Whats Looking Good In August

Campsis and morning glory.

fuchsia Thalia.


Begonia sutherlandii.


A couple or benary's giant Zinnia.


Datura Wrightii, no its not bindweed.



The latest Nana leaf, Musa "ever red"


Bougainvillea just getting going, it will be big later.


Sweetcorn picked today.

 

Hebe





Dahlia Icoon

 

Dahlia "Wishes and Dreams"


Goldenrod, a weed that's appeared in my shady, dry border and is doing a good job of brightening it up.

 

Wow everyone! You all have some amazing flowers with fabulous colours. Lovely to see. Thank you.

 

I am so jealous. Mine, seeds sown by my fair hands, is three years old now and still not flowered.

My Fuchsia bolviana (similar to Thalia I think) had one flower earlier this year.

The purple Bougie used to be the most popular here ... now you can't find it! Yours looks great.

I seriously think this prolonged high heat is hindering growth and flowering.

This Hibiscus opened this morning under the Brugmansia.

 

I find Campsis tend to flower on the ends of the shoots, so you cant prune it during the summer, and C. radicans does get straggly, unlike the C. "indian summer" I used to grow which was a nicer plant.
I seem to remember growing a Fuchsia maybe similar to boliviana a few years ago, I gave up on it as it only flowered late autumn, not sure if that was caused by day length or cooler temperatures.

Its all experimental and you have to stick with what does well in your situation and climate.

 

Dahlia "Twynings After Eight"


Dahlia "Moonfire"


Echinops tjanschanicus

 

Good to see all the nice garden photos. Here are a few blooms from the garden here.
Hydrangea with solitary wasp that I saw soon after fly off with a metallic green fly that it had caught.

Courgette

Tansy, Buddleia and Squash flowers

Sunflower which for some reason are almost all facing away from the west. Do they know there is some strong wind on the way?

Penstemon with bee lining up for landing

One of the butterflies enjoying the buddleia flowers with some montbretiain the background


Also posted a video of some of what is flowering here now.

Happy gardening!

 

Raindrops on an Edgeworthia leaf!

 

Yes i think that it is.

 

Gladioli, painted lady
Elsa Banita

 

Late Lillies.

 

My favourite ‘Twister’ agapanthus , year off last year blooming but this year Wow ! awaiting a bit more sun to really perform ! All my agapanthus are in pots ( about7) they don’t like my heavy soil, Welsh weather and we’re north facing.

 

Hibiscus Lady Stanley.


Duc de Brabant.


Dwarf Eucomis Vandermerwei just 6" high.




Eucomis bicolor.


Liriope Ingweresen.


Echinacea Lakota Orange.

 

First little cyclamen this year - so I thought I'd get a pic before it disappears. Most of them are pale pink [yuk] and I only have a few whites. This one likes being a contrast to the shocking pink dianthus!