WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN JUNE 2018

Those purple / blue delphiniums are gorgeous, really caught my eye.

 

Lovely flowers KFF , yours are way ahead of mine. I love that wild swan verdun, is it tender?

 

Hi Verdun , it's not a named variety. I grew it from seed. They were just " Polemonium Caeruleum - mixed ".

 

Hi @PetalsonthePavingSlabs , it's called " Dark blue bee " .

 

Ok KFF, its a beauty. Prob best polemonium Ive seen.

Loki, no Wild Swan is not tender. Reputedly difficult by some to grow but not here. I have Ruffled Swan, Dreaming Swan and Elfin Swan all coming out too.

 

These were the four bare root roses we bought from T & M in November. A rather sad looking bunch. According to T & M the varieties, are "Pink, White, Yellow and Red." They weren't expensive, the pots I bought for them cost twice as much as the roses.



Anyway, they're doing very well on the patio.










These acers don't get better than this. During the hot weather, I give them a "mist" spray in the middle of the afternoon. It prevents any scorching.

These two will get a bit of a trim at the end of the year.





Old faithful we've had now 32 years. It got a trim last year to get a bit of light below it as when it rained the branches touched the lawn and the frog pond.



These are our dahlias. I used to have them in the troughs either side of the tea-house steps. But they're happier here for the last two years. I removed the lowest branches of the wisteria either side to stop them being crowded. That bed is full of bluebells each spring.



I grow that peony up through a square of weldmesh which I place on the ground each Spring. As it grows up through it, I pull it up and support it on canes. It stops it falling over.

 

Salvia greggii "Blue Note"............
Salvia greggii "Blue Note" by longk48, on Flickr

Saxifraga stolonifera................
Saxifraga stolonifera by longk48, on Flickr

Saxifraga stolonifera by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia elegans.............
Salvia elegans by longk48, on Flickr

Digitalis lutea.............
Digitalis lutea by longk48, on Flickr

Digitalis purpurea..............
Digitalis purpurea by longk48, on Flickr

Disporopsis pernyi is good for shaded spots...........
Disporopsis pernyi by longk48, on Flickr

 

Salvia gauranitica 'Black and Bloom'...............
Salvia gauranitica 'Black and Bloom' by longk48, on Flickr

Seed grown Allium christophii...............
Allium christophii by longk48, on Flickr

Echeveria pulidonis×Echeveria elegans 'Hercules'...............
Echeveria pulidonis×Echeveria elegans 'Hercules' by longk48, on Flickr

Arisaema speciosum..............
Arisaema speciosum by longk48, on Flickr

Echeveria noid...............
Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr

Stachys byzantina............
Stachys byzantina by longk48, on Flickr

Penstemon smallii..............
Penstemon smallii by longk48, on Flickr

Penstemon smallii by longk48, on Flickr

 

Salvia coerulea..........
Salvia coerulea by longk48, on Flickr

 

One hydrangea getting ready for flower

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@Doghouse Riley loving your acers, and everything else too but acers are my fave.

Do you trim the new growth during the summer or just at year end?

 

Pushkin this ones a stunner mate and I adore leaf colours which have lightness amongst them