windowsill of The Baffa ...

 

Eucomis bicolor



Impatiens niamniamensis
(and a tomato !)