What is Looking Good in June 2021

Self seeded along our driveway


Part of the front verge


We have a lot of patio pots but this is looking good at the moment




One of our shady areas


A story behind this Phytolacca:- our original plant came from the private garden of the person who was the designer of the winter garden at Anglesey Abbey and their head gardener. The flowers were a much darker pink.

Over the years people had asked us for root cuttings of it and one year the plant died . Twelve years later (this year) it has appeared 15ft from the original site and a much lighter colour




We have, literally, hundreds of Campanula and flower arrangers come round regularly to cut them for arrangements. They normally go away with a car full of different types of foliage as well. It's a way to keep a lot of our plants pruned








Our Magnolia is still in flower

 

Bidens gold nuggets - hanging basket plant


Verbascum chaixii


I call this our fairy Fuchsia as the flowers are tiny and remind me of little dancing fairies


Fortunately we planted this Dracunculus at least 100ft from the house. It's the "what's that horrible smell" plant. I think there are another five flowers to open yet.




Morning Primrose (It's always fully open in the morning)


Cephalaria gigantia


Double Philadelphus


Ordinary day lily


Hemeracallus Enchanter's Spell


We have hundreds of these poppies growing wild around the garden. This bunch is on one of our compost heaps. They self-seed everywhere.

 

Yes There are some in second picture in my post #257 above

And here

 

Good afternoon

 

@SuzFlowers The white flowers are are Lychnis coronaria

The last picture in my last post #260 is a mixture of the white and the cerise coloured Lychnis. We do have a very few orange ones as well. The bees love all of them. We have lots of flowers that the bees especially like and the garden is always full of their buzzing.

 

Alstromeria are usually hardy but need the right conditions
How to grow alstroemerias / RHS Gardening

Salvia 'love and wishes' is only hardy in milder parts of the country - usually the south and west coastal areas. Quite a few Salvias are hardy.